D3 Publisher

D3 Publisher Inc.^[a] is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992.^[1] The company is known for the Simple series of budget-priced video games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii U, Android, and iOS.

D3 Publisher Inc.

Native name	株式会社ディースリー・パブリッシャー
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Dīsurī Paburisshā
Formerly	CM Japan Co., Ltd. International Signal Co., Ltd. D3 Publisher Co., Ltd.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video game
Founded	February 5, 1992; 33 years ago (1992-02-05)
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan, North America
Key people	Toshihiro Nada (president) Yuji Ito (executive chairman)
Products	Bullet Girls series Earth Defense Force series Omega Labyrinth series Onechanbara series Simple series
Net income	¥342.828 million (2020)
Total assets	¥3.783 billion (2020)
Number of employees	21 (2020)
Parent	Culture Publishers (1992–2006) D3 Inc. (2006–2009) Bandai Namco Holdings (2009–present)
Website	d3p.co.jp

History

Between 2007 and 2014, D3 Publisher owned a North Carolina–based game development studio Vicious Cycle Software.^[2][3] In 2009, Bandai Namco Holdings gained a controlling share of D3 and currently owns 95% of its stock.^[4][5] After the bankruptcy of Midway Games, the company became the publisher of Cartoon Network games from 2009 until 2014, when American publisher Little Orbit took control. Both D3Publisher and Cartoon Network worked on games based on licenses such as Ben 10 and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi before that.^[6]

In 2015, D3 Publisher announced that D3 Publisher of America Inc. would rebrand as D3 Go! and that it would no longer publish video games but focus on publishing mobile games, but D3 Publisher Inc. in Japan would remain the same.^[7] D3 Go! is also expected to release some games from D3 Publisher Inc.^[8]

On June 27, 2022, 505 Games announced that they have acquired the assets of D3 Go!^[9]

Published games

America and Europe

• Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! (DS, 3DS)
• Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! (PS3, X360, Wii U, 3DS)
• The Adventures of Darwin (PS2)
• Astro Boy: The Video Game (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
• Bangai-O Spirits (DS)
• Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury (XB360 (XBLA))
• Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
• Ben 10: Alien Force (Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)
• Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, XB360)
• Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, PS3, XB360)
• Ben 10: Galactic Racing (Wii, 3DS, DS, PS3, PS Vita, XB360)
• Ben 10: Omniverse (video game) (Wii, 3DS, DS, PS3, XB360)
• Beta Bloc (PSN, PSP, PS2)
• Billiard (Switch)
• Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (DS)
• Break 'Em All (DS)
• Coraline (Wii, PS2, DS)
• Cube (PSP)
• Dark Sector (PS3, XB360, Windows)
• Dead Head Fred (PSP)
• Despicable Me: The Game (PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
• Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (Wii)
• Earth Defense Force 2017 (XB360)
• Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable (PS Vita)
• Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, XB360)
• Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4, Windows)
• Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4, Windows)
• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, XB360, Windows)
• Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain (PS4, Windows)
• Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (PS3, XB360)
• Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century (DS)
• Flushed Away (GC, DS, GBA, PS2)
• G.I. Joe: War On Cobra (iOS, Android)
• Gods Eater Burst (Published in North America) (PSP)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped! (GBA)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp (DS)
• Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (Wii, DS)
• Kid Adventures: Sky Captain (Wii)
• Kidz Bop Dance Party! The Video Game (Wii)
• Madagascar 3: The Video Game (PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, XB360)
• Magic: The Gathering – Puzzle Quest (iOS, Android)
• Marvel Puzzle Quest (iOS, Android, Windows)
• Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond (PS3 (PSN), XB360 (XBLA))
• Naruto: Clash of Ninja series (GCN, Wii)
• Naruto: Ninja Council series (GBA, DS)
• OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (XB360)
• OneChanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (Wii)
• PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient (PSP)
• PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient 2 (PSP)
• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (PS2, PS3, PSP, DS, Wii, XB360, Windows, IP)
• Puzzle Quest 2 (XB360, DS, Windows)
• Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (DS, Windows, PS3, XB360)
• Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby In 8-Bit Land (3DS)
• Rise of the Guardians (PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, XB360)
• Shaun the Sheep (DS)
• Snowboard Racer 2 (PS2)
• Tennis (Switch)
• THE Bass Fishing (Switch)
• The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U)
• The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun (PS2, PSP, DS, Wii)
• Turbo: Super Stunt Squad (PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, XB360)
• Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut (DS)
• Victorious: Taking the Lead (Wii, DS)
• Victorious: Time to Shine (XB360)
• White Knight Chronicles II (Published in North America) (PS3)
• Work Time Fun (PSP)
• YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! (Switch, Windows, PS4, PS5)^[10]
• Zombie Virus (PS2) (Europe only)

