was a Japanese

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best known for the '' Summon Night'' series of

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s published by

Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-ow ...

. Founded in 1989, Flight-Plan began by developing the ''

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'' series of

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s, published by

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(later Interchannel Holon) in Japan. In January 2007, Flight-Plan began self-publishing some of its games, such as ''Dragon Shadow Spell'' and ''

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''. Other clients of the company have included

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, Nintendo, and Sega. In August 2010, the company quietly closed its offices and ceased business, and their website was taken offline.

Games

''Titles released outside of Japan have a * after their title.'' *''Metamor Jupiter'' - (1993,

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) *''CAL III: Kanketsuhen'' - (1994, Turbo CD) *''Chiki Chiki Boys'' - (1994, Turbo CD) *'' Dōkyūsei''- (1995, Turbo CD) *''Dōkyūsei if'' - (1996,

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) *''Dōkyūsei 2'' - (1997, Saturn) *''Refrain Love'' - (1997, Saturn) *''NOel 3: Mission on the Line'' - (1998,

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/Saturn) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors''* - (2002,

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) *''Dragon Shadow Spell'' - (2007, PlayStation 2) *''

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''* - (2008, PlayStation 2) *''

Shining Force Feather is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Flight-Plan and published by Sega. It is the 20th entry in the Shining series (not counting remakes) and was released in Japan on February 19, 2009. Produced by Yoichi Shimosato and feat ...

'' - (2009, Nintendo DS) *''

'' - (2009, PlayStation 2)

Black/Matrix series

*''

'' - (1998, Saturn) *'' Black/Matrix AD'' - (1999,

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) *'' Black Matrix Cross'' - (2000, PlayStation) *'' Black Matrix Zero'' - (2002,

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) *'' Black Matrix 2'' - (2002, PlayStation 2) *'' Black Matrix 00'' - (2004, PlayStation)

Summon Night series

*'' Summon Night'' - (2000, PlayStation) *''

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'' - (2001, PlayStation) *''

Summon Night 3 is the third main entry in the ''Summon Night'' series of video games. The game was initially developed by Flight-Plan and released by Banpresto for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The game was later remade for the PlayStation Portable in 2012. Both ...

'' - (2003, PlayStation 2) *'' Summon Night: Swordcraft Story''* - (2003, Game Boy Advance) *'' Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2''* - (2004, Game Boy Advance) *'' Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari: Hajimari no Ishi'' - (2005, Game Boy Advance) *'' Summon Night EX-Thesis: Yoake no Tsubasa'' - (2005, PlayStation 2) *''

Summon Night 4 is a series of role-playing video games, mixed with elements of a visual novel based dating sim. The series is primarily developed by Flight-Plan, published by Banpresto, and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The character designs are by ...

'' - (2006, PlayStation 2) *'' Summon Night: Twin Age''* - (2007, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night DS'' - (2008, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night 2 DS'' - (2008, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night X: Tears Crown'' - (2009, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night Gran-These'' - (2010, PlayStation 2)

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