Editing Paon DP

|title           = Paon Corporation

|logo           = [[File:Paon Corporation logo.PNG]]

|type           = Public

|founded         = 20th January, 1999

|headquarters   ={{flag|japan}}{{iw|wikipedia|Tokyo}}, Japan

|key people     = Rikiya Nakagawa

|industry       = Video Game Development

|products       = Video games

|num_employees   = 120

|website         = [http://www.paon.co.jp/ www.paon.co.jp] (Japanese)

'''Paon Corporation''' (パオン) is a Japanese video game company that makes games for [[Nintendo]]. It was founded on January 20th, 1999. When [[Rare]], Ltd., a company that made games in the {{uv|Donkey Kong}} series for Nintendo until it became a subsidiary of [[Microsoft]] in 2002, left Nintendo, Nintendo used Paon to develop certain ''Donkey Kong'' games such as ''DK: King of Swing'', ''DK: Jungle Climber'' and ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''. In addition to making ''Donkey Kong'' titles, they were also one of many game developers to buy the rights to many franchises previously owned by Data East after its bankruptcy, including ''Glory of Heracles'', which would later get an installment for the Nintendo DS in 2008 published by Nintendo titled "''Glory of Heracles: Proof of the Soul''" (Released in North America as simply "''Glory of Heracles''"). They also worked on re-releasing old games for the [[Wii]] Virtual Console.

Paon's only ''Super Smash Bros.'' game so far is ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', which they developed in co-operation with [[Sora Ltd.]], [[HAL Laboratory, Inc.]], [[Monolith Soft]], [[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Game Arts]].

All three of Paon's {{uv|Donkey Kong}}-developed titles, ''King of Swing'', ''Jungle Climber'', and ''Barrel Blast'', have been represented through several trophies and stickers. In addition, ''Barrel Blast'' was also represented with a music track called ''{{SSBBMusicLink|Donkey Kong|DK Jungle 1 Theme (Barrel Blast)}}'', which plays on [[Rumble Falls]].

A song from ''[[List of minor universes#Glory of Heracles|Glory of Heracles]]: Proof of the Soul'' appears in the [[Coliseum]] stage titled ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Nintendo|Glory of Heracles}}''.

After having all of its content cut from ''Smash 4'', ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' received representation again with Kip and Kalypso returning as spirits, as well as a [[Kritter]] using artwork from said game. Additionally, ''DK: Jungle Climber'' received representation again with the ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Donkey Kong|Boss 2 - DK: Jungle Climber}}'' music track.

Heracles, as he appears in ''Glory of Heracles: Proof of the Soul'', as well as the protagonist of said game, both appear as [[Spirits (characters)|Spirits]]. The ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Nintendo|Glory of Heracles}}'' music track returns from ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', now only playing on stages from non-playable universes.