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[A.KU.MU]

They never made one single good game so...

 

[Shiggy]

You all know what you must do!

I just realized, didn't Hudson have all of their IPs in their name? Unless Konami took the IPs with them and are in their name after the buyout... wouldn't this mean that the IPs are ripe for the picking?

NINTENDO YOU SHALL NOT MESS THIS UP! Bomberman = NOW! XD

I thought NDCube only absorbed the leads of the Mario Party team, which was then not really working on other Hudson titles, were they? Originally, the team was Monegi, a Nintendo/Hudson joint-venture, which was dissolved in 2002. Afer that, the team kept existing within Hudson.

 

[richiek]

The ironing is delicious.

 

[sixteen-bit]

That and before dying they release an Igavania on 3DS.

So never?

 

[Azure Dream]

 

[lupinko]

They never made one single good game so...

Bomberman
Bonk
Adventure Island

List goes on and on.

Dunno what you're talking about.

 

[NonexistentK]

well on the bright side Konami is still gonna keep on delivering budget conscious yet top quality stuff like NeverDead. They had to make some sacrifices you know.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I thought NDCube only absorbed the leads of the Mario Party team, which was then not really working on other Hudson titles, were they? Originally, the team was Monegi, a Nintendo/Hudson joint-venture, which was dissolved in 2002. Afer that, the team kept existing within Hudson.

The president of NdCube was also the president of Hudson for ages.

 

[It_Hurts]

Tears drop on my complete PC Engine Hudson collection but I guess they just had a hard time changing to the modern days of gaming.

 

[Shiggy]

The president of NdCube was also the president of Hudson for ages.

Just wondering, is he a new president or was he there since NdCube was founded?

 

[iamaustrian]

Nintendo should just overtake Konami at this stage or buy out the Hudson franchises.
Hudson was one of my fav devs. goddamnit

 

[ACESmkII]

Konami could just take up all the publishing/distribution, they always owned Hudson during those releases.

I want to believe.

It's been months since any PCEengine titles appeared on the store.

Overall very sad news.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Just wondering, is he a new president or was he there since NdCube was founded?

This was obviously after the restructuring as Endo (the president) was at Hudson until 2008 or 2009 if I recall.

 

[gdt]

I played a lot of their stuff as a kid...I think, but meh. Sucks for people to lose their jobs and all, but I don't have an overly emotional connection to them.

So now their IPs are with Konami? So now they have Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Bomberman.

 

[Shard]

Today is a sad day for video gaming.

 

[Kyoufu]

I would play the hell out of a Saturn Bomberman re-release on PSN/Vita/3DS with online.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

You will be sucked Konami to the extreeeeeeeeeeeeme.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Damn you! I was frantically google searching for a similar image. Well played, sir.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Fixed

Is PES anywhere near it's size in the PS2 era?
From a distance it looks like FIFA sorted itself out and took their sales.

 

[Roto13]

But.... Bomberman.

I'm wondering if this means I should buy Bomberman Hero on the Virtual Console, just in case I don't get another chance.

 

[PhantomOfTheKnight]

Damn you. T___T

 

[PokéKong]

Wow... The death of Bomberman.

I completely read that in The Protomen's voice.

 

[icecream]

Thus finally ends the dream. So long, my Kita e...

They never made one single good game so...

 

[iamaustrian]

But.... Bomberman.

I'm wondering if this means I should buy Bomberman Hero on the Virtual Console, just in case I don't get another chance.

mmhhh... I think I will get all Hudson games of the VC service and 3DS'es/DSi's eshop over the next month.
I have the bad feeling they will be gone soon.
I'm just glad that I already purchased 95% of the PC engine games from the virtual console store a long time ago.

 

[panama chief]

wait wait wait........this is the same guys who did bomberman? im not happy.


who is gonna give me that mario party ds sequel?

 

[Hero of Legend]

wait wait wait........this is the same guys who did bomberman? im not happy.


who is gonna give me that mario party ds sequel?

NdCube, they're behind Mario Party 9 for Wii.

 

[DeFiBkIlLeR]

Sad...

I remember reading an article in EDGE back in late '93 or early '94, about their visit to Hudson HQ, and showed pictures of Bomberman running on a huge Widescreen High Definition TV, which were just coming out in Japan.

First time i'd ever heard about HD TV...

I'll try and dig out the old issue and scan it and put it up here...

 

[Merovin]

These are dark times.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Not surprising but still kind of sad. I enjoyed the occasional Bomberman game.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Bomberman '94 is one of my favourite games ever.

The PC Engine was such a great little console.

RIP

 

[Hero of Legend]

This is funny; apparently NdCube has an office in Tokyo, and Sapporo, same as Hudson.

 

[KageMaru]

Sad sad news. This has been such a troubling generation for so many great companies. It's quite depressing. =(

HD consoles claim another victim.

Didn't they only release a small handful of games on the HD twins? Wouldn't it be the Wii claiming this victim since most of their software landed on that platform?

Maybe I read their games list wrong, but that's how it looked to me.

 

[Celine]

Sad...

I remember reading an article in EDGE back in late '93 or early '94, about their visit to Hudson HQ, and showed pictures of Bomberman running on a huge Widescreen High Definition TV, which were just coming out in Japan.

First time i'd ever heard about HD TV...

I'll try and dig out the old issue and scan it and put it up here...

I know what issue you mean.
Video

 

[Huff]

Not like we didn't see it coming.

lol konami. absolutely worthless.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Konami is like the worst company in the world

 

[EvilMario]

So many Hudson games (like new Bonk and Bomberman) cancelled when they were bought, and now there's no chance of bringing them back.

 

[freddy]

I'm going to think of this when I hear the next developer say how glad they are to be brought by company x and how it will allow them more freedom and money to expand upon their ideas.

 

[TreIII]

...They done killed my precious Bomberman. And just when that 3DS game looked like the 64 sequel I always wanted. T_T

 

[Speevy]

Nintendo not working with you anymore is like a mob boss who won't protect you anymore.

 

[chris3116]

I always thought that Nintendo would buy Hudson from Konami at some point since both had a strong relationship. I know that some people of the Mario Party team are now with NdCube.

I bought some TG-16 games on the VC years ago and it was cool. The last game on TG-16 on VC that was released was Castlevania Rondo of Blood if I remember.

RIP Hudson that gave me Bonk and Bomberman. Konami should die.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

So does Konami own the IPs now or...?

 

[Alrus]

Seriously why did Konami buy Hudson? Why were their investors okay with them spending money for nothing? What the hell :/

And I'm gonna miss Bomberman so much ;_;

 

[Why would you do that?]

Oh no. Why Konami, why?
(The weird thing is that I also like Konami, for sort of similar reasons I like Hudson, and would be quite sad if they shut down, too...)

...Is this technically part of the Nintendo curse, where developers they sell eventually shut down?

 

[jbueno]

Sad to see one of the great developers of the 16 bit era disappear. I´ll play some PCE games in memoriam.

 

[Anteater]

There goes bomberman...........................

 

[Ushojax]

Why Konami, why?

The eternal question.

 

[Hero of Legend]

So does Konami own the IPs now or...?

As I showed above; very likely not!

 

[saelz8]

Bomberman is officially dead?

Sad day in gaming. Seriously.

 

[Stinkles]

Bombaman.

 

[ShinobiFist]

I thought Konami bought them just to grab their IP's, right?