Hudson Soft human mascot Takahashi Meijin is leaving Hudson. His gaming nickname might be staying put.
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.
In the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal, it’s good to know not all gaming heroes are dogs. Take Hudson’s Master Higgins, aka Takahashi Meijin, star of the Adventure Island series.
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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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]
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]
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]
