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((Short description|Video game developer))
((More citations needed|date=June 2012))
((Infobox company
| name             = Namco Tales Studio Ltd.
| native_name      = ((nowrap|株式会社ナムコテイルズスタジオ))
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name   = Kabushiki gaisha Namuko Teiruzu Sutajio
| logo             = Namco Tales Studio logo.svg
| type             = [[Subsidiary]]
| fate             = Merged with [[Namco Bandai Games]]
| foundation       = ((start date and age|1986))
| defunct          = ((end date and age|2012|01|01))
| parent           = ((ubl|[[Telenet Japan]]|<small>(1986—2003)</small>|[[Namco]]|<small>(2003—2006)</small>|Namco Bandai Games|<small>(2006—2011)</small>))
| location         = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| industry         = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| products         = ''[[Tales (video game series)|Tales]]'' series
| key_people       = [[Eiji Kikuchi]]
| website          = ((url|https://web.archive.org/web/20120204161507/http://www.namco-talesstudio.co.jp/|namco-talesstudio.co.jp))
))
((nihongo foot|'''Namco Tales Studio Ltd.'''|株式会社ナムコ・テイルズスタジオ|Kabushiki gaisha Namuko Teiruzu Sutajio|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha)), formerly known as ((nihongo|'''Wolf Team'''|(株)ウルフチーム|Urufu Chīmu)), was a Japanese [[video game]] development company founded in 1986.<ref name="GRadar">((cite web |last1=Goulter |first1=Tom |title=Tales Studio shut down by Namco Bandai |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/tales-studio-shut-down-namco-bandai/ |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425041519/https://www.gamesradar.com/tales-studio-shut-down-namco-bandai/ |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |date=November 21, 2011))</ref> The company was renamed in 2003 when [[Telenet Japan]] sold part of its stake and made Namco the majority shareholder. '''Namco Tales Studio''' was originally the primary developer of the [[Tales (video game series)|''Tales'' RPG series]], as it had been since the series' beginning. In November 2011, it was announced that the current Tales Studio would be dissolved and would merge with their publisher, [[Namco Bandai Games]].<ref name=":0">((cite web |url=http://andriasang.com/comz0m/ |title=Namco Bandai Dissolving Tales Studio |author=Anoop Gantayat |date=November 21, 2012 |publisher=Andriasang |access-date=June 2, 2012))</ref><ref name="Kotaku">((cite web |last1=Ashcraft |first1=Brian |title=Was This Inevitable? The Tales Studio Is Dead |url=https://kotaku.com/was-this-inevitable-the-tales-studio-is-dead-5861361 |website=[[Kotaku]] |publisher=[[G/O Media]] |access-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113143644/https://kotaku.com/was-this-inevitable-the-tales-studio-is-dead-5861361 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |date=November 21, 2011))</ref> In February 2012, it was announced that the 80 people of the Tales team would join [[Bandai Namco Studios]].<ref name=":1">http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/E38390E383B3E38380E382A4E3838AE383A0E382B3E382B9E3.pdf ((Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022))</ref>

==History==
Originally headed by Masahiro Akishino, Wolf Team became independent from [[Telenet Japan|Telenet]] in 1987, was reintegrated in 1990 and got merged with another Telenet subsidiary called [[Lasersoft]], then was completely absorbed in an internal restructuring at Telenet in 1993 at which point most of the staff left together with Akishino.

The remaining staff were the then-very-young programmer [[Yoshiharu Gotanda]], designer [[Masaki Norimoto]], director [[Joe Asanuma]], graphic artist Yoshiaki Inagaki, sound composer [[Motoi Sakuraba]], and sound effect designer [[Ryota Furuya]]. Wolf Team went on to create games such as ''[[Sol-Feace]]'' and ''[[Hiouden: Mamono-tachi tono Chikai]]'', which faced weak sales. They were also notable for porting [[laserdisc video game]]s to the [[Sega Mega-CD]], including some Japan-only arcades like ''[[Time Gal]]'' and ''[[Ninja Hayate]]'' (released as ''Revenge of the Ninja'' for the Sega Mega-CD outside Japan).

For ''Tale Phantasia'', a game concept by Gotanda, they looked for an outside publisher with a better reputation.<ref>Pär Villner & Fredrik Schaufelberger: "Square Enix", ''((Interlanguage link multi|Level (Swedish magazine)|no|Level (svensk tidsskrift)|sv|Level (tidskrift)))'' 29, September 2009, pg. 44-59. (Swedish)</ref> After approaching [[Enix]], Telenet struck a contract with [[Namco]]. Namco insisted on many changes to the game, including changing the title to ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]''. The conflict over these changes pushed the game's release from 1994 into late 1995. Most of the initial staff left during this dispute and founded [[tri-Ace]] in early 1995.

To continue the lucrative arrangement with Namco to develop the [[Tales (role-playing game series)|''Tales'' series]], Telenet re-staffed Wolf Team and retained some other staff, such as [[Motoi Sakuraba]] on a freelance basis. Wolf Team dedicated itself to the series, developing or co-developing nearly every game. In 2003, Namco assumed majority ownership of the company and renamed it Namco Tales Studio.

