Paon is a video game development company based in Japan.

Through a partnership with Nintendo, the

company has developed DK: King of Swing, DK: Jungle Climber and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. They also
developed Glory of Heracles, the fifth title of the Glory of Heracles series. When the company Data East
went bankrupt, Paon became composed of former Data East staff and bought the rights to some of their
games, including Karnov, Chelnov, the Kuuga trilogy and the Glory of Heracles series. They are now
gradually releasing some of them on the Wii's Virtual Console. They have recently participated in the
development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. So far, Paon have developed games for the Wii, Game Boy
Advance, DS and PS2.