Capcom Co., Ltd.
Type	Public
Founded	May 30, 1979
Headquarters	Osaka
Key people	Kenzo Tsujimoto Haruhiro Tsujimoto Hiroshi Tobisawa Katsuhiko Ichii
Industry	Video Games
Products	Various Video Games
Employees	3,332(2023)
Website	Capcom Co., Ltd.
Article on Wikipedia	Capcom

Capcom (株式会社カプコン) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Originally established on May 30th, 1979 as I.R.M. Corporation, the goal of the company was to make and sell electric game machines for arcades. In May of 1981, I.R.M. would form the subsidiaryCapsuleComputer Co. for the same purposes. In September of that year, I.R.M renamed to Sanbi Co. and Capsule Computer was renamed to Capcom in June of 1983. These companies would release their first arcade machine July of 1983 withLittle League, and their first proper video game,Vulgus would release in May of 1984. Soon after would be a string of successful arcade games, including1942,Commando, andGhosts'n Goblins, all of which would get well received home console ports. 1987 would see the release of bothStreet Fighter in the arcades andMega Man on consoles, both of which eventually becoming among the most recognizable franchises of their day. On January of 1989, Sanbi and Capcom would officially merge with the Sanbi name being retired. This new Capcom would continue to thrive throughout the 1990's and into the 2000's with landmark titles likeFinal Fight,Street Fighter II,Resident Evil,Onimusha,Devil May Cry,Ace Attorney,Monster Hunter andDead Rising. Capcom would also collaborate with several other companies to make crossover titles, such asMarvel,SNK,Namco,Sega, andTatsunoko. They also produced several licensed video games, such as those based on the animated properties fromDisney,Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland,Spawn, the Heavy Metal magazine,Domino's Pizza'sThe Noid,Dungeons & Dragons,Area 88,JoJo's Bizarre Adventure andSweet Home. Currently headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, Capcom has grown into a multinational company with subsidiaries and branches in East Asia, North America, and Europe.

Aside from video games, Capcom has invested in various other media. These include feature films, both animated and live action, as well as animated series and comics based on their famous properties. Several theatrical productions and stage shows have also appeared over the years. Capcom has collaborated with museums and Onsen hot springs to be themed after their games, as well as owning and operating the Capcom Cafe in Japan.

InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Though no content from Capcom original properties is present in this game,Toon Link's red, blue and purple costumes are based on the respective Links fromThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, a Capcom developed game.The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, which Capcom also developed, is present in the game via three stickers: Ezlo, Zelda holding a Small Shield (referred to as "Young Zelda"), and a Small Shield (erroneously referred to as "Hylian Shield").

InSuper Smash Bros. 4[edit]

One of Capcom's flagship characters,Mega Man from theMega Man series, appears as a playable character inSuper Smash Bros. 4, along with the main characters from the successor series making cameos in his Final Smash,Mega Legends.Elec Man, a boss from the first Mega Man game, was added as anAssist Trophy.Ryu of theStreet Fighter series was made available as DLC in June 2015, making Capcom the first third party company to have multiple playable fighters (later followed bySega in the same installment withBayonetta being made available in February 2016 in addition toSonic the Hedgehog, who is included in the base game). Costumes based on theHunter and Rathalos armor from theMonster Hunter series later appeared as DLC forMii Swordfighters. The stagesWily Castle from theMega Man series andSuzaku Castle from theStreet Fighter series appear.

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Mega Man andRyu, of theMega Man andStreet Fighter series respectively, both return fromSuper Smash Bros. 4 in the base roster, in addition to the inclusion ofKen as Ryu'sEcho Fighter. Their respective stages Wily Castle and Suzaku Castle both return as well.Rathalos, a recurring monster from theMonster Hunter series, appears as aBoss and anAssist Trophy.Zero from theMega Man X series was also added as a new Assist Trophy along with theWily Capsule fromMega Man 7, however Elec Man has been removed.Guile, from theStreet Fighter series, appears as an Assist Trophy as well, using the infamous "down-backing" technique fromStreet Fighter II. Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Albert Wesker and Jill Valentine from theResident Evil series appear as spirits released in a post-launch Spirit Board event. All of the previous Mii costumes returned as downloadable content, along with a new hat based onFelyne fromMonster Hunter, a Mii Swordfighter outfit based onArthur fromGhosts 'n Goblins, and a Mii Swordfighter outfit based onDante fromDevil May Cry.

Ezlo fromThe Minish Cap reappears as a spirit. Additionally, content fromOracle of Seasons andOracle of Ages, as well asFour Swords, debuts with spirits of Din, Nayru, Ricky, Dimitri, and Moosh for the former two, and Vaati for the lattermost.

Trivia[edit]

• Capcom has the most Assist Trophies of all third-party companies with five:Elec Man,Zero,Wily Capsule,Guile, andRathalos. Additionally, with both Rathalos and theYellow Devil, it is the only third-party company with multiple bosses.
• Capcom has the mostspirits inUltimate of any third-party company, and is the only one withmaster spirits.
• Capcom also has the mostMii Costumes of all third-party companies, at 17—8 outfits and 9 headgears.
• ExcludingCreatures Inc. and the defunct APE Inc., Capcom is the only company that is listed multiple times on the copyrights screen forSmash 4 andUltimate, particularly "Capcom Co. Ltd." and "Capcom U.S.A. Inc.". The reason is that Capcom U.S.A. Inc. specifically held the IP rights toStreet Fighter brand during the release of both games.
  • Starting in April of 2021,Street Fighter content started being copyrighted by "Capcom Co. Ltd." instead of its U.S.A. counterpart, though the copyright screen forUltimate remains unchanged.

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