Hudson Soft

Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. 株式会社ハドソン
Hudson Soft logo
Founded	May 18, 1973
Defunct	March 1, 2012
Headquarters	Midtown Tower, Tokyo
Type	Subsidiary
Owner(s)	Konami
Industry	Video games
Website United States: hudsonentertainment.com (archived) Japan: hudson.co.jp (archived)

Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社ハドソン Hudson Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer owned by Konami. On March 1, 2012, Hudson Soft was merged into Konami Digital Entertainment.

It was founded on May 18, 1973. Initially, Hudson dealt with personal computer products, but has expanded to the development and publishing of video games, mobile content, and video game peripherals.

Games

Pokémon games

• Pokémon Trading Card Game
• Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

Other releases

Prior to its absorption into Konami, Hudson often developed games for publishers other than Konami. It has developed games such as the Mario Party series, published by Nintendo, and Fuzion Frenzy 2, published by Microsoft. It also developed other renowned games such as Bomberman and Adventure Island.

External links

• Official website (archived)
  • Official Japanese website (archived)
• Hudson Soft on Wikipedia
• Hudson Soft on NintendoWiki
• Hudson Soft on Super Mario Wiki

See also

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