SNK

SNK Corporation
Type	Public
Founded	1978
Headquarters	Suita, Osaka, Japan
Key people	Eikichi Kawasaki
Industry	Video Games
Products	Video game hardware and software
Website	SNK Corporation
Article on Wikipedia	SNK

SNK (Shin Nihon Kikaku, lit. "New Japan Project") is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. Founded in 1973 by Eikichi Kawasaki as Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation in the computer electronics industry, shifting fully into coin-op video games in the late 1970's. Initially having modest success, the company officially rebranded to SNK Corporation in 1986 and released a string of successful arcade games such as Alpha Mission, Ikari Warriors, Athena and Psycho Soldier, with all having successful home console ports. This inspired SNK to start the Neo-Geo family of arcade and console hardware in 1990. The hardware would be the home of many classic franchises, like Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug. However, revenue would slowly dry up throughout the 1990's and SNK would fall onto hard times, with multiple key staff members, including Kawasaki, departing to start their own companies. In April 2nd, 2001, SNK petitions the Osaka District Court for the application of the Civil Rehabilitation Law. The request is accepted, the revitalization procedure is underway, and the head office returns to Suita. In October 30th, 2001, the Osaka District Court declares SNK bankruptcy.

• SNK is currently tied with Disney for the least amount of playable characters in Smash out of all third-party companies with a playable character, with only one: Square Enix, Sega, Konami, and Capcom have three each while Bandai Namco and Microsoft have two each.

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