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Hudson Soft closing for good in March
Topic Started: Tuesday Jan 17 2012, 02:55 PM (279 Views)
famicommander
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So we all know that some months back Konami purchased all of Hudson (they had previously been partial owners for many years).

But Konami didn't seem interested in using the developer's talents or mining its catalog of great IPs, and instead put the developer to work on cell phone games (what?).

Well, news broke today that the studio is closing permanently in March and its staff will be integrated into Konami.

It is unclear who gets ownership of Hudson's IP.

This is a sad, sad day for gamers everywhere. Some of the titles/series Hudson has been responsible for:
Bomberman
Adventure Island
Bonk
Star Soldier
Faxanadu
Neutopia
Lords of Thunder
Game Boy Wars (the Game Boy titles in the Nintendo/Advance/Battalion Wars series)
Mario Party series, Sonic Shuffle
Kororinpa
Military Madness/Nectaris
Bloody Roar
Dungeon Explorer

In addition to all of those games, Hudson was also the brain behind the NEC Turbografx/PC Engine line of consoles.

So Konami: eat a dick. What the fuck is wrong with you?

One of the truly classic developers is now dead.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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osht

Lost in Shadow was another Hudson game.

Everybody go buy that in tribute to Hudson.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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OH NO NOT MARIO PARTY
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famicommander
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Hey man

Mario Party was great when it was original

1-4 are all classics in my book

then it got franchise fatigue

5-7 aren't bad, but they offer nothing that 4 doesn't already (except the mic controls which were pretty useless)

8 was fun and the Wii remote helped a lot

but there hasn't been one since 2007. Giving it a rest was a good call by Nintendo. Maybe Mario Party 9 will be a fun time
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Charmy
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This is a darn shame. Konami's probably too busy telling Kojima to make MGS5, which is a terrible idea.
I agree.
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Well, shit. No more Bomberman for us. (But wasn't Falcom responsible for Faxanadu?)

On the flip side, we've already got Saturn Bomberman and all that, so maybe we're not missing out on much. Besides, I still have yet to fulfill my life dream of setting up a 10-player Saturn Bomberman match.
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Saturn Bomberman is definitely the best multiplayer game in the series, but as an overall package (single+multi) my vote goes to Bomberman Generation for Gamecube.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Oh and Hudson developed Faxanadu, but I think Falcom owned the name or the IP or something.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Jak
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Bomberman: Act Zero ftw
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Act Zero came after Konami's initial investment in Hudson, and also after the original director of the series left the company.

But yeah, it sucked ass.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Star Soldier is a great game if you're looking for a caravan style shooter.
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lol'd at "sad, sad day for gamers everywhere."

Never heard of most of those games. Never liked Bomberman. When Mario Party wasn't trash it was merely mediocre.

So I guess at the end of the day not a single phuck will be given
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I've always been awful at Bomberman, but it's a good time. But Bloody Roar, there is a series I haven't thought about in a long time. Alice...that was mah girl.
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Tuesday Jan 17 2012, 07:32 PM
lol'd at "sad, sad day for gamers everywhere."

Never heard of most of those games. Never liked Bomberman. When Mario Party wasn't trash it was merely mediocre.

So I guess at the end of the day not a single phuck will be given
Even if you haven't heard of them, many of those games have greatly influenced the industry to a large degree.

And I'm sorry, but only terrorists don't like Bomber Man.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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False. Terrorists use Bomber Man as a training device.
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lol truest shit Jak has ever said
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Nintendo Life: Hudson may continue as a brand

They may claim that the brand and IPs are still alive, just part of Konami, but given where the game development industry as a whole is going, I'm taking this with a mountain of salt.
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Pokemans > some other thing that you ass ram
I don't ass ram anything so it's greater than nothing.

Jak
Thursday Aug 18 2011, 07:18 PM
I'm not posting in this thread. This seems ass ram a scam.
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I just remembered about Dream Mix TV: World Fighters.

It's basically what you get when Konami, Hudson Soft, and Takara decide to make a SSB wannabe game...and yes, this game had Solid Snake long before SSB Brawl did, and whom you could put in a match with Simon Belmont, Bomberman, and Optimus Prime.

Now, I just have to ask "Is it any good?" In the meantime, I'll just watch whatever YouTube videos of it I can find.
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famicommander
 
Pokemans > some other thing that you ass ram
I don't ass ram anything so it's greater than nothing.

Jak
Thursday Aug 18 2011, 07:18 PM
I'm not posting in this thread. This seems ass ram a scam.
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Holy fuck, Hudson Soft was ahead of their time.



HD, 10-player Bomberman...in 1993. You read that right-HD in 1993!

Saturn Bomberman kept the 10-player part, at least, though with the way everything's visibly shrunken and less detailed even when running at 480i instead of 240p for extra vertical res, it really would've benefited from the extra resolution.
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Pokemans > some other thing that you ass ram
I don't ass ram anything so it's greater than nothing.

Jak
Thursday Aug 18 2011, 07:18 PM
I'm not posting in this thread. This seems ass ram a scam.
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