Former Sega And Koei Tecmo President Appointed As SNK's New CEO Nintendo Life SNK says it's ready for "a new phase of growth and development" by Share: SNK Corporation - best-known for series like , and the Neo Geo hardware has appointed Kenji Matsubara as its new chief executive officer. Matsubara was previously the president of Koei Tecmo and spent a few years at Zynga's Japan, before moving on to Sega as CTO, COO and president.
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In an official press release, SNK mentioned how there would be a "new phase of growth and developmen...
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He brought tangible success to prestigious companies with his extensive experience in game software ...
In an official press release, SNK mentioned how there would be a "new phase of growth and development" under Kenji: "We warmly welcome Mr. Matsubara who has a wealth of business expertise and experience in leading the game industry.
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He brought tangible success to prestigious companies with his extensive experience in game software ...
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With the appointment of Kenji, we promise that SNK is positioning itself for a new phase of growth a...
He brought tangible success to prestigious companies with his extensive experience in game software development, marketing, and sales both in Japan and overseas. We will aim for further growth and an increase in corporate value under his leadership.
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His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang ou...
With the appointment of Kenji, we promise that SNK is positioning itself for a new phase of growth and development." Image: You can see all of Matsubara's career history over on SNK's . [source ] Share: About When he’s not paying off a loan to Tom Nook, Liam likes to report on the latest Nintendo news and admire his library of video games.
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His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang ou...
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His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang out with Judd the cat. Comments ) All I can say is congrats and I wish him well.
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I’m totally down for this! Wishing him good luck at the company!...
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Hopefully by bringing out some new games instead of re-releasing their back catalogue. Ah, yes becau...
I’m totally down for this! Wishing him good luck at the company!
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Hopefully by bringing out some new games instead of re-releasing their back catalogue. Ah, yes becau...
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Hopefully by bringing out some new games instead of re-releasing their back catalogue. Ah, yes because sega is well know for it's excellence in recent years..
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Madison Singh 26 minutes ago
I thought SNK were releasing a new console in 2021...? Anyone heard any updates?? Does this mean Seg...
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I thought SNK were releasing a new console in 2021...? Anyone heard any updates?? Does this mean Sega has a new Governor?
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Mason Rodriguez 30 minutes ago
Awesome. I’m really looking forward to KoF XV....
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First order of business: new Metal Slug! Go!...
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Awesome. I’m really looking forward to KoF XV.
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First order of business: new Metal Slug! Go!
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Oliver Taylor 29 minutes ago
He looks somewhat villainous. The future is now, hopefully a new console with sequels to some of the...
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Scarlett Brown 28 minutes ago
Done right though, that's the worry. Don't want some crappy flash version of Last resort for example...
He looks somewhat villainous. The future is now, hopefully a new console with sequels to some of there amazing classics.
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Brandon Kumar 17 minutes ago
Done right though, that's the worry. Don't want some crappy flash version of Last resort for example...
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I don't think I'd be happy as a working class man in Japan. I hope they make new awesome games! In t...
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Done right though, that's the worry. Don't want some crappy flash version of Last resort for example. Well you are not wrong but it's a double edged sword, the whole respect thing.
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I don't think I'd be happy as a working class man in Japan. I hope they make new awesome games! In the meantime, they should put out more Neo Geo games on the Switch, such as Ganryu and Eight Man.
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I recently discovered that the legendary golf game "Neo Turf Masters" is on the Nintendo e-shop under an obscure Japanese title. They need to rename it to the North American title is they want to actually sell it! Common sense.
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Dylan Patel 12 minutes ago
too bad they're still majority owned by Saudis A new SNK console with cartridges that cost 900$$$!!<...
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And then talk about the fortunate change they will bring. I know it’s just business but it just so...
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too bad they're still majority owned by Saudis A new SNK console with cartridges that cost 900$$$!! I'm down for it If they really release a console, they should have some big 3rd parties around and launch with a bunch of high-profile exclusives like The King of Fighters 2022, Samurai Shodown Ultimate, Crystalis 2, Metal Slug 8, Shock Troopers 3, The Last Blade 3, Super Mario Odyssey 2. I think it’s cool when they hire someone with a wealth of experience.
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Thomas Anderson 4 minutes ago
And then talk about the fortunate change they will bring. I know it’s just business but it just so...
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I’ll take a follow up to turf masters please! This guy's need to find a new art style to mov...
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And then talk about the fortunate change they will bring. I know it’s just business but it just sounds more elegant that way they put it. SNK…let’s get making s9me games again!
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I’ll take a follow up to turf masters please! This guy's need to find a new art style to move their franchises forward, then they need to sort their Sh*t together and map out a realeses calendar so they can have an steady flow so they don't go away from costumers minds, they need to focus their marketing plan and how to push their games into gamers throats then they need to start collecting their money, set some aside to develope new franchises put some bigger butgets on the games that did best, Rinse and repeat They didn't change the title because they wanted to.
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It was titled Neo Turf Masters when it first came to Arcade Archives in the west. Augusta National h...
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It was titled Neo Turf Masters when it first came to Arcade Archives in the west. Augusta National had a legal dispute with SNK over the title because it has the word "Masters" in it.
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Don’t care who’s running the show, just tell me if the new KoF game is coming to the Switch alre...
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Don’t care who’s running the show, just tell me if the new KoF game is coming to the Switch already. (SamSho was also unannounced later for the Switch).
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Aria Nguyen 22 minutes ago
Salty? Considering who's trying to buy SNK, it's fitting. Who is trying to buy SNK?...
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Salty? Considering who's trying to buy SNK, it's fitting. Who is trying to buy SNK?
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Isabella Johnson 32 minutes ago
The Saudi Crown Prince. Oh! I thought he already owned a large portion of the company shares....
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He did. I heard plans he was planning to buy the rest of the stock in time. I wonder what he plans t...
Better on his hands than give it to the chinese. I am not the one to come up with the joke, either lol Point taken.
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