- "Hudson" redirects here. For the actor Ernie Hudson, see Ernie Hudson.
Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game developer and publisher, best known for creating the Bomberman franchise. Hudson also co-developed the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 consoles with NEC in the late 1980s. Hudson's most notable work for Nintendo and the Super Mario franchise is the Mario Party series, of which Hudson developed eight console games and two portable games (Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS). Most of the Mario Party staff at Hudson moved to the Nintendo-owned NDcube when Hudson's former president moved over there.
In-game logo from the first three
Mario Party titles
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 games starting from Mario Party 9 were developed by Nintendo 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 NDcube.
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
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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| 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
Hudson Soft coverage on other
NIWA wikis:
| Companies
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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. • 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 • 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. • Brunswick • †Bullet-Proof Software • C3 Incorporated • Camelot Software Planning • Capcom • CAProduction • Caroline Software Incorporated • Cigam • Climax • Codesmith, Inc. • †Coleco • Cosmodog • Denaris Entertainment Software • Designer Software • Digitainment • Digital Works Entertainment • Dynatech Play2O • EA Canada • extra toxic • †Fabtek • †Falcon • Fantasy Factory • 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 • Ikegami Tsushinki • indieszero • Intelligent Systems • Interplay • Iwasaki Engineering • Jupiter • Konami • Lightmaker • Magnum enter Co., Ltd. • Mani • Maygay • Million Colors • MISA • Mojang Studios • Monster Games • National Human Electronics • Natsume • Nelsonic Industries • NeoPets • NHN Entertainment • Nichimen Graphics • †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 • Sharp Corporation • 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 • TOSE Software Co. • Treasure • Ubisoft • Vanpool • Velan Studios • Vicarious Visions • VPI.net • WILL Co., Ltd. • 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 • Valiant Comics
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| Animation studios
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†DIC Entertainment • 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
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| Collectible / toy makers
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Ahomaro Games • †Banpresto • Bioworld • BlackMilk Clothing • ERTL • Fangamer • First4Figures • Furuta • Gelato Pique • Hallmark • Jakks Pacific • K'NEX • LEGO • Mattel • PopCo Entertainment • S.H. Figuarts • San-ei Co., Ltd. • Takara • Tomy • Toy Biz
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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 • EMI Music Publishing • France 2 • †MediaBrowser • Pure West • Tesla • Twinkl • †WIC Entertainment • Yodobashi Camera
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