Do you remember SNK Playmore? Retro gamers should instantly recall that name, seeing as they were the primary hardware and software developers to the Neo Geo line (now, proudly available on Nintendo’s Virtual Consoles). However, following a bankruptcy in the early 2000’s they had “pulled a Konami,” stopped creating games, and switched over to the pachinko slot machine business.
Why are we talking about them? According to Siliconera, SNK Playmore is moving away from the pachinko industry and is fully committed to creating console and mobile games with their existing IP (i.e., The King of Fighters, Metal Slug, and Samurai Spirits). There is no indication whether the Japanese company’s games will be heading to Nintendo consoles, however it would not be out of the question given their prior business history together.
Never heard of them, but if they make good games then great.
they made King of Fighters, it compilates some of their own fighting games characters and adds new ones, along with their independent story/plot
the gameplay of the first 2 is extremely slow but from the 3rd(all are named with their year of release, KoF 94 being the first), the speed increases, as long as their roster
They are very similar to street fighters, except there is a roll and run mechanic, and a more combo focused gameplay
Also, it is worthy to note that it has one of the most cheap, overpowered son of a bitch Bosses on the history, to the point they earned a trope called SNK Syndrome
Their most powerful boss, Rugal Bernestein AI is insane, being able to read your inputs, counter on frame 1 and anti air with a 50% Special. He was killed on the second game but he appears on the dream matches
I suggest you look it up, it’s worth the try.
Once in a while, they release a Dream Match game, which is a game with no story, all characters of the current arc(with some extras) and Rugal(in his Omega form) as a secret final boss. All of those(2) are on Steam at the moment, called The King of Fighters (98/2002) UM
Ah, I’ve missed the term ‘SNK bosses’.
Wait… How haven’t you heard of them until today? They didn’t went under that long ago, and their franchises are hardly obscure.
Also, were SNK the ones that hired yakuza members back in the day to hang around the arcades of their competitors or was it Konami? I think it was Konami, but still.
So someone “pull a Konami” before Konami did.
Konami went back in time and told them all the cool kids were doing it in 10 years
lol
FUCK YEAH, METAL SLUF
I may not be the biggest fan of their’s, but I sure as heck know my brother is excited. He loves Metal Slug.
Even if you don’t like the games themselves that much, you have to love the animation. SNK had some of the best 2D spriters and animators on the market:
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/metalslug/images/d/d0/Hermitcrab.gif
I agree wholly. From what I’ve seen, the games are all packed with incredible charm.
If every game in those days had that awesome animation, I wonder if we would have moved on to 3D animation as quick as we did in video games.
BASEBALL STARS was awesome
Oh my, this is awesome. SNK makes some of my favorite games, I will absolutely die if they bring back Super Dodgeball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np7-xrlYhLg
Here’s for hoping for another Samurai Showdown, as well.
I know SNK, but I’ve never seen the word “Playmore” attached to that name.
And believe it or not, there is money in pachinko.
Fucking finally. More Metal Slug!