Capcom
Capcom is a leading third-party game developer that got its start in 1979 as a publisher of electronic games. In 1984, Capcom (originally the name Capcom was a contracted form of its official name at the time, Japan Capsule Computers) released its first arcade game, a scrolling shooter entitled Vulgus. They would go on to make several more shooters like that, including the famed 19XX series, before hitting it big with games like Mega Man (the company's mascot since 1991) and Street Fighter II.
Likes to challenge other companies to Fighting Game crossover showdowns.
Trope Namers of Capcom Sequel Stagnation.
Games and franchises started by Capcom:
- Nineteen Forty Two and the rest of the 19XX series
- Ace Attorney
- Age Of Booty
- Armored Warriors
- Asuras Wrath
- Battle Circuit
- Breath of Fire
- Captain Commando
- Commando
- Capcom vs. Whatever
- Chaos Legion
- Darkstalkers
- Dead Rising
- Devil May Cry
- Dino Crisis
- Dragon's Dogma
- El Dorado Gate
- Final Fight
- Forgotten Worlds
- Gaia Master
- Ghosts N Goblins
- Ghost Trick
- God Hand
- Gotcha Force
- Haunting Ground
- The King of Dragons
- Knights of the Round
- Legendary Wings
- Lost Planet
- Magic Sword Heroic Fantasy
- Mega Man: Most notably Mega Man 2.
- Metal Walker
- Monster Hunter
- Okami
- Onimusha
- PN 03
- Power Stone
- Progear
- Quiz Nanairo Dream
- Red Earth
- Resident Evil
- Rival Schools
- Saturday Night Slam Masters
- Sengoku Basara
- Star Gladiator
- Steel Battalion
- Street Fighter
- Strider
- Tech Romancer
- Three Wonders
- Viewtiful Joe
- Zack and Wiki
The company has also made many licensed games for various properties, including:
- Alien vs. Predator (the arcade game)
- Area 88 (U.N. Squadron)
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
- Disney:
- Adventures in The Magic Kingdom
- Aladdin (the SNES/Game Boy Advance game)
- Bonkers
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Darkwing Duck
- Disney Golf
- Disney's Hide and Sneak
- Disneys Magical Quest
- Duck Tales
- Goof Troop
- The Little Mermaid
- Mickey Mousecapade (only as U.S. publisher)
- Tale Spin
- Toy Story
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (the Game Boy game)
- Dungeons and Dragons Shadow Over Mystara and its predecessor Tower of Doom (plus the SNES version of Eye of the Beholder)
- Fate/stay night (Fate/unlimited codes)
- G.I. Joe (the second NES game, which they picked up from developer KID after Taxan got out of video game publishing)
- Gundam vs. Series
- Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law
- Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure
- The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages (collaboration with Nintendo)
- Little Nemo the Dream Master
- Marvel Universe
- X Men Children of the Atom
- Marvel Super Heroes
- Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems
- The Punisher (for arcade and Sega Genesis)
- X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
- Sweet Home
- Tenchi o Kurau (Dynasty Wars)
- Willow (both the arcade game and the NES game, which are very different from each other)
- Yo! Noid (actually a Dolled-Up Installment of an unrelated game, Masked Ninja Hanamaru)
Tropes associated with Capcom:
- Capcom Sequel Stagnation: Trope Maker and Trope Namer: Commonly seen in Street Fighter franchise.
- Cash Cow Franchise: Like Square Enix, Capcom has three of them: Mega Man, Street Fighter, and Resident Evil.
- Iconic Item: The Yashichi, a shuriken or pinwheel-like object that has seen itself in many of the company's games. Originally an enemy, it could also be an Easter Egg that may benefit the player in other games.
- Iconic Logo: With the font even being based on that used for Jeopardy's questions.
- Mascot: Originally, it was the titular Captain Commando. Now, it's Mega Man, but it's commonly agreed that both Mega Man and Ryu can qualify for co-mascots.