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Cain Highwind

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"E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Mon 29 Sep 12:10

When I got a chance to play SVC Chaos. There was something in the credits that surprised me.

Under Planner/Producer I saw the name "E Kawasaki"!

I've been thinking about it, and what you guys might say, "Oh maybe he ORIGINALLY thoguht of the game and then left SNK when it was being done". But then I didn't see any kind of "associative producer" nor any Korean Names in that department, in the credits.

This could be the possibility that they've truely gotten one of their "fathers" so to speak, back to make games which makes KoF 2003 and other games, all the more promising.

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Fro Boy11

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"Re(1):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Mon 29 Sep 12:25

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When I got a chance to play SVC Chaos. There was something in the credits that surprised me.

Under Planner/Producer I saw the name "E Kawasaki"!

I've been thinking about it, and what you guys might say, "Oh maybe he ORIGINALLY thoguht of the game and then left SNK when it was being done". But then I didn't see any kind of "associative producer" nor any Korean Names in that department, in the credits.

This could be the possibility that they've truely gotten one of their "fathers" so to speak, back to make games which makes KoF 2003 and other games, all the more promising.

I hope you're right about that. Maybe KOF (his favorite series) will be a little better for now on.

Still waiting for a Dan Hibiki and Robert Garcia dream match!

Radish

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"Re(2):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Mon 29 Sep 12:30:

He will lead us to victory!

[this message was edited by Radish on Mon 29 Sep 12:31]

Phoenix
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"Re(3):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Mon 29 Sep 12:46

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He will lead us to victory!

AMEN brother!

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exodus

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"Re(1):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Mon 29 Sep 18:37

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Under Planner/Producer I saw the name "E Kawasaki"!

Read the beginning of our E3 interview - seems he's back. NeoGeoFreak told me that he was just an advising chairperson, but...looks like either he's more than that, or they want us to think so.

aderack
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"Re(2):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Mon 29 Sep 19:34

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NeoGeoFreak told me that he was just an advising chairperson, but...looks like either he's more than that, or they want us to think so.

As I said, that doesn't ring true to me. He's been listed in an executive position in too many games, going back too far.

According to what Herman said, Eikichi Kawasaki is more or less The SNK Guy. I don't know how much of this is spin, but he kept asserting that SNK was Kawasaki's company -- his "brainchild", as it were.

He was supposedly the one who formed Playmore in late 2001 as a lifeboat company, since Playmore retained ownership of the SNK name (mere weeks before Playmore adopted all of SNK's properties).

Judging from a bunch of circumstantial factors, I find it easier to believe all of this than anything else at the moment.

Occum's Razor, and all.

EricJonRösselWaugh
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Fygee

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"Re(3):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Tue 30 Sep 01:09

I heard he was the CEO of Playmore, which is now SNK Playmore, meaning he's the CEO of SNK once again. ;)

Cain Highwind

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"Re(4):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Tue 30 Sep 08:47

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I heard he was the CEO of Playmore, which is now SNK Playmore, meaning he's the CEO of SNK once again. ;)

Actually it's Akihito Kadowaki according to what I read at Gamespot when they did the Jamma show article.

Either way, this is the first Playmore game I've seen with Kawasaki's name in the credits (especially under something like Producer) instead of some Korean guy with 3 names that I've never herard before. I'm just thinking this may be a good thing for future KOFs.

Now if only they ca get their old sound team.

aderack
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"Re(5):E. Kawasaki returns to SNK?" , posted Tue 30 Sep 10:02:

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Actually it's Akihito Kadowaki according to what I read at Gamespot when they did the Jamma show article.

In that article, I believe that Kadowaki was listed as the "representative" from SNK Playmore. I am unclear what that is supposed to mean. He could be a gofer for all I know.

A quick Google search on him turns up nothing but quotes from the Gamespot article, all of which say "SNK Playmore representative Akihito Kadowaki..."

I think that SVC Chaos is the first actual Playmore game, innit? I mean, unless you count the Noise Factory stuff and KoF'02 (which was by Eolith and pre-absorption Brezza). And unless I'm missing something obvious.

So. That'd explain a bit of something.

Curious to see what else we'll get, now that development is mostly back in-house again.

EricJonRösselWaugh
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[this message was edited by aderack on Tue 30 Sep 10:08]