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SNK

Foundation date: 1978
Official website:
SNK-Playmore (Japanese)
About:
Shin Nihon Kikaku (translated as "New Japan Project") Corporation was a leading manufacturer and distributor of coin-operated and home-based video games in the 1980s and 1990s.
The company's downfall started in the year 2000, when financial problems resulted in its acquisition by Pachinko manufacturer Aruze. Due to underfunding by Aruze, SNK founder Eikichi Kawasaki and a handful of executives left the company to form Playmore on August 1, 2001.
SNK filed for bankruptcy in 2001. A number of the company's employees went on to form Brezzasoft. Meanwhile, at the end of the year, Playmore won all of SNK's intellectual rights. As part of a major reestablishment in the gaming market, Playmore rehired former SNK employees and purchased Brezzasoft.
On July 7, 2003, the company was rechristened SNK Playmore.
In August 2015, Chinese mobile game publisher 37Games purchased Kawasaki's 81.25% stake in SNK Playmore for US$63.5 million. On April 25, 2016, SNK Playmore reverted to its original SNK name.
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Saudi Arabia's MiSK Foundation Now Owns 96.18% Stake in SNK (Apr 6, 2022)
SNK Appoints Kenji Matsubara as CEO (Jul 29, 2021)
SNK Announces New Console for 2021 (Dec 15, 2020)
Saudi Arabian Organization MiSK Foundation Plans to Purchase Majority Stake in SNK (Nov 28, 2020)
Rock Band WANIMA Cancels 2 Events After COVID-19 Coronavirus Patient Attends Concert (Feb 25, 2020)
SNK Unveils Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro Hardware (Sep 6, 2019)
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy Game's Trailer Teases Story, Features (Jul 19, 2018)
SNK Unveils Neo Geo Mini System With 40 Games (May 10, 2018)
SNK to Release Game Hardware with Popular Neo Geo Titles for Company's 40th Anniversary (Apr 19, 2018)
NISA to Release SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Game for Nintendo Switch (Apr 7, 2018)
Hi Score Girl Anime's Teaser Video Subtitled in English (Mar 23, 2018)
SNK Fighting Games Feature in Romantic Comedy Manga (Jan 29, 2018)
SNK Playmore Drops Slot Machines, Focuses on Smartphone/Consumer Games (Nov 3, 2015)
The King of Fighters XIV Introduced With 3D Visuals for PS4 (Sep 15, 2015)
Sega Also Has Copyright Complaints Against Hi Score Girl Manga (Sep 3, 2014)
Hi Score Girl Manga Recalled After SNK's Copyright Charges (Aug 6, 2014)
SNK Playmore Recruits Staff for New King of Fighters 3D Game (Aug 6, 2014)
Xbox One Slated for September 4 in Japan With 48 Game Makers (Apr 22, 2014)
Discotek Adds DNA2, 1st Lupin III TV Special, Dragon Half, Fatal Fury Specials (Nov 10, 2013)
Discotek Adds Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Cybersix (Aug 5, 2013)
Mario Kart 7, Gundam EX Vs. Top Chart With 423,619 & 349,756 (Dec 7, 2011)
J.C. Staff Animates SNK Playmore's Sister Quest 2 Footage (Nov 14, 2010)
Japanese, US Companies Fund Live-Action King of Fighters (May 28, 2007)
King of Fighters Anime to be Packaged with Game (May 8, 2006)
DrMaster Publications Acquires Rights to Previous ComicsOne Titles (Mar 28, 2005)
Interesting Game News (Sep 27, 2001)
November Merchandise Releases (Sep 16, 2001)
Interest:
Genderbent Terry Bogard Bishoujo Statue Slated For April 2023 (Aug 25, 2022)
Press Release:
SNK and NISA Partner to Release SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy in 2018 (Jan 15, 2018)
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This Week in Games - A Farewell To Legs (Mar 24, 2023)
SNK Producer Yasuyuki Oda: Capcom, SNK Both Interested in Crossover Revival (Aug 31, 2022)
This Week in Games - Final Fantasy and Cotton Fantasy (Mar 18, 2022)
This Week in Games - The Final Countdown (Feb 18, 2022)
This Week in Games - Jojo Posing? No, Jack-O Posing! (also Gamescom) (Sep 3, 2021)
This Week in Anime - The Boobs and Battles of Fatal Fury (Feb 16, 2021)
This Week in Games - Look, We NEED to Talk (Jul 9, 2020)
The Spring 2020 Manga Guide - The King of Fighters: A New Beginning (Jun 10, 2020)
This Week in Games - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore (Jan 30, 2020)
This Week in Games - Strange Romance (Sep 27, 2019)
SNK Teases Next-Gen Neo Geo Hardware That Links to Neo Geo Mini (Aug 4, 2019)
The Summer 2019 Anime Preview Guide - Vinland Saga (Jul 7, 2019)
This Week in Games - Gotta Nope Fast (May 2, 2019)
