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Insanely Fast Button Presser Says Goodbye

5:00PM May 23, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


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Hudson Button Masher Comes To The iPhone

11:00PM April 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

I don’t use “button masher” as a cheap label for an antiquated genre. I use it in the most literal sense, because this is an iPhone port of Hudson’s famous Shooting Watches.

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

9:30PM June 27, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

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]

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