1. Hudson Soft should still be around.
2. Japanese people, refrain from retirement and work continuesly to avoid leaving dept on their grand children. They also avoiding going to the doctor ( because many do not use insurance, or probably do not have a proper retirement fund like Americans ).
3. That guy ain't going down anytime soon. Even if he is 60, he still got another good 60 years on his half-life. Basically he is stating what, Nintendo did with Kirby.
Nintendo respected the creators intention. In Japan unlike America, they respect, videogames, and when the creator leaves the building, their is no returning of that series.
The only dis-honorable company that broke that rule, recently was CAPCOM. When they released RE4 on the PS2, and canceled the Capcom Five, Shinji Shaved his head, which is simular to the lead person of Strider on the PCE.
4. Honestly nobody cares, but if peach boy did rose again, I am telling you, I would buy that game just for the pack PCE card. (yet another Regalsin prediction ).