was an independent

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funded by

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, and

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located in Chūō-ku, Osaka

that was founded by game designer Yoshiki Okamoto. Flagship had often created scenarios for new and existing products, and has developed for Nintendo several times on the

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and

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. Their final video game was '' Kirby: Squeak Squad'' for the

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History

Flagship was founded by Yoshiki Okamoto on April 24, 1997. Funds and personnel for the startup were provided by

, and

. The developer's first project was a series of episodic,

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-exclusive RPGs, but it was never released. In May 2007, Capcom announced that Flagship would cease to exist from June 1, 2007, and their employees merged into Capcom's main studio. Quoting GameSpot's news on the dissolution of Flagship Studios "According to a Capcom spokesperson, while the Flagship name is getting the axe, its employees won't be. Noting that the only thing to change will be the company name on their business cards, the spokesperson said all Flagship staffers are expected to continue working at the publisher in the same capacities".

Games

Drama albums

*''BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.1'' *''BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.2'' *''BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.3'' *''BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Sherry, the Little Runaway~'' *''BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Ada, the Female Spy, is Alive~''

Novels

*''BIO HAZARD The Phantom Beast of the North Sea''

References

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