Konami
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Konami Corporation (コナミ株式会社, Konami Kabushiki-gaisha?) 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 games such as the Metal Gear series, Castlevania series and the Silent Hill series. The company was founded in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, the still-current chairman and chief executive officer. Konami is currently headquartered in Tokyo and additionally operates health and physical fitness clubs in Japan. Konami also operates United States activities in El Segundo, California for video games, and Paradise, Nevada for the gambling industry. The location in Paradise, Nevada is located across the street from one of the runways at McCarran International Airport.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The mascot and most famous character of Konami, Solid Snake, appears as a playable character. In addition, many others from Konami's Metal Gear series, such as Gray Fox and Metal Gear REX, appear in SSBB 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.
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