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KID

{{Short description|Japanese game development company}}

{{About|the Japanese game development company||Kid (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = KID Corp.
{{lang|ja|株式会社キッド}}

| logo = Kid-logo.png

| company_slogan =

| company_vision =

| foundation = {{Start date and age|May 12, 1988}}

| defunct = {{End date and age|2006}}

| location = Tokyo, Japan

| key_people = Hisaaki Ichikawa, President

| industry = Consumer Game
Computer Game

| num_employees = 41{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}

| revenue = ¥92.9m (March 2006){{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}

| homepage = http://www.kid-game.jp

}}

KID (Kindle Imagine Develop) was a Japan-based company specializing in porting and developing bishōjo games. It went bankrupt in 2006 and its intellectual properties have been transferred to multiple companies. Most of them are currently owned by 5pb. since 2007.

History

KID was founded in 1988, with capital of 160 million yen.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2006 |title=キッド：負債額約5億3000万円、自己破産申請へ |url=http://mantanweb.mainichi.co.jp/web/2006/12/53000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210032709/http://mantanweb.mainichi.co.jp/web/2006/12/53000.html |archive-date=December 10, 2006 |access-date=March 7, 2025 |website=Mainichi Shimbun}} In the early 1990s, it served primarily as a contract developer. Notable titles from this era include Burai Fighter, Low G Man, G.I. Joe, Isolated Warrior and Recca. In 1997, it began porting PC games to games consoles. In 1999, it released an original title called Memories Off on PlayStation, which later became its first well-known series. In 2000, it released the original title Never 7: The End of Infinity, the first in the Infinity series. KID created the underground PlayStation game Board Game Top Shop. In 2005, KID became a sponsor of the Japanese drama series Densha Otoko.

The company declared bankruptcy in 2006.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524030353/https://www.rpgfan.com/news/2006/1578.html|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2006/1578.html|title=Kid Files for Bankruptcy|first=Chris|last=Winkler|publisher=RPGFan|date=December 1, 2006|archivedate=May 24, 2011|access-date=October 17, 2023}} However, in February 2007 it was announced that KID's intellectual properties had been acquired by the CyberFront Corporation, which would continue all unfinished projects until its closure in December 2013.

Kaga Create then bought CyberFront Corporation and owned the rights to KID's works. After Kaga Create closed down, 5pb. bought Cyberfront's assets which also included all of KID's works.

Works

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{{See also|Category:KID games}}

=''Infinity'' series=

{{Main|Infinity (video game series)}}

=''Memories Off'' series=

{{Main|Memories Off}}

=Other=

References

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External links

  • [http://www.kid-game.jp/ KID Official site]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615075110/http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/001493.html Bankruptcy info and notes in English via insert credit]
  • {{vndb|8|producer}}
  • [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/company/74918-kid List of KID games] at GameFAQs

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Category:Amusement companies of Japan

Category:Defunct video game companies of Japan

Category:Video game companies established in 1988

Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2006

Category:Video game development companies

Category:Japanese companies established in 1988

Category:Japanese companies disestablished in 2006

Category:Companies that have filed for bankruptcy in Japan