Konami announces plans to dissolve Hudson Software
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As decided in a meeting on January 12, Hudson Soft will be absorbed into its sister company Konami Digital Entertainment. The change will take place on March 1, after which Hudson Soft will officially cease to exist.
Preceding the merge, Hudson Soft was acquired by Konami on April 1 of last year, and since then has been focused on producing mobile and social content. Hudson Soft has since worked alongside Konami Digital Entertainment as member companies of the Konami group.
Both companies produced similar content, but development resources were split between the two. Following the merge, Konami hopes to efficiently pour resources into Konami Digital Entertainment alone.
Hudson Soft, of historical Bomberman and Bonk fame, has since published games many critically acclaimed Japanese games that were infrequently localized for western audiences. Hudson Soft was also known for developing games for other publishers, most notably, the Mario Party series.
All Hudson Soft franchises became Konami’s subsidiary following its acquisition.
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[b]Source:[/b] [url]http://geek.pikimal.com/2012/01/17/konami-announces-plans-to-dissolve-hudson-soft/[/url]
There goes my childhood of Mario Party and Bomberman...
Well, that sucks. Bomberman was awesome.
I don't care what you all think, Mario Party was the [I]shit[/I].
So, no more Mario party? Well shit.
i can understand no more mario party (konami developing mario games would look weird on paper) but what stops konami from making more bomberman games under their brand?
This doesn't necessarily mean the end of those games, it just means that the brand name and teams are being absorbed, that's all.
Nooooo...
Are we ever going to get another proper bomberman game?
I really loved the one with Pommy in it as a playable character, and the multiplayer levels like how water or sand would start to rise and kill you.
Kind of disappointed they didn't add that in the Xbox Live version...
[QUOTE=Kevinsevenalt;34270612]So, no more Mario party? Well shit.[/QUOTE]
There will still be Mario Party games, just not developed by Hudson. Instead it's ND Cube (They made Wii Party):
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[QUOTE=slayer20;34270723]Are we ever going to get another proper bomberman game?
I really loved the one with Pommy in it as a playable character, and the multiplayer levels like how water or sand would start to rise and kill you.
Kind of disappointed they didn't add that in the Xbox Live version...[/QUOTE]
Pommy is the cutest thing in existence. He's a mix of Pikachu and Kirby!
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110720081335/bomberman/images/4/47/Pommy.png[/img]
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Holy shit it looks like a bad Quake mod or something.
Yeah, Bomberman Act Zero is kind of completely and utterly shit.
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