Konami
Konami | |||
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File:Konami logo svg.png | |||
Founded | 1969 | ||
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Key people | Kagemasa Kozuki Takuya Kozuki Kimihiko Higashio | ||
Industry | Video Games | ||
Products | video games arcade machines cards toys | ||
Employees | 5,362 | ||
Website | www.konami.com www.konami.co.jp/en/ (corporate information) |
Konami Corporation (コナミ株式会社, Konami Corporation) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games. Konami is famous for many different popular game series, such as Metal Gear, Castlevania, Contra, Silent Hill, Gradius, Frogger, Pop'n Music and Dance Dance Revolution.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Solid Snake of Konami's flagship Metal Gear series appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In addition, many others from Konami's Metal Gear series, such as Gray Fox, Shadow Moses Island, and Metal Gear REX, appear in Brawl as well. Otacon, Colonel Roy Campbell and Mei Ling also appear in Snake's Smash Taunt in which they talk with Snake about the character he's battling.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
After being absent in Super Smash Bros. 4, Snake and associated Metal Gear content return in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Konami's long-runnig Castlevania series sees representation with the inclusion of Simon and his Echo Fighter Richter (making Konami the first 3rd party company to have more than two playable fighters), as well as a Dracula's Castle stage which features several classic bosses. Alucard appears as an Assist Trophy. In addition, Konami-owned franchise Bomberman is represented by its titular character, Bomberman, appearing as a new Assist Trophy.
Companies involved in the Super Smash Bros. series | |
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First- and second-party | Nintendo (Monolith Soft · Retro Studios) · HAL Laboratory · Game Freak · Creatures · Intelligent Systems · Rare Ltd. · Sora Ltd. |
Third-party | Konami · Sega (Atlus) · PlatinumGames · Capcom · Bandai Namco · Square Enix · Microsoft (Rare Ltd. · Mojang Studios) · SNK · Disney |
Other related | Game Arts · Hatena · Havok · Paon DP · Tri-Crescendo · List of companies with minor representation |