The Illustrators of SNK – 2001 Developer Interview
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In this 2001 interview, conducted at the very peak of SNK’s original tenure, designers Hiroaki and Tonko (along with an unnamed SNK rep) discuss their history at SNK, their influences as illustrators, the nature of their day-to-day work and their contributions to now-classic games like Garou: Mark of the Wolves, The King of Fighters and The Last Blade series, as well as the forward-thinking 3D MMA fighting game Buriki ONE.
While SNK would shutter soon after this interview was recorded, both artists maintained a strong relationship with the company’s successors as freelance artists, with Hiroaki contributing art to many future KOF titles (including as primary illustrator for KOF11) and Tonko producing key illustrations for most of the main-line Metal Slug games.
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Awesome. Thanks very much for this!
John Learned
2019-12-17 15:45:48 +0000 UTC
