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| {{redirect|Hudson|the actor with the last name "Hudson"|[[Ernie Hudson]]}} | | {{articleabout|the video game company|the actor Ernie Hudson|[[Ernie Hudson|here]]}} |
| {{company infobox | | {{company-infobox |
| |logo=Hudson Logo.svg | | |logo=Hudson_Logo.gif |
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| |founded=May 18, 1973 | | |founded=May 18, 1973 |
| |defunct=March 1, 2012 | | |firstgame=''[[Mario Bros. Special]] |
| |first_release=''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]'' and ''[[Mario Bros. Special]]''
| | |lastgame=''[[Mario Party DS]] |
| |latest_release=''[[Mario Party DS]]'' | | |president=Hidetoshi Endo (actual company), Kirill Monetin (Russian filial) |
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| [[File:SNES Super Multitap.jpg|thumb|left|Super Multitap]] | | '''[[Wikipedia:Hudson Soft|Hudson Soft]]''' is a video game company. It has also Russian filial in Mytischi. They are well-known especially for the ''[[Bomberman (character)|Bomberman]]'' series, especially their Rus filial. Hudson's most notable work for [[Nintendo]] and ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' is the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series, which has received eight console games in the series so far, plus 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. The company was acquired by [[Konami]] in January 2011 (Russian filial became a company called KomiroIzdat in September), and the [[Mario Party 9|next ''Mario Party'' game]] is being developed by Nd Cube or KomiroIzdat instead. |
| '''{{wp|Hudson Soft}}''' was a Japanese video game developer and publisher, best known for creating the ''{{wp|Bomberman}}'' franchise starring [[Bomberman|the eponymous character]]. Hudson also co-developed the {{wp|TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16}} consoles with NEC in the late 1980s. Hudson's most notable work for [[Nintendo]] and the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] is the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], of which Hudson developed eight console games and two handheld games. From 2010 until Hudson's dissolution in 2012, most of the ''Mario Party'' staff at Hudson migrated to the Nintendo-owned [[Nintendo Cube|Nd Cube]] (now known as Nintendo Cube) when Hudson's former president moved there. | |
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| [[File:MP1-3 Hudson logo.png|thumb|left|In-game logo from the first three ''Mario Party'' titles]] | | Hu-Bee is Hudson's mascot, and is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Hudson Hornet|Hudson Hornet]], a sedan from the 1950s built by the unrelated Hudson Automobile Company. Hu-Bee appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]'' as an item that can be collected to earn more points. |
| 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, with the acquisition process completing on April 1; as a result, all ''Mario Party'' games starting from ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' were developed by Nintendo Cube. On March 1, 2012, Hudson Soft merged with Konami Digital Entertainment, Konami's flagship subsidiary, with the latter ending up as the surviving entity.
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| Hudson's mascot was [[Hachisuke]], a reference to the {{wp|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 [[point]]s.
| | ==''Mario'' Games Made== |
| | *''[[Mario Bros. Special]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 2]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 3]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 4]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 5]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 6]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 7]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party 8]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party Advance]] |
| | *''[[Mario Party DS]] |
| | *''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]] |
| | *''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]] |
| | *''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]] |
| | Every Mario games made by Russian filial. |
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| Hudson Soft also created [[Family BASIC]] and the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System#Super Multitap|Super Multitap]].
| | ==External Links== |
| | | *[http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/?page=faq Hudson's Homepage] |
| ==''Super Mario'' games developed==
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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|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 Nintendo Entertainment System|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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| ==External links== | |
| {{NIWA|Bulbapedia=1|NWiki=1|StrategyWiki=Category:Hudson Soft|WarsWiki=1}}
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| *[http://web.archive.org/web/20110724185116/http://hudsonentertainment.com/ Hudson's Homepage as of July 2011] | |
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