At the time of its renaming Namco owned 60% of this venture, Telenet Japan/[[Kazuyuki Fukushima]] retained 34%, and Tales series director [[Eiji Kikuchi]] received 6%. (Kikuchi, who was the head of Telenet's game development department for 10 years, left Telenet to head the new team full-time.) Effective on April 1, 2006, the then-newly merged [[Bandai Namco Holdings]] bought the remaining shares from Telenet Japan, cutting the last link to the developers' former employer and increasing its stockholding majority to 94%. In October 2007, Telenet filed for bankruptcy and closed, putting an end to the Wolf Team name. Namco later acquired the remaining shares.

Namco Tales Studios remained the primary developer of the so-called "mothership" titles of the ''Tales'' series, with the exception of ''[[Tales of Legendia]]'' and ''[[Tales of Innocence]]''. ''Legendia'' was developed by an internal Namco development team called Team Melfes; while ''Innocence'' was developed by an independent developer, [[Alfa System]], which also developed various spinoff games in the ''Tales'' series.

In November 2011, it was announced that the current Tales Studio would be dissolved and would merge with their publisher, [[Namco Bandai Games]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Kotaku" /> In February 2012, it was announced that the 80 people of the Tales team would join [[Bandai Namco Studios]].<ref name=":1" />

==Developed games==
Namco Tales Studio has developed games for the [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation Portable]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii]], [[Xbox 360]], and [[PlayStation 3]].
{|class="wikitable"
!Game !! Release date !! Platform
|-
|''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' || 1995 || [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' || 1997 || [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Eternia]]'' || 2000 || [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Destiny 2]]'' || 2002 || [[PlayStation 2]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' || 2003 || [[GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Rebirth]]'' || 2004 || [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation Portable]]
|-
|''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' || 2005 || [[PlayStation 2]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' Remake || 2006 || [[PlayStation 2]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' Director's Cut || 2008 || [[PlayStation 2]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' || 2008 || [[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' || 2008 || [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Hearts]]'' || 2008 || [[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Graces]]'' || 2009 || [[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Keroro RPG: Kishi to Musha to Densetsu no Kaizoku]]''((Ref label|n1|1|1)) || 2010 || [[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X]]'' || 2010 || [[PlayStation Portable]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Graces|Tales of Graces F]]'' || 2010 || [[PlayStation 3]]
|-
|''[[Tales of Xillia]]'' || 2011 || [[PlayStation 3]]
|}
'''Notes:'''
((note label|n1|1|1)) Tales Studio sound staff only

For a complete list of Tales of games, see [[Tales (video game series)]].

===As Wolf Team===
*''Aisle Lord''
*''[[Anett Futatabi]]''
*''[[Arcus (video game)|Arcus]]''
*''[[Arcus II: Silent Symphony]]''
*''Arcus 3''
*''[[Arcus Odyssey]]''
*''[[Akushu: Kagerou no Jidai wo Koe te]]''
*''[[Apros: Daichi no Shou Kaze no Tankyuu Sha hen]]''
*''[[Cliff Hanger (video game)|Cliff Hanger]]''
*''[[Cobra Command (1984 video game)|Cobra Command]]''
*''[[Crystal Chaser: Tenkuu no Masuishou]]''
*''[[D—European Mirage|D: European Mirage]]''
*''[[Daitoua Mokujiroku Goh]]''
*''Diamond Players''
*''[[Devastator (video game)|Devastator]]''
*''[[Dino Land]]''
*''[[Earnest Evans]]''
*''[[El Viento]]''
*''[[Fhey Area]]''
*''[[Final Zone|Final Zone (FZ Senki AXIS)]]''
*''[[Gaudi: Barcelona no Kaze]]''
*''[[Granada (video game)|Granada]]''
*''[[Goh 2]]''
*''[[Gulf War Soukouden]]''
*''Hiōden''
*''Hiōden 2''
*''[[Hiōden: Mamono-tachi tono Chikai]]''
*''Jinmu Denshou''
*''[[Mid-Garts]]''
*''[[Niko^2]]''
*''[[Ninja Hayate|Revenge of the Ninja]]''
*''[[Road Blaster]]''
*''[[Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū|Ryū: Naki no Ryū Yori]]''
*''[[Seirei Shinseiki - Fhey Area]]''
*''[[Shinsengumi: Bakumatsu Genshikou]]''
*''[[Sol-Feace|Sol-Feace/Sol-Deace]]''
*''[[Span of Dream]]''
*''[[Suzaku (video game)|Suzaku]]''
*''[[Tales of Destiny]]''
*''[[Tales of Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Tales of Eternia]]''
*''[[Tales of Phantasia]]''
*''[[Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon]]''
*''[[Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2]]''
*''[[Tenbu Limited / Mankan Zenseki]]''
*''[[Tenbu: Sangokushi Seishi]]''
*''[[The Grail Hunter]]''
*''[[The Journey Home: Quest for the Throne]]''
*''[[Tokyo Twilight Busters]]''
*''[[Time Gal]]''
*''[[Valis: The Fantasm Soldier]]''
*''Yaksa''
*''[[Zan: Kagerou no Toki]]''
*''[[Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku]]''
*''Zan II: Spirits''
*''[[Zan 2: Kagerou no Jidai]]''
*''[[Zan 2: Kagerou no Jidai Soshuhen]]''
*''[[Zan 3: Tenun Ware ni Ari]]''
*''Zan Gear''

==Notes==
((Notelist))

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((url|https://web.archive.org/web/20120204161507/http://www.namco-talesstudio.co.jp/|Official website))

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