Smilebit [SEP] dissolved or abolished
, and merged them back into a uniform R&D structure in 2004.
Smilebit was formed from CS1, which contained staff from the "Panzer Dragoon" series, sports games and PC conversion staff. It was headed by Shun Arai and Takayuki Kawagoe. While continuing sports-related games, the studio became more known for its high-end console games, which includes "Jet Set Radio" and "Hundred Swords" for Dreamcast, and the Xbox trio of "Jet Set Radio Future", "Panzer Dragoon Orta"
development team when the first Sega Saturn software was entering development. The name came from Andromeda, the code used to make their games. The group produced three Panzer Dragoon titles and, after the release of its final game "Panzer Dragoon Saga" in 1998, was then dissolved. Different teams of the same division were responsible for the "Let's Make a" series and the Sega Worldwide Soccer series.
After the restructuring, many of the group's members joined Sega's Smilebit and United Game Artists development teams.