Konami buys Hudson.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:01 am

Whether or not this is good news, I dunno. I just want an online console Bomberman, dagnabbit:

http://cube.ign.com/articles/603/603127p1.html

Konami Cements Hudson
Bomberman and Bonk have a brand new daddy.
by Jeremy Dunham
April 11, 2005 - Japanese gaming giant Konami Corporation officially announced this morning that it has made Hudson Soft a full auxiliary division of its company. This no doubt comes as great news for the executives of Hudson Soft, who expect to post a record loss of revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005.

Anticipating this loss, Hudson requested the assistance of its long-standing shareholder Konami, which has been an investor since August 2001 and possesses a whopping 45% ownership of all Hudson shares. Because of Konami's decision to accept a third-party allotment of 3 Million additional shares, however, it now owns 54% of Hudson Soft outright -- giving it majority shareholder status and the right to claim it as an official subsidiary.

The deal is expected to finish on April 27 when Konami pays out the funds necessary for the third-party allotment of shares. The total cost is expected to run the bargain price of roughly 1.434 Billion Yen, which translates to about $13.3 million U.S. dollars.

What kind of impact will this acquisition make for gamers? Only time (and Konami) will tell. But at the very least, Konami execs hope that the newly-established subsidiary status will raise Hudson Soft's total net worth and make its current reorganization process somewhat easier. Currently, Hudson makes use of more than 530 employees worldwide.

We'll be back with more on as it becomes available.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:15 am

About time. Hudson characters were already in Konami's Dream Mix TV.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:41 am

So who will Nintendo contract to make the next Mario Party game? That'll be an interesting splash screen for sure. "Presented by Nintendo... a Konami game... developed by Hudson."

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:27 am

I really want more good games, Boodly Roar games sucks anyway.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:34 am

I'm actually a fan of the Bloody Roar series. But Raizing seems preoccupied making the wildly successful Naruto games nowadays...

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:39 am

Mr. T must be getting to work on that Bomberman Theme remix for IIDX 13

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:44 am

Bomberman:Cinematic Edition Bomber Gear 1

I'm picturing Bomberman on codec

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:23 pm

Bomberman? Bomberman?!?! Booooommmmmbeeermaaaannnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:05 pm

Nuke wrote:Bomberman? Bomberman?!?! Booooommmmmbeeermaaaannnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ha ha with the sound of a bomb blast instead of a gunshot

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:35 pm

Just as a curiosity.

Hudson ported Pooyan from Konami to MSX, way back 1986

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:11 pm

Maybe the new Star Soldier will have Vic Viper as a selectable craft.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:32 pm

Ghegs wrote:Maybe the new Star Soldier will have Vic Viper as a selectable craft.

That would be sweet but doubt it'll ever happen.

pixeljunkie · Post by **pixeljunkie** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:54 pm

Dreamcast had Bomberman Online

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:04 pm

Nuke wrote:Bomberman? Bomberman?!?! Booooommmmmbeeermaaaannnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*shhhwwpp* (the sound of the joke going over alpha5099's head)

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:06 pm

Ghegs wrote:Maybe the new Star Soldier will have Vic Viper as a selectable craft.

Or the next Gradius will feature Master Higgins riding a pterodactyl as a hidden boss or something.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:49 pm

^^^

Or how about a pseudo vertical followup to Star Parodia starring Bomberman, a Flying MSX system, and the Vic Viper and bonus unlockable characters? That would be sweeet.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:56 pm

alpha5099 wrote:*shhhwwpp* (the sound of the joke going over alpha5099's head)

Snaaaaaaake!

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:21 pm

Betcha the next Parodius game will have Bomberman in it.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:44 am

Thank god they finally got that over with. Hopefully the team that made Ninja Five-0 was still with Hudson when they absorbed them...we desperetly need a sequel to that and I have very little faith in Konami actually doing it inhouse without fucking it up.