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February 22, 2010 07:33:16 PM   

I am a bit confused. I just picked up Ridge Racer 2 for PSP for the first time in a while, and as the game loads both "Namco-Bandai" and "Bandai-Namco" flash up on the screen at separate times. Is there an official name for the Namdai partnership, or do they just flit between the two? Does anybody know? Surely it is better for them to decide once and for all so they can work with their one brand name for advertising, building their corporate identity, etc.?

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February 22, 2010 07:58:46 PM   

I have noticed this too. I believe in most recent titles they have called themselves Bandia-Namco, but I have always called them Namco-Bandai (or NamDai for short) as thats the order they used to advertise their older stuff with. At least I think thats what has happened.

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February 22, 2010 08:03:39 PM   

Well a quick trip to wikipedia revealed.... They call themselves both. Thank you wikipedia, you solved nothing.... Again Rolleyes

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February 22, 2010 08:45:23 PM   

I'll call them either NamDai or BanCo.

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February 22, 2010 08:47:34 PM   

I dunno, but as an outsider (or someone who just doesn't pay attention to these xD) Namco Bandai sounds correct Big Grin
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February 22, 2010 10:31:46 PM   

I wonder if they argue who wants their name first?

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February 23, 2010 12:42:12 PM   

I've noticed the Japanese branch using Bandai-Namco and the North American branch using Namco-Bandai.

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February 26, 2010 01:16:20 PM   

bingo Wrote:I wonder if they argue who wants their name first?

Well, I had wondered this. Are they just trying to make it fair? After all, it is usually the second name that is dropped if any - think of how many people say, "That's a nice Mercedes" for example. Its never, "That's a nice Benz". I bet there are people who aren't even aware that the company is called "Mercedes-Benz"; perhaps this is what Namdai are trying to avoid. Another solution would be to do exactly that^ - merge the names to "Namdai".

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February 26, 2010 01:32:15 PM   

Wouldn't it be which ever side took control of the other (or rather, which one had a higher overall value in sales)? I'd expect the larger company to either want their name first or just use their name.

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sudo_FOO Wrote:Wouldn't it be which ever side took control of the other (or rather, which one had a higher overall value in sales)? I'd expect the larger company to either want their name first or just use their name.

That logic would have made SE Enix-Square since Enix was doing a helluva lot better than Squaresoft when they merged, IIRC.

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