- "Hudson" redirects here. For the actor with the last name "Hudson", see Ernie Hudson.
Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game developer and publisher and a subsidiary of Konami. Hudson was best known for creating the Bomberman franchise starring the eponymous character along with the Momotaro Electric Railway series of party board video games. Hudson also co-developed the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 consoles with NEC in the late 1980s. Hudson's most notable work for the Super Mario franchise is the Mario Party series, of which Hudson developed ten games for Nintendo consoles; Hudson handled the actual development while Nintendo provided 3D character models. From 2010 until Hudson's dissolution in 2012, most of the Mario Party staff at Hudson migrated to the Nintendo-owned Nd Cube (now known as Nintendo Cube) when Hudson's former president Hidetoshi Endo moved there; they then developed Wii Party, before taking control of the Mario Party series, staring with Mario Party 9, which released in 2012.
Since April 2005, Konami had been the controlling shareholder of Hudson Soft, and in January 2011, Konami announced that it was to fully acquire the rest of Hudson and make it a subsidiary of Konami; the acquisition closed on April 1. On March 1, 2012, Hudson Soft merged with Konami Digital Entertainment, Konami's flagship subsidiary and Hudson's sister company, with the latter ending up as the surviving entity.[2]
Hudson's mascot was Hachisuke, a reference to the Hudson Hornet, a sedan from the 1950s built by the unrelated Hudson Automobile Company. It appears in Super Mario Bros. Special as an item that can be collected to earn 8,000 points.
Hudson Soft also created Family BASIC and the Super Multitap.
Super Mario games developed[edit]
1985 print ads showing the availability of Hudson Soft ports on home computers.
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Year Released
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Systems
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| Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū
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1984
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Sharp X1, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001, NEC PC-6601
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| Mario Bros. Special
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1984
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NEC PC-8001, NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, NEC PC-6001, NEC PC-6601, FM-7, NEC PC-9801, Sharp MZ-1500, Sharp MZ-2200, Hitachi S1, SMC-777
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| Punch Ball Mario Bros.
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1984
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NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, NEC PC-6001, NEC PC-6601, FM-7, Sharp MZ-1500
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| Family BASIC V3
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1985
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Family Computer
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| Golf
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1985
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NEC PC-8001mkIISR, NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1
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| Super Mario Bros. Special
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1986
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NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, Samsung SPC-1500
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| Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!
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1994
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Game Boy
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| UNDAKE30 Same Game
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1995
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Super Famicom
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| Mario Party
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1998
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Nintendo 64
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| Mario Party 2
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1999
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Nintendo 64
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| Mario Party 3
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2000
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Nintendo 64
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| Mario Party 4
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2002
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Nintendo GameCube
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| Mario Party 5
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2003
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Nintendo GameCube
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| Mario Party 6
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2004
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Nintendo GameCube
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| Mario Party Advance
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2005
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Game Boy Advance
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| Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
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2005
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Nintendo GameCube
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| Mario Party 7
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2005
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Nintendo GameCube
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| Mario Party 8
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2007
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Wii
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| Mario Party DS
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2007
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Nintendo DS
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Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
Hudson Soft coverage on other
NIWA wikis:
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| Game companies
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Divisions and subsidiaries of Nintendo
