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{{ | {{articleabout|the video game company|the actor Ernie Hudson|[[Ernie Hudson|here]]}} | ||
{{company infobox | {{company-infobox | ||
|logo= | |logo=Hudson_Logo.gif | ||
|width=220px | |||
|founded=May 18, 1973 | |founded=May 18, 1973 | ||
|defunct=March 1, 2012 | |defunct=March 1, 2012 | ||
| | |firstgame=''[[Mario Bros. Special]]'' | ||
| | |lastgame=''[[Mario Party DS]]'' | ||
|president=Hidetoshi Endo | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[ | '''[[Wikipedia:Hudson Soft|Hudson Soft]]''', commonly referred to simply as '''Hudson''', was a Japanese video game developer and publisher most well-known for the ''[[Bomberman (character)|Bomberman]]'' series. They also co-developed the NEC [[wikipedia:Turbo-Grafx 16|Turbo-Grafx 16/PC Engine]] video game console in the late 1980s. Hudson's most notable work for [[Nintendo]] and ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' is the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series, of which they developed eight console games and two portable games (''[[Mario Party Advance]]'', and ''[[Mario Party DS]]''). Most of the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' staff at Hudson moved to the Nintendo-owned [[Nd Cube]] when Hudson's former president moved over there. | ||
''' | |||
In January 2011, [[Konami]] revealed that it was to fully acquire Hudson, buying out the company and merging it into Konami on April 1; as a result, all ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' games starting from ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' were developed by Nd Cube. On March 1, 2012, Hudson Soft officially ceased to exist, having been merged into Konami Digital Entertainment, though quite a few of Hudson's staff members migrated to Nd Cube. | |||
Hudson's mascot was | Hudson's mascot was Hu-Bee, a reference to the [[wikipedia:Hudson Hornet|Hudson Hornet]], a sedan from the 1950's built by the unrelated Hudson Automobile Company. Hu-Bee appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]'' as an item that can be collected to earn 8,000 points. | ||
==''Mario'' games developed== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%;text-align:center" | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%;text-align:center" | ||
!Title | !Title | ||
!Year Released | !Year Released | ||
! | !Console | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Mario Bros. Special]]'' | |''[[Mario Bros. Special]]'' | ||
|1984 | |1984 | ||
| | |PC-88 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'' | |''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'' | ||
|1984 | |1984 | ||
| | |PC-88 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]'' | |''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]'' | ||
|1986 | |1986 | ||
| | |PC-88 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' | |''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' | ||
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|2005 | |2005 | ||
|[[Game Boy Advance]] | |[[Game Boy Advance]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Mario Party 7]]'' | |''[[Mario Party 7]]'' | ||
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|} | |} | ||
==External | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110724185116/http://hudsonentertainment.com/ Hudson's Homepage as of July 2011] | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20110724185116/http://hudsonentertainment.com/ Hudson's Homepage as of July 2011] | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Video game developers]] | ||
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