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Sega AM2 is a division of Japanese video game developer Sega. == History == In the earliest days of research and development at Sega the most standout products were ''taikan'' arcades, which is literally translated from Japanese as "body sensation", and refers to large cabinet set-ups with more than button and joysticks. Sega popularized the term and innovated this design through games such as ''Hang-On'', ''OutRun'', ''Space Harrier'', and ''After Burner'' and the more eleborate set-up, the ''R-360''. All the aforementioned games were created by the second arcade department at Sega which started to stand out relatively quickly. From 1990 onwards the game development groups at Sega became their own divisions. Development teams became bigger and many of the planners, designers and programmers of the small teams of before, became producers and managers of their own teams and departments. Thus Amusement Machine Research and Development Division No. 2 (AM2), was created. AM2 was headed by Yu Suzuki and Toshihiro Nagoshi. ''Daytona USA'' was the first game using the palmtree AM2 logo, signaturing the department for being special among all the R&D Departments among Sega. In 2000 all of Sega's in-house Consumer (CS) and Amusement Machine (AM) R&D departments were separated from the main company and established on 9 semi-autonomous subsidiaries, with each subsidiary getting an elected president as a studio head. However, for more financial stability, Sega began consolidating its studios into five main ones in 2003 (Sega Wow, Sega AM2, Hitmaker, Amusement Vision, Smilebit, Sonic Team), and merged them back into a uniform R&D structure in 2004. SEGA-AM2 was established as an independent studio but has held its name, and features the palm tree logo prominently. It was headed by Hiroshi Kataoka, Yu Suzuki and Makoto Osaki. After the integration back into Sega, the studios lineage as the second arcade software R&D division continues. It is now headed by Hiroshi Kataoka and Makoto Osaki. In 2012, characters from AM2's hit series ''Virtua Fighter'' appeared in Koei Tecmo's ''Dead or Alive 5''. AM2 assisted in the development of the game.〔http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/16/balancing-isnt-easy-team-ninjas-philosophy-on-character-tweaking-in-dead-or-alive-5-last-round-part-2/2/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sega AM2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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