Hudson Interview- Bloody Roar fans can "keep dreaming"

[Buttonbasher]

Several fans have been wondering if we will ever see sequels to Dungeon Explorer, Adventure Island, or Bloody Roar for the Wii? Bloody Roar? Wow, that’s a throw back to the good old days. Don’t think that’s even up in our discussion pipeline, so you’ll have to keep dreaming on that one for now. Adventure Island would be great, and it comes up in discussions from time to time, but there are no firm plans in the near future. Dungeon Explorer is a possibility, because action RPGs are very popular in the US now.

Interview with Hudson's VP of Sales and Marketing John Lee.

Full thing here

[Defuser]

Because it's coming for the PS3/360 AMIRITE?

[Forgotten Ancient]

Dreams shattered. This generation sucks.

[polg]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

[AstroLad]

Page out of the Perrin Kaplan Guide to Interviewing there.

[Buttonbasher]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

How should I know. "Hudson Interview" sounded too bland.

[Tiduz]

i kinda liked bloody roar to be honest, i didnt love it to death but i enjoyed it.

[Testicular Sound Express]

BR is a pretty bad fighting franchise. Down there with MK in my opinion.

[Ronin]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

It's one of those guilty pleasure series.

[svenuce]

Yay. <3 Dungeon Explorer!

[oBa]

Seriously since when does a Sales and Marketing from an American branch of a very Japanese company have any say on what Hudson's future plans are.

Not that I want another Bloody Roar game, but I am pretty positive that Hudson Japan makes 99.9% of the decisions in that operation.

[VerTiGo]

I liked Bloody Roar Primal Fury for the GameCube. I really did.

[TheCardPlayer]

I liked Bloody Roar 3 and 4. Great music and characters design. It was very fun albeit limited.

[Avrum]

BR is a pretty bad fighting franchise. Down there with MK in my opinion.

I kind of liked the Gamecube game though. Although only two of the fighters were worth a damn (Uriko and Shenlong) and two of them were extremely cheap (Cronos and Uranus).

[Mejilan]

Dungeon Explorer!!

[Joe Molotov]

So Bloody Roar is a "throw back to the good old days" and not "even up in our discussion pipeline", but Adventure Island comes in discussions a lot?

[NaughtyCalibur]

So Bloody Roar is a "throw back to the good old days" and not "even up in our discussion pipeline", but Adventure Island comes in discussions a lot?

QFT. Took the words right out of my mouth.

[camineet]

no mention of Military Madness at all :(

[Killdozer]

Title should be: "Hudson Interview-Yes, apparently they still make games"

[starchild excalibur]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

Yeah, one of my great friends is a huge bloody roar fan actually.

[Dyne]

I love the series.

But man, it's too bad Bloody Roar 4 sucked.

[Kuroyume]

Keep dreaming Wii fans.

[Bildi]

Oh.... uhh...... damn?

[Killdozer]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

I was kinda interested in a sequel after the first one....and even after it came out I still didn't buy it.

[ZealousD]

I liked Bloody Roar Primal Fury for the GameCube. I really did.

Me too. It's not really the kind of fighting franchise for hardcore tourney folks who strive for total balance with a hugely deep combat system, but it's fun to turn into killer animals and rip stuff up.

[Link1110]

Intervew doesn/t mention Far East of Eden for 360? Come on, Hudson.

[Mirimar]

Best thing they could do is turn it into an MMO ^____^

[Lyte Edge]

Primal Fury was definitely the best in the series. BR4 had some issues, plus slowdown/frame rate drops. I still need to try it on PS3 to see if it gets improved by some slight chance.

But what Hudson SHOULD have said was "Bloody Roar isn't gone. We just lost the developer, since they took the engine and made the Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen games instead."

Best thing they could do is turn it into an MMO ^____^

No. ^_____^ That's not the best thing they could do. ^__________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________^

[John Master Lee]

Seriously since when does a Sales and Marketing from an American branch of a very Japanese company have any say on what Hudson's future plans are. Not that I want another Bloody Roar game, but I am pretty positive that Hudson Japan makes 99.9% of the decisions in that operation.

I see you got all the insight into running a company!

Like I said in the interview, companies can't make games like they use to. You know what happens when you make a game for another market without input from people familiar with that market? You get Bomberman Act Zero. A game developed in Japan based on what folks assumed the US market wanted. A game like that will never happen again at Hudson because we realize to make games that suit the US market, we have to make sure we get input from US gamers. A hard lesson, no doubt, but one we all are glad to learn from.

