Konami acquiring Hudson

Well I guess this is what happens when an industry grows to the point that the product now requires a budget of $Xmillions to make it financially successful.

So.... Will bomberman have nanomachines now?

0_0 Hudson was still around? It's been so long I thought they went out of business years ago. Damn, now that is a company that hung on for a long time. I still remembering playing their games back in the 8-bit days including Adventure Island and Bonk.

cool now maybe we'll get a new River City Ransom, Bloody Roar, Bomberman Adventure game like the 64 version, and other games that hudson is neglecting. I like Bith Konami and Hudson so I'm ok with this. Looking for Bomberman in the new Turtles in Time sequel.

@monson21502: omg! you are one of the few who knows those Good nes game (those should be on "Best Game no one played" list if gamespot existed back then). I should really add you on my friend list. river city was made by techno but techno was acquired by hudson later i think. Wats unfortunate is that river city and other sports game from same series don't sound the same in english version. but in japanese version, they are all ?? games. (that was the name of the high school where the main character was from). There was river city randsom, there was samurai downtown ( samurai downtown has english version), there's a street basket ball in english, the hockey im not sure. But they are all funny and you can hit other players. Seriously it should be you know, made into 3d(like street fighter 4) while still being a 2 dimensional game and add online play. I think you can try to find roms of those, copyrights were probably expired so it should be legal.

The bee has lost its stinger. :P (Clarification: A bee is part of Hudson's logo.)

how sad ... poor hudson ... its will be differen if they were merged, rather than being buyed

All this merging and closing of game companies makes a sad picture of the future of gaming. :(

Its about time.

BOMBERMAN FOR METAL GEAR RISING! Heck yes!

i hope them put trophy support

well let's wait and see Konami's ideas for the franchise.

@ hippiesanta: I don't want any of that in my Bomberman.

I smell crossover

@cytheh, i remember them all. did they also make river city randsom? you would think they would make a next gen of that with online co op or a online mode where you can join gangs and run the streets.

@monson21502 : oh yes, good old adventure island games! i dont know if you played adventure island 4 on nes, but it is great! you can choose your weapon/dragons (after you saved them or unlocked the weapon). the map is not linear, you can go back to previous areas. I dont understand why hudson didn't make more of the game

make a 2d adventure island for psn and xbl or wiiware. be cheap to make and great for us fans...

Finally we can get a next gen game featuring Master Higgins.

well i sure hope that with this we get a new Bloody Roar already!

so now we can have Bomberman with rated mature, gore and crude humor

I would love to see a new Bloody Roar game. So many memories play it on the PS1 :)

Nooooo Not Hudson! I love the bumblebee its child hood !

Kinda thought hudson was absorbed by somebody else years ago.

Well I can say right now Mario Party is dead.But atleast I can't wait to see new ideas and crossovers.As well as Bomberman finailly having a new home.

I'm not familiar with their old stuff but their new stuff has been pretty bad (Deca Sports, Bomberman Act Zero)

Make them put out a damn Bloody Roar 5 already.

i used to like alot of hudson games. i hope they make a next gen adenture island

@Mugen76 Bit like when Metal Gear Solid 3 crossed over with Ape Escape? THAT was a legendary cross over!

funny this happened. Konami published Bomberman: Act Zero a couple years back. Wonder how long this merger had been simmering?

So crap developers get acquired and good developers don't. That makes perfect sense.

Hudson Soft may be good in Japan, and has had some good games in the past, but their catalog recently is full of suck.

please bring back hudsons adventure island, i always loved that series

A Bomberman/ Metal Gear Solid cross over; Bomberman gameplay within Metal Gear universe. Could make for some silly fun!

Bloody Roar and Milon's Secret Castle FTW

Ok, can we please get adventure island on XBL now?

Wow. I even forgot Hudson existed until now. But at least it means one of the more historic video game companies will still live on.

bring Bloody Roar!!!!!!!! enter the beast mode

@wiidsduelpack I really miss Mario Party TBH. A lot of people got sick of the series, but I found it to be consistently enjoyable. Too bad. Looks like this is the end of the road for the franchise. :(

bad investment

I hope they create a new fighting game and also bring back the bloody roar series

I think it's a good idea, especially for what they will use the company for.

Metal BomberGearMan?

Hudson lost Mario Party, its major game that had a sequel every year. Hudson is a reflection of the poor Jap. industry

Bombermanz

Oh my god... For some reason, I'm imagining a Bomberman/Metal Gear spinoff. That's prolly not gonna happen. What's going to happen is various easter eggs from Hudson being a part of the new MGS's.

Huh. You don't often see a "nice" takeover. Should work out for Hudson. They're game style seems appropriate for social gaming.

Shame Hudson's not going to be independent anymore. Hopefully Konami will let them keep the classic "Bumblebee" logo. Great Hudson memories from the NES era.

Eh, this isn't such a great thing for Konami, the reason being is that Hudson hasn't really done much this gen besides make a few good games and a lot of games that were total garbage (Bomberman Act Zero, Deca Sports, etc.) I hope Hudson can get their act straight, I'd hate to see a classic company like them get shut down.

if you toss robopon out a window konami.. i swear im NEVER buying another one of your games.. same goes for bomberman