Nichibutsu

Nichibutsu is a real-life video game company that was used as the subject of an OG series. However the company is usually used as a metaphor for Nintendo in these OGs (with some elements from other gaming companies). There are currently three different branches of the company, one for each OG. Somehow Ditto McCloaker has served as the president of each.

Japan

Featured in Nichibutsu Inc. Ltd- A Video Game Company OG. Not much is known about this since only one page of the original story has been saved. This is the original Nichibutsu company apparently based in Japan, although it is uncertain if the original story was actually set in Japan or if this was a retcon. Oddly enough, most of the characters featured in this Nichibutsu are the same people who would later make up Nichibutsu of America- but Lupus always seems to be the only one who remembers all of this. Since most of the story including its beginning is missing, there are probably characters overlooked and most listed characters' specialties/company positions are unknown or guessed. In the only archived part of the story, Nichibutsu attempts to work with Nintendo in creating video games featuring Nintendo characters such as Jumpman.

Employees

• Ditto McCloaker- The company president.
• Batsu - Seems to be Ditto's secretary.
• Yoshiman - Paired off with Vorpal.
• Sapphire Blue - Works with Elzie, apparently on the game's plot.
• Elzie Ann - Works with Sapphire, apparently on the game's plot.
• Vorpal - Heads his own division called Vorpalion. Seems to do music too.
• Luigi of the Pipes
• Lupus - Partnered with Luigi and attempts to make a Jumpman game with a Gattling Gun and Portable Racetrack.
• Fuzzball - The company janitor. Accompanied by Cousin Scuzzball, who acts as a lawyer for the company.
• Masa - Seems to work alone in some art department or something.
• Techno - Makes his dramatic entrance in one of the last saved posts to apply for a job, but it is unknown if he actually became a company member.

America

From Nichibutsu of America: A Game Company OG. This company attempted developing the NICHE gaming system in competition with Vorpalsoft's EVILS. They failed, but the Nichibutsu Japan president bailed them out by supplying them with the NICHE 64 and several launch games. It has been theorized by some, but not yet incorporated in to the series, that Yoshiman later took control of the company to fulfill the destiny of he and his grandmothers.

Employees

• Ditto McCloaker - Company president.
• Sapphire Blue - Joined because she was bored of her Flying Submarine and wanted inspiration for a new vehicle. She was assigned to work in debugging, but was bored of that job as well and was later appointed vice-president.
• Luigi of the Pipes - Joined in hopes of making Paper Mario 2. At first was made into the janitor, but later became the editor of Nichibutsu's official magazine, "Crazy Climber".
• Lupus - Works in development and advertising.
• Big Al - Joins after his Gloveboy fails to catch on at Spaceworld. He becomes the game story writer. At one point he was fired and began working at Vorpalsoft, but was quickly fired from there too and returned to Nichibutsu via Game Dæmons. Creditted as Nintenfreak Jr.
• Flutter - He works in battle systems while engaging in his usual hijinx.
• Yoshiman - Yoshiman became the game artist and also submitted a large amount of ideas. Ditto later appointed him the director of a video game based on his loosely-constructed ideas.
• Masa and Mune - The adopted grandsons of Nichibutsu Japan's president. Ditto has them make the company's official website.
• Elzie Ann- She joined just so she could travel to Spaceworld. To he disappointment she was appointed the lunch lady. Elzie thought she would get an actual game designing job after the vending machines were hired as the new cafeteria staff, but she was then fired for speaking into the intercom. Nintenfreak Jr. helped her to reclaim her job by showing her the Game Dæmons.
• Ben Björni - Enlisted as the company janitor, presumably to replace Luigi after he began working on the game magazine.
• Wrange Tirk - Enlisted late in the story to fill the empty programmer spot, which GORE-ILLA would have filled if he did not instead join Vorpalsoft. Also he ran with scissors at Lupus's request.
• Techno - A samurai with terrible vocabulary. He thought he would make a good translator but couldn't even properly spell the word "translator". Also was a terrorist.

Norwegia

Featured in Nichibutsu Norwegia: It's All About Yuu. This branch works on the Nichibutsu Yuu and games for it while competing with Spartavision and its hellspawn of a leader, the Donkeyman. Most of the members seem to hate Ditto, even compared to the previous companies.

Employees

• Ditto McCloaker - Yeah, he's president again.
• Luigi of the Pipes - Joins to do pizza-related stuff and open Nichibutsu Arcades.
• Tyler - Joins as an artist after Typo was rejected. Often abused by Ditto and forced to stay in his office for long periods of time.
• Vorpal - Temporarily joins after his religious epiphany in order to advise Ditto on the way of truth as a Vorpriest. He eventually gets sick of Ditto and leaves.
• Jeice Apalocks - A leftover from an unfinished OG who hopes to make Sid proud. Hired as security.
• EVIL Scientist Dude - Joins as a game designer and fills games with his own subliminal messages.
• Lupus - The only person who remembers having joined Nichibutsu twice before in the previous OGs, but is quite absent-minded. He is hired as the musical composer.
• Fred - A strange short man who joins as a programmer.