Japanese companies are opening up. You hear it from the lead producer of Lost Planet, and game developed in Japan with US input. You see it from such companies like Namco. And you are going to see it happen with Hudson. Hudson is old school Japanese. But the market has changed and we are adapting. A game like Bomberman Live is an amazing example. The first Bomberman game ever developed in the US (well, technically US and Canada). In a year's time, every game we plan to launch in the US will have US input into design and development.

[John Master Lee]

Intervew doesn/t mention Far East of Eden for 360? Come on, Hudson.

You know, if the interviewer asked, I would have answered that. Too bad he didn't ask.

[Sho Nuff]

My alter ego, ZEENBOR: GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT, wishes for a new Bloody Roar

[Sho Nuff]

You know what happens when you make a game for another market without input from people familiar with that market? You get Bomberman Act Zero. A game developed in Japan based on what folks assumed the US market wanted. A game like that will never happen again at Hudson because we realize to make games that suit the US market, we have to make sure we get input from US gamers. A hard lesson, no doubt, but one we all are glad to learn from.

Holy shit dude!

The fact that Hudson will let you go on GAF and publicly state that the company made a mistake is awesome. That alone speaks volumes about how progressive they've become. I wish all Japanese branches were as cool as that :(

[SHOTEH FOCK OP]

I always liked the name Eighting.



Their logo looks like a pregnant guitar though.

[John Master Lee]

Holy shit dude! The fact that Hudson will let you go on GAF and publicly state that the company made a mistake is awesome. That alone speaks volumes about how progressive they've become. I wish all Japanese branches were as cool as that :(

I'm a personal note though, I'm actually really disappointed people didn't like Bomberman Act Zero. The game is actually pretty fun. The game really got slammed, and has reached an echelon of "legend" because people hated it so much. But sometimes, when you try to shake the formula up a bit (well, maybe alot in this case), like introducing New Coke, or Chris Gaines, it really backfires... Even we at Hudson have to call it like we see it.

[neptunes]

I faintly remember forcing myself to like the GC version when I JUST bought my gc and needed games to play

[TJ Spyke]

I rented Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (the GameCube version of Bloody Roar 3), I thought it was pretty good.

[FightyF]

I had to review the GC version...boy that sucked. It was quite painful to play through it.

Why Hudson would even consider going down that same dark path...beats me.

[disappeared]

Bloody Roar

lol

fans

lol

[Lyte Edge]

first Bomberman game ever developed in the US (well, technically US and Canada).

Wasn't that Atomic Bomberman for the PC?

I'm a personal note though, I'm actually really disappointed people didn't like Bomberman Act Zero. The game is actually pretty fun. The game really got slammed, and has reached an echelon of "legend" because people hated it so much. But sometimes, when you try to shake the formula up a bit (well, maybe alot in this case), like introducing New Coke, or Chris Gaines, it really backfires... Even we at Hudson have to call it like we see it.

I gave it a decent score for the gaming site I reviewed it for. But come on...Bomberman Act Zero was lacking in the features and modes players have come to expect from the series, and it didn't even have different arena types!

[The Take Out Bandit]

I don't know.

Unless they could at least bring the franchise up to. . . VF4 levels of design, meaning finally incorporating proper 3D movement, etc. I really wouldn't want to see another Bloody Roar game.

Additionally, this series has the worst track record for removing characters from the series.

Why get rid of Fox and Ganesha and yet keep the shitty Yugo and Long clones?! Assholes!

[GrayFoxPL]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

/rises hand

Damn Hudson :(.

From the brief glance at the interview Hudson is busy doing these things:

1. Smoking weed.

2. Wondering if they still exist on market or not.

[SeatBelts]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

Was about to ask that.The last good bloody roar I played was the one on the PS i think it was.

[Hunahan]

So...uh...Far East Of Eden is cancelled for the US right?

[Prime crotch]

I'm a fan, or at least was, the second game was the best of the series after that it kinda got crappier.

[stilgar]

are there Bloody Roar fans?

Same question here.
Human-bunny fusion. OMGAWFUL O_O

[manzo]

So...uh...Far East Of Eden is cancelled for the US right?

Quite possibly. Not many Tengai Makyou fans in the US and Europe.. I'm propably the only European fan of the series.

[radiuhm]

Damn Bloody Roar was awesome, man I loved playing it for hours on my playsation. How do you guys think Bloody Roar would do sales wise, if it were to come out this gen.