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Insanely Fast Button Presser Says Goodbye

For nearly 30 years, Hudson’s human mascot has been Takahashi Meijin, who rose to prominence during the company’s heyday. Today, he revealed he’s leaving the company.


March 14, 2009

Adventure Island Wii Could Really Use Some Cel-shading

Hudson’s Adventure Island was never my thing. Master Higgins’ penchant for 8-bit shirtlessness was kind of a turn off to me. I like my platforming protagonists to exhibit a modicum of decency.


June 27, 2008
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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!

Interview with Master Higgins [Zentendo]