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adventure island

Takahashi Meijin: New Adventure Island Coming, Maybe Star Soldier As Well

Hey, it's Hudson icon, Takahashi Meijin! Otherwise known as Master Higgins. Dude's in the US at the moment on a promo tour for Hudsons's Adidas commercial Deca Sports, and yesterday sat in on a big roundtable interview. Most of the stuff discussed you can live without, but for these: Meijin confirms that a new Adventure Island game is in development, to be released via WiiWare. He then almost confirms, with a little help from Hudson USA's Mike Pepe, the fact they're also working on a new Star Soldier game, again for the Wii. Wonderful! More »

5:30 AM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,475 views, 26 comments

Latest by grizzlywilliam: MAN that is some good news. If they did it in a really cool hand-drawn style, with good puzzle more »

nintendo

Hudson Gets DS Lite Hinge Cracks, Too

Arrrrrrgh! DS Lite hinge cracks know no bounds!! Even Hudson's human mascot and human turbo switch Takahashi Meijin has been hit with crackage. He blogs:

Well, well, the other day my DS Lite got a hinge crack.

Didn't the white DS Lite go on sale in Fall 2006? I've used this for the past two years, and then like that, a mysterious crack.

Well, Takahashi Meijin was carting around a DS from the faulty batch. Nintendo's long since fixed that crack problem. Correct?
Master Higgins DS Problem [16Shot via my game news flash]

4:00 AM on Mon May 26 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,016 views, 68 comments

business

Hudson Doing Well With Wii

　Hudson is coming back in a big way, and it's got one thing to thank: Nintendo hardware. Hudson profits have increased fourfold thanks to concentrating on the Nintendo Wii and the Wii's Virtual Console. Says incoming Hudson president Michihiro Ishizuka:

Two years from now will be the time when game-software developers' profits are expected to grow the most, after the winner and loser for consoles becomes clear. I will ensure earnings jump in the next three years by promoting licensing of our games and increasing spending on promotions.

Guess someone besides Nintendo is making money off the Wii. Hudson, for instance.
Hudson Doing Well Wii Wise [Bloomberg]

6:00 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
1,078 views, 34 comments

Latest by freespeech: there is a console war????? I thought people just like to play games, I didn't realize there was a more »

bee's knees

Hudson's Yellow Button Pushing Device

Previously, we posted that the Hudson Caravan would be rolling into a Japanese town near you. The big yellow bus will be selling t-shirts and Hudson's button pressing device. Calling the "Shooting Watch," it resembles a Famicom controller and first went on sale in 1987. Only 10,000 of these are being produced! The Shooting Watch measures how many times buttons can be pushed in ten seconds as well as displaying time and doubling as a stop watch. That male model showing off the Shooting Watch? Why that's Hudson's Takahashi Meijin, who can press buttons at an alarming 16 pps (presses-per-second).
Hudson Button Machine [IT Media]

1:00 AM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,845 views, 14 comments

Latest by NPC: This is why I like Hudson, old-school stuff like this. more »

let's mash

How Fast Can You Push Famicom Buttons?

Hudson's human mascot Takahashi Meijin is a living turbo switch. Into finger exercises, he can press the controller's "B" buttons something like 16 pps (presses-per-second). What about your skills? Above is a "B" button mock-up from the Famicom controller. It records how many times you can press it repeatedly in ten seconds. Me, I can't get my score above 65 pps. You? More »

6:00 AM on Fri May 4 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
7,242 views, 125 comments

Latest by HEYITSME2011: wow i got 1503 lol i know that cheat to it more »

famicom taisou

Famicom Taisou For Today's Folkin

Light years ago, when it was cool to wear yellow sweatshirts, Hudson's human mascot Takahashi Meijin taught Japan "Famicom taisou" ("NES exercises"). Well, yellow sweatshirts may not be hip anymore, but Takahashi Meijin still is. Here is his modern day bald version teaching game aerobics to former Morning Musume singer Mari Yaguchi and Mr. Bad Teeth. (Not his name, but fitting nonetheless.) Takahashi Meijin points out: More »

7:42 AM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
226 views, 8 comments

Latest by miraimatt: That girl is unbelievably cute. more »

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Gallery of Game Greats' Autographs

Here, a Japanese gamer has assembled his collection of gaming great's signatures for all to see (gallery after the jump). Included are the likes of Mario maker Shigeru Miyamoto, Sonic creator Yuji Naka, Hudson's human mascot Takahashi Meijin, Namco founder Masaya Nakamura and Nintendo's resident odd-ball Benimaru Itoh! More »

8:22 AM on Tue Aug 22 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
499 views, 5 comments

Latest by DrWorm: Yep, Japanese autographs are usually in English, as it is faster to sign that way. more »