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1-UP Studio • iQue • Mario Club Co., Ltd. • Monolith Soft • Next Level Games • Nintendo • Nintendo Cube • †Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development • Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development • †Nintendo Research & Development 1 • †Nintendo Research & Development 2 • †Nintendo Software Planning & Development • Nintendo Software Technology Corporation • †Nintendo System Development • Retro Studios • Treehouse
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| Third parties
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4J Studios • Access Games • Acquire • †AlphaDream • Arcana Software Design • Argonaut Games • Arika • Armor Project • ArtePiazza • †Artoon • Arzest • †Atari Corporation • †Atari, Inc. • Atlus • Bandai Namco Entertainment • †Banpresto • Beenox • Blit Interactive • †Boss Game Studios • Brainstorm Entertainment • †Brian A. Rice, Inc. • Brother Industries • Brunswick • †Bullet-Proof Software • C3 Incorporated • Camelot Software Planning • Capcom • CAProduction • Caroline Software Incorporated • Choice Software • Cigam • Climax • Codesmith, Inc. • †Coleco • Cosmodog • Cup of Tea Productions • Denaris Entertainment Software • Designer Software • Digitainment • Digital Works Entertainment • Dynatech Play2O • EA Canada • extra toxic • †Fabtek • †Falcon • Fantasy Factory • FEkids • Firebird • Forever Entertainment • Game Arts • Game Freak • Good-Feel • †Gottlieb • GREZZO Co., Ltd. • GungHo Online Entertainment • HAL College of Technology & Design • HAL Laboratory • HAMSTER Corporation • Hexadrive • †Hudson Soft • Human Engineered Software • Ikegami Tsushinki • Imaginative Systems Software • indieszero • Intelligent Systems • International Technology Development Corporation • Interplay • Iwasaki Engineering • Jupiter • K-Byte • Konami • Lightmaker • Magnum enter Co., Ltd. • Mani • Maygay • Million Colors • MISA • Mojang Studios • †Monster Games • National Human Electronics • Natsume • Nelsonic • NeoPets • NHN Entertainment • Nichimen Graphics • Noisycroak • †NovaLogic • †Ocean Software • Orpheus Software • Other Ocean Interactive • Paon DP • Playtime • PlayWorks Digital Limited • POP Multimedia • Presage Software • Racjin • Radical Entertainment • Rare • †Renegade Kid • Riedel Software Productions • Roklan • Royal Philips Electronics • S.I.U. • Scientific Toys • Sega • Sentient Software Ltd • Sharp • Silverball Studios • †Skip Ltd. • SkyBox Labs • Skyworks Technologies, Inc. • SmileBoom Co., Ltd. • †Softnica • †Software Creations • Sora Ltd. • Sound Racer Ltd. • Spike Chunsoft • Square Enix • †St.GIGA • Sunwise • †SUZAK Inc. • Switch Entertainment Inc. • T's MUSIC Co., Ltd. • Tantalus Media • †The Software Toolworks • TNX • Tokyo Electron • Tomytec • TOSE Software Co. • Treasure • tri-Crescendo • Ubisoft • Vanpool • Velan Studios • Vicarious Visions • VPI.net • WILL Co., Ltd. • Woodside Design Associates • Yuke's • †Yutaka
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| Other companies
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Book publishers
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Archie Comics • Dark Horse Books • Fleetway Publications • Guinness World Records • Prima Games • Scholastic • Shogakukan • Sports Illustrated Kids • Valiant Comics
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| Animation studios
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†DIC Entertainment • Disney • dwarf studios • Hong Guang Animation (Su Zhou) • Illumination • †Medialab • Nelvana • †Pacific Rim Productions, Inc. • †Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. • Sony Pictures
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| Home video distributors
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†Abbey Home Entertainment • Beyond Home Entertainment • Bim Bum Bam Video • Buena Vista Home Video • Disky Communications • Egmont Film • eOne • Fremantle Home Entertainment • GoodView Home Video • HVN • IDP Home Video • †Kids Klassics • Lionsgate Home Entertainment • Manga Distribution • Maximum Entertainment • MRA Entertainment • NCircle Entertainment • On Air Video • Paramount Home Video • †Phase 4 Films • Pickwick Video • Pidax Film • Producciones Panther • Roadshow Entertainment • Shout! Factory • SMI url • Sterling Entertainment Group • Target • The Video Collection • UIG Entertainment GmbH • Universal Pictures • Wendros • †Zhenying Communication Co., Ltd.
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| Collectible / toy makers
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Ahomaro Games • Amada • Amscan • Apollo • Atlas Editions • Au'some Candies Inc. • Bandai • †Banpresto • Bioworld • Blackbird Interactive • BlackMilk Clothing • Borras Plana S.A. • Burger King • †BYGGIS • CBD Spiele • Central Hobby • Colorforms • Cromy • Dujardin • Dynatech Play2O • Ensky • Epoch • Epoch Games • ERTL • Estrela • Fangamer • First4Figures • Fleetwood Toys • Fleer • Furuta • Futabasha • Gelato Pique • Grosvenor • Hallmark • Hasbro • Interplay • iQue • Jakks Pacific • K'NEX • Kawada • KidFun • Kids' Choice • Kortekaas Merchandising • Largo Toys Ltd. • LEGO • Marigó • Maruka • Mattel • MB Games • Media Factory • Milton Bradley • Milton Bradley Company • Newfield Publications • Nintendo • Paladone • Papel Creation • Placo Toys • Playtime • PopCo Entertainment • Ralston Purina • Ravensburger • RoseArt • S.H. Figuarts • Sababa Toys • San-ei Co., Ltd. • Sansei • Scientific Toys • Schmidt Spiele • Selecta • Servilibro • SUBARUDO • Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. • Sunflower Publishing • TAKAHASHI • Taito • Takara • Takara Co., Ltd. • Tara Toy Corporation • Tenyo • ThinkFun • Tiger Games • Tomy • Toy Biz • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USAopoly • Visual Echo • Waddingtons • Wendy's • Zygomatic
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| Food companies
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Burger King • Freiberger • Keebler • Kellogg's • The Kraft Heinz Company • McDonald's • Nagatanien • Sonic Drive-In • †Sunshine Biscuits • Taco Bell • Wendy's
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| Cosmetics companies
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Lush • shu uemura
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| Miscellaneous
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Aeon • California Milk Processor Board • EMI Music Publishing • France 2 • †MediaBrowser • †MIA Co., Ltd. • Nickelodeon • Pure West • Tesla • Twinkl • Unilever • †WIC Entertainment • Yodobashi Camera
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