Talk:Koei

KOEI Canada?

The link at the bottom of the article to KOEI Canada redirects back to this page. I am guessing it should be removed but I am unsure if this is just some error. --99.231.143.213 (talk) 06:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Other Game Series

I know that Koei made PTO and PTO 2, and the intro to the game refers to it as part of its "World War" series.

What about Dynasty Tactics? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_Tactics_(series) Sfultong (talk) 17:10, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

This Article is Totally Misguided

Kou Shibusawa and Eiji Fukuzawa DO NOT EXIST and never have.

The founders of Koei are Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa. Yoichi was a student at Keio University, and after his family's rural dyestuffs business failed he decided to find another line of work. The company to this day is located in Hiyoshi, along with Keio University, and the campany's name is simply a spoonerism of the school's.

I wouldn't doubt it, but could you please post an article to back this up?Alcy 06:55, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

With regards to the origin of the company's name, I had an opportunity to speak with Mr. Erikawa a few years back and showed him this wikipedia entry. He said that the name is not related to his alma mater and he's not sure where that notion came from. Therefore, I've deleted the line that read "and the company's name is simply a spoonerism of the school's." Also, the Japanese Wikipedia entry says something totally different (below):

「光り栄える会社に」という願いをこめて名づけられた。なおアルファベット表記は当初「KOEY」だったが、外国人には「コーイー」としか読めないという指摘を受け「KOEI」に改めた。

(The company name was born from the idea of an organization striving towards glory and prosperity. Additionally, the first iteration

of the name was written alphabetically as "KOEY". However, this was changed to "KOEI", as the former spelling caused non-Japanese to

mispronounce it the way one would pronounce the name Joey. (The "EI" part of the name should be pronounced like the "EY" in "hey".)

(Pardon my rough translation.)Rawtomato (talk) 05:06, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

https://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051107/kumar_01.shtml "Kou Shibusawa: I've been in the industry for 25 years. The company was started in 1978 as a chemical wholesale company. My wife gave me a computer, and developing game software became a hobby of mine. A game which I developed was so interesting that we decided to sell it. However, Nobunga's Ambition in 1983 was our first big hit."

https://www.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/fatalinertia/news.html?sid=6136568 "'Toronto is a vibrant city with a rich cultural mosaic that provides us with the necessary talent to develop games for a global marketplace,' said Koei's founder and game designer Yoichi Erikawa, who has worked on many of the company's biggest games under the name Kou Shibusawa."

If no one is going to correct his article, I'll do it...

Chronography

Anyone knowledgeable enought to provide a chronology over Koei's released games? Mikademus 23:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Koei Tecmo Holdings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koei_Tecmo_Holdings_logo.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dusk83 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

https://kotaku.com/5193268/koei-tecmo-reveals-its-new-company-logo-looks-familiar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dusk83 (talk • contribs) 18:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Early History

The early history is still spotty. Among other things, KOEI released a game named The Dragon & Princess (ドラゴン＆プリンセス) in 1982, which is said to have been the first 'JRPG' ever published. Japanese wiki covers it better, someone more fluent in Japanese should add the missing bits to the English version. Andemon (talk) 11:16, 12 August 2019 (UTC)