Skip Ltd.

Skip Ltd.
Company type	Limited
Industry	Video games
Founded	July 2000
Defunct	Circa 2020
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Trouadour-403 2-9-6 Sendagaya Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 151-0051
Key people	Hiroshi Suzuki (CEO)
Products	Chibi-Robo!; bit Generations; Art Style;
Website	www.skiptokyo.com (archived)

Skip Ltd. (stylized as skip Ltd.) was a Japanese video game developer that had a close relationship with Nintendo. Nintendo published all of their Japanese releases; with the only notable exception being LOL (Archime DS), which skip Ltd. published independently. The company's staff included prominent developers from Square such as Kenichi Nishi and Keita Eto.^[1] In October 2019, it was reported by OneControllerPort.com that the company had changed its name to Skip Inc. the previous year and had become inactive on all social media.^[2] By August 2020, it was reported that the company may have become defunct.^[3] In March 2024, a former employee confirmed the company had shut down.^[4]

^ de Figueiredo, Bruno. "Love-de-Lic". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ McFerran, Damien (22 October 2019). "What's Going On With Chibi-Robo Developer Skip?". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "Has The Chibi-Robo Studio Skip Pulled The Plug On Development?". Nintendo Life. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ Moriyama, Hiroshi [@picmory] (29 March 2024). "Skip has disbanded. Each member is active in a different place. However, there is a possibility that some members will reunite in the near future and do something. I don't know yet though" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via Twitter.

[1] Figueiredo, Bruno. "Love-de-Lic". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[2] McFerran, Damien (22 October 2019). "What's Going On With Chibi-Robo Developer Skip?". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[3] "Has The Chibi-Robo Studio Skip Pulled The Plug On Development?". Nintendo Life. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[4] Moriyama, Hiroshi [@picmory] (29 March 2024). "Skip has disbanded. Each member is active in a different place. However, there is a possibility that some members will reunite in the near future and do something. I don't know yet though" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via Twitter.

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