Japan

• Abyss of the Sacrifice (PSP)
• Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (DS)
• Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Date Hen (DS)
• Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Test Hen (DS)
• Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury (XB360 (XBLA))
• BioShock 2 (Published in Japan) (PS3, XB360)
• Bullet Girls (PS Vita)
• Bullet Girls 2 (PS Vita)
• Chicken Little (PS2, GC, GBA) (Japan only)
• Dark Sector (PS3, XB360, Windows)
• Dead Head Fred (PSP)
• Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (Wii)
• Dream Club (XB360, PSP)
• Dream Club Zero (XB360, PS Vita)
• Dream Club GoGo (PS3)
• Earth Defense Force (PS2)
• Earth Defense Force 2 (PS2)
• Earth Defense Force 2 Portable (PSP)
• Earth Defense Force 2 Portable V2 (PS Vita)
• Earth Defense Force 3 (XB360)
• Earth Defense Force 3 Portable (PS Vita)
• Earth Defense Force 4 (PS3, XB360)
• Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4, Windows)
• Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4)
• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, XB360, Windows)
• Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain (PS4)
• Earth Defense Force Tactics (PS2)
• Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (PS3, XB360)
• Fuyu no Sonata DS (DS)
• Machiing Maker (series) (PS2, PSP, DS, PS3, XB360)
• Maglam Lord (PS4, Switch)
• Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho (PS3, PS4)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (Pachinko series) (PS2, DS, PSP)
• Omega Labyrinth (PS Vita)
• Onnanoko to Misshitsu ni Itara OO Shichau Kamo Shirenai. (3DS)
• School Girl/Zombie Hunter (PS4)
• Simple series (PS, PS2, PSP, PS3 (PSN), DC, GBA, DS, Wii, 3DS)
• Snowboard Racer 2 (PS2)
• Ten (PS2)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (PS2 & DS) (Japan only)
• The OneChanbara series (PS2, PS4, XB360, Wii, Windows, PSP)
• YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! (Switch, Windows, PS4, PS5)

Otome games

• Bakumatsu Renka (series) (PS2, PSP, DS)
• Dear My Sun!!: Musuko Ikusei Kyousoukyoku (PS2)
• Forbidden Romance (series) (Android, iOS, Windows, Switch)
• Hoshizora no Comic Garden (DS)
• Houkago no Love Beat (PS2)
• Kurayami no Hate de Kimi wo Matsu (DS)
• Last Escort (series) (PS2, PSP)
• Little Anchor (PS2)
• Mermaid Prism (PS2)
• Ore no Shita de Agake (BL game) (PS2)
• Reijou Tantei Office Love Jikenbo (PS2)
• Saikin Koi Shiteru? (DS)
• Signal (DS)
• Storm Lover (PSP)
• Storm Lover: Natsukoi!! (PSP)
• Suto*Mani: Strobe*Mania (PSP)
• Teikoku Kaigun Koibojou ~Meiji Yokosuka Koushinkyoku~ (PSV)^[11][12][13]
• The Charming Empire (Android, iOS, Windows, PSV, Switch)
• Vampire Knight DS (DS)
• Vitamin (video game series) (PS2, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita)
• Nightshade/Hyakka Hyakurou (PSV, Windows, Switch)

See also

• Entertainment Software Publishing

Notes

1. Japanese: 株式会社ディースリー・パブリッシャー, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Dī Surī Paburissha