A Brief History of One Piece Video Games, Part 1 (Nov 14, 2018)
SNK Launches Teaser Site for New Game (Sep 3, 2018)
This Week in Games - The Resurrection of Onimusha (Aug 30, 2018)
This Week in Games - Nintendo's Monkey Business (May 3, 2018)
King of Fighters '97 Global Match Slated for April (Feb 9, 2018)
The List - 7 Wildly Impractical Giant Robot Designs (Jul 29, 2017)
The X Button - Equal Crime (Jul 30, 2014)
The X Button - Cosmic Phantasy (Oct 30, 2013)
The X Button - Ultra Violence (Aug 21, 2013)
The X Button - Watch Words (Aug 14, 2013)
The X Button - Swinging Safari (Jul 3, 2013)
The X Button - Story of the Class (Jun 26, 2013)
The X Button - Gear Protection (May 22, 2013)
The X Button - Way of the Warriors (Feb 22, 2012)
The X Button - Mega Matters (Feb 1, 2012)
The X Button - Long Live the Fighters (Dec 21, 2011)
The X Button - 3-D Test (Nov 16, 2011)
The X Button - Guardian Force (Nov 9, 2011)
The X Button - Strike Through (Sep 28, 2011)
The X Button - An Endless World (Jul 13, 2011)
The X Button - Electronic Exponent (Jun 8, 2011)
The X Button - Jumping and Shooting (May 18, 2011)
The X Button - All Shot Up (Apr 27, 2011)
The X Button - Nightmare Girls (Mar 2, 2011)
The X Button - Get Serious (Feb 1, 2011)
The X Button - Three Things (Jan 26, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! - Get Off My Lawn (Jan 21, 2011)
The X Button - The Flat Game Society (Jan 19, 2011)
The X Button - Ways Forward (Jan 5, 2011)
The X Button - Ghost in the Game (Dec 8, 2010)
The X Button - Fist Bumps (Nov 10, 2010)
The X Button - Tactical News (Aug 4, 2010)
The X Button - Winds of Hate (Jul 21, 2010)
Hey, Answerman! - Anime Economics 101 (Jul 16, 2010)
The X Button - Dramatis Persona (Jul 14, 2010)
The X Button - Monster Mismash (May 12, 2010)
The X Button - Wondering Heroes (Apr 28, 2010)
The X Button - King for a Game (Mar 31, 2010)
The X Button - Evolutionary (Mar 24, 2010)
The X Button - Hard Truths (Feb 17, 2010)
The X Button - Ninja Science (Feb 3, 2010)
The X Button - From the Future (Jan 6, 2010)
The X Button - Dragon Chasing (Dec 9, 2009)
The X Button - Strange Days (Nov 4, 2009)
The X Button - Metal Storm (Oct 21, 2009)
The X Button - Neo Model Army (Oct 7, 2009)
The X Button - New Day Rising (Aug 19, 2009)
The X Button - Limited Match (Aug 12, 2009)
The X Button - My Little Underground (Jul 22, 2009)
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The X Button - Blade Arts (Jun 24, 2009)
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The X Button - Tales of Tales (Apr 8, 2009)
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The X Button - Revolutionary Jargon (Aug 13, 2008)
The X Button - Feigned Frustration XIII (Jul 15, 2008)
Hey, Answerman: Chick Habit (Oct 5, 2007)
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Anime with which this company was involved:
(Japanese version)
Art of Fighting (special) : Original Concept
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (special) : Original Concept
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (special) : Original Concept
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture : Original Concept, Production
Garō Densetsu: Senritsu no Maōgai (manga) : Original Concept
Hi Score Girl (TV) : Game Assistance
Kick Off 2002 (TV) : Production
(The) King of Fighters '94 (manga) : Original Concept
(The) King of Fighters 2003 (Chinese manga) : Original Concept
(The) King of Fighters G (manga) : Original Concept
(The) King of Fighters XV (ONA) : Original Creator
(The) King of Fighters: A New Beginning (manga) : Original Work
(The) King of Fighters: Another Day (ONA) : Original Concept
(The) King of Fighters: Kyo (manga) : Original Concept
Nakoruru (OAV) : Original Creator
(The) Pet Girl of Sakurasou (TV) : Cooperation (5 episodes

eps 5, 10, 19, 22-23
)
Samurai Shodown (manga, Yuki Miyoshi) : Original Concept
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (special) : Original Concept
Samurai Spirits (manga, K. Shimamoto) : Original Concept
Samurai Spirits 2: Asura Zanmaden (OAV) : Original Concept
Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru Jigokugyō (manga) : Original Concept
Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru Jigokuhen (manga) : Original Concept
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (OAV) : Original Concept
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