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| {{Infobox Company
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| |title = Paon DP Co., Ltd.
| | '''Paon Corporation''' 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 [[Donkey Kong Universe|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. |
| |logo = [[File:Paon DP logo.png]]
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| |type = Public
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| |founded = January 20, 1999 (Paon Corporation, Ltd.)<br>August 3, 2004 (Paon DP)<ref name=PAONDP />
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| |headquarters = {{flag|japan}} {{iw|wikipedia|Tokyo}}, Japan
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| |key people = Rikiya Nakagawa
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| |industry = Video Game Development
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| |products = Video games
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| |num_employees = 44 (as of 2023)<ref name=PAONDP>{{cite web|title=Company Overview|url=http://paon-dp.com/english|website=PAON DP Inc|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
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| |website = [http://www.paon.co.jp/ Paon DP Co., Ltd.] (Japanese)
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| |interwiki = wikipedia
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| |interwikiname = Wikipedia
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| |interwikipage = Paon DP | |
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| '''Paon DP''' (株式会社パオン・ディーピー), known before as '''Paon Corporation''' and '''DP Inc.''' respectively, is a Japanese video game company that makes games for [[Nintendo]]. Paon was initially founded on January 20, 1999, and merged with DP on August 3, 2004. 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 ''Karnov'' (who still appears on ''Fighter History'', which is owned by G-Mode), ''Atomic Runner'', ''WindJammers'', ''Kuuga'' and ''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.
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| Paon's only ''Super Smash Bros.'' game is ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', which they developed in co-operation with [[Sora Ltd.]], [[HAL Laboratory, Inc.]], [[Monolith Soft]], [[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Game Arts]].
| | Their 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]]. Their current President is Rikiya Nakagawa. They are currently rereleasing old games for the [[Wii]] Virtual Console. |
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| ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==
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| Paon was a lead developer for this game. The studio handled later assignments on the foundation created by [[Sora Ltd.]] and [[Game Arts]].
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| 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 [[sticker]]s. 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]].
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| ==In {{forwiiu}}==
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| A song from {{uvm3|Glory of Heracles}} for the Nintendo DS appears in the [[Coliseum]] stage titled ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Nintendo|Glory of Heracles}}''.
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| ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==
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| After having all of its content cut from ''Smash 4'', ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' received representation again with Kip and Kalypso returning as [[spirit]]s, 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.
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| Heracles, as he appears in ''Glory of Heracles'' for the Nintendo DS, as well as the protagonist of said game, both appear as 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, {{uv|Ice Climber}}, and {{uv|Duck Hunt}}.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Paon Corporation logo.PNG|Paon's logo
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| </gallery>
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{Companies}}
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| [[Category:Donkey Kong universe]]
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