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|logo= Konami logo.png
|logo=Konami logo.svg
|width= 200
|width=200
|founded=May 19, 1969
|founded=March 21, 1969<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.konami.com/corporate/en/data/|title=Corporate Data - KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION|last=KONAMI|website=Konami.com|accessdate=December 22, 2024|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925025728/https://konami.com/corporate/en/data/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|firstgame=''[[Mario Roulette]]
|first_release=''[[Mario Roulette]]
|lastgame=''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]
|latest_release=''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]
|president=
|president=Hideki Hayakawa
}}
}}
'''Konami''' is a third-party company that has made two [[Mario (series)|Mario]] games: ''[[Mario Roulette]]'' and ''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]''. Konami also created the ''Metal Gear'' series, which features [[Solid Snake]] as the main character. Snake appeared as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. Mario and [[Yoshi]] have made a cameo appearance in one of Konami's Metal Gear games.  
'''{{wp|Konami}}''' is a third-party company that has made two games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]: ''[[Mario Roulette]]'' and ''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]''. Konami also produces the ''{{wp|Metal Gear}}'' series, which features [[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Snake|Solid Snake]] as one of the main characters and occasionally has [[Mario]] and/or [[Yoshi]] appear in cameos. Snake appears as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Another of the company's franchises, ''{{wp|Castlevania}}'', is also represented in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', with [[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Simon|Simon Belmont]] and [[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Richter|Richter Belmont]] as playable characters.
 
In April 2005, Konami became the controlling shareholder of [[Hudson Soft]], which, at the time, developed the {{id|MP|series|a}} for [[Nintendo]]. In April 2011, Konami acquired the rest of Hudson, making Hudson a subsidiary of Konami. On March 1, 2012, Hudson merged with Konami Digital Entertainment, Konami's flagship subsidiary and Hudson's sister company, with the latter ending up as the surviving entity.
 
==''Super Mario'' games developed==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 50%;text-align:center"
!Title
!Year released
!Console
|-
|''[[Mario Roulette]]''
|1991
|Arcade
|-
|''Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3''
|1991
|Arcade
|-
|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (Mini Piccadilly)
|199?
|Arcade
|-
|''Super Mario World'' (Mini Piccadilly)
|199?
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]''
|2005
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|}
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:52, February 13, 2025

Konami
Konami logo
Founded March 21, 1969[1]
First Super Mario game Mario Roulette
Latest Super Mario game Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Current president Hideki Hayakawa

Konami is a third-party company that has made two games of the Super Mario franchise: Mario Roulette and Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. Konami also produces the Metal Gear series, which features Solid Snake as one of the main characters and occasionally has Mario and/or Yoshi appear in cameos. Snake appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Another of the company's franchises, Castlevania, is also represented in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with Simon Belmont and Richter Belmont as playable characters.

In April 2005, Konami became the controlling shareholder of Hudson Soft, which, at the time, developed the Mario Party series for Nintendo. In April 2011, Konami acquired the rest of Hudson, making Hudson a subsidiary of Konami. On March 1, 2012, Hudson merged with Konami Digital Entertainment, Konami's flagship subsidiary and Hudson's sister company, with the latter ending up as the surviving entity.

Super Mario games developed[edit]

Title Year released Console
Mario Roulette 1991 Arcade
Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 1991 Arcade
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Mini Piccadilly) 199? Arcade
Super Mario World (Mini Piccadilly) 199? Arcade
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix 2005 Nintendo GameCube

References[edit]

  1. ^ Corporate Data - KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
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