Lionhead, but that's another good example.
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Shit, you're right. Lol.
Kameo sure did rock though!
Atlus USA - Spot-on localizations, frequent soundtrack inclusion, and nice cover art. I didn't care for Persona 3, but I do like its packaging.
UFO - A small publisher that takes chances. I like that.
CAPCOM - Forget the dozens of portable Megaman games, the atrocious box art of the NES era, and (if you can) sacking Clover, CAPCOM USA has since atoned for its sins. They had the moxy to release Killer 7 and No More Heroes, and handed the Capcom Classics v 2 SSF2T port and SF2HD to exactly the right guy in David Sirlin. The American branch also had the courtesy...nay, the decency to combine (the individually released in Japan) SF2AE and SF3:Third Strike in a $30 package.
Hudson - Published great shooters and the Bonk series in the 90's. Also, their Hudson Selection line epitomizes how remakes should be approached -- with love and a cheap price tag.
Working Designs - If you've made it this far, you probably just groaned, sighed, or rolled your eyes. You may have even done more than one. That's okay; that's a normal and acceptable reaction. Sure, they demanded outrageous prices for useless trinkets, like the infamous Lunar 1 stinky cloth map and the throwaway Arc the Lad cardboard figurines. Then there's The Working Designs Delays. That's a valid complaint, too. And did I mention that they ruined Silhoutte Mirage?
But the good outweighs the bad. This is the company that made the Sega CD worth owning, remastered every frame of every cutscene in the Lunar : SSSC and whose translation of that game made it palatable (try trudging through UbiSoft's Lunar Legend GBA), held an Elemental Gearbolt score attaack contest in which the winner was awarded a gold-plated Guncon, and let fans design the disc art for the Lunar 1 PSX reprint. Plus, look at their body of work for TG-16/Duo. Just look at it. It's obvious that WD loved videogames and their fans. Their love was just a little...misguided.
Wow. You just let every bad choice off the hook with WD.
Also, Hudson is now owned by Konami.
Yeah, I knew what you meant, and you were right. I was tying it to what Melf was talking about with my comment about Lionhead.
Hopefully Too Human will be good, it's sad that lots of publications were shooting it down in there previews.
Damn. That's another example of Microsoft publishing a third-party (Silicon Knights) game.
Add KOTOR
Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?