Hudson Soft RIP

[jayamine]

Guess the handwriting was on the wall when Konami bought them back in November. We should all do something stupid like take pictures of ourselves playing Bomberman / Bonk on March 1st and flood them with memories and well wishes as they're closing up shop.

On the brighter side, maybe we'll get a Bomberman - Castlevania crossover game :-D

Bah! What is a bomb? A miserable little pile of explosives!

[Lilgrafx]

BOMBERVANIA: Symphony of explosions!

[Arkhan]

Metal Bonk?

[T2KFreeker]

Total sadness.

[incrediblehark]

NOOOOOO! Even Konami isn't anywhere near what it used to be in greatness.

[jayamine]

Oh I'm sure Konami isn't too far behind. Nintendo and Capcom both had a really bad year. Konami is always very silent with info of that sort (and well, really they're silent about everything). There's really only 6 or 7 major Japanese houses left: Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Squenix, Namco-Bandai, Sega, and Sony. Am I forgetting any?

[Tatsujin]

Irem

[esteban]

Oh I'm sure Konami isn't too far behind. Nintendo and Capcom both had a really bad year. Konami is always very silent with info of that sort (and well, really they're silent about everything). There's really only 6 or 7 major Japanese houses left: Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Squenix, Namco-Bandai, Sega, and Sony. Am I forgetting any?

Face.

[KingDrool]

True that the writing was on the wall with the Konami completely absorbing them, the US branch closing, Takahashi Meijin leaving, and all of their releases (like Bonk: BoE) getting canceled. But still sad. Bomberman seemed to be a consistent moneymaker for Hudson, so I wonder if Konami will still be churning a new one out every now and again.

And I know that the new Bonk didn't look spectacular, but the damn game is finished. Would it really be that crazy of them to just release it? It's a download game, so it's not like they have to worry about packaging, shipping, etc. I mean, shit, they put out the Bonk Home space on PSN just a couple months ago. Give us the game, a-holes!

[jayamine]

Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too

[incrediblehark]

Might as well release it if the money and effort was out into developing it.

[TheClash603]

Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too

I wanted to download it and then throw up while it was on my TV.  This game looked horrible.

[esteban]

DRACULA Xexex, motherf*ckers!

Oh, snap, that's all Konami. Shite.

Take 2:

DRACULA XEXYZ, you f*ckin' bastards!

[nat]

Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too

I wanted to download it and then throw up while it was on my TV.  This game looked horrible.

If it's anything like Adventure Island: The Beginning, I'm glad we're not seeing it.

I really, really want to like The Beginning, and there are aspects of it that I do like, but the pseudo-2D polygon-based graphic style (which IIRC correctly is the same sort of thing seen in the BoE screenshots) is abysmal.

[esteban]

Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too

I wanted to download it and then throw up while it was on my TV.  This game looked horrible.

If it's anything like Adventure Island: The Beginning, I'm glad we're not seeing it.

I really, really want to like The Beginning, and there are aspects of it that I do like, but the pseudo-2D polygon-based graphic style (which IIRC correctly is the same sort of thing seen in the BoE screenshots) is abysmal.

Sorry to hear that. I was curious about "The Beginning" and was hoping that what it lacked aesthetically would not detract from the game itself (platforming bliss).

Oh well.

I'm with jlued, though: let me play it if it's finished. The same with films that Studios shelve: let me watch them, no matter how horrid.

I know you're trying to make us feel better, Nat, but we're masochists. We want to play every Bonk game. No matter how horrid.