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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: jayamine on January 17, 2012, 11:56:46 AM
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Guess the handwriting was on the wall when Konami bought them back in November. We should all do something stupid like take pictures of ourselves playing Bomberman / Bonk on March 1st and flood them with memories and well wishes as they're closing up shop.
On the brighter side, maybe we'll get a Bomberman - Castlevania crossover game :-D
Bah! What is a bomb? A miserable little pile of explosives!
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BOMBERVANIA: Symphony of explosions!
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Metal Bonk?
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Total sadness.
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NOOOOOO! Even Konami isn't anywhere near what it used to be in greatness.
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Oh I'm sure Konami isn't too far behind. Nintendo and Capcom both had a really bad year. Konami is always very silent with info of that sort (and well, really they're silent about everything). There's really only 6 or 7 major Japanese houses left: Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Squenix, Namco-Bandai, Sega, and Sony. Am I forgetting any?
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Irem
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Oh I'm sure Konami isn't too far behind. Nintendo and Capcom both had a really bad year. Konami is always very silent with info of that sort (and well, really they're silent about everything). There's really only 6 or 7 major Japanese houses left: Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Squenix, Namco-Bandai, Sega, and Sony. Am I forgetting any?
Face.
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True that the writing was on the wall with the Konami completely absorbing them, the US branch closing, Takahashi Meijin leaving, and all of their releases (like Bonk: BoE) getting canceled. But still sad. Bomberman seemed to be a consistent moneymaker for Hudson, so I wonder if Konami will still be churning a new one out every now and again.
And I know that the new Bonk didn't look spectacular, but the damn game is finished. Would it really be that crazy of them to just release it? It's a download game, so it's not like they have to worry about packaging, shipping, etc. I mean, shit, they put out the Bonk Home space on PSN just a couple months ago. Give us the game, a-holes!
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Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too
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Might as well release it if the money and effort was out into developing it.
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Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too
I wanted to download it and then throw up while it was on my TV. This game looked horrible.
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DRACULA Xexex, motherf*ckers!
Oh, snap, that's all Konami. Shite.
Take 2:
DRACULA XEXYZ, you f*ckin' bastards!
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Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too
I wanted to download it and then throw up while it was on my TV. This game looked horrible.
If it's anything like Adventure Island: The Beginning, I'm glad we're not seeing it.
I really, really want to like The Beginning, and there are aspects of it that I do like, but the pseudo-2D polygon-based graphic style (which IIRC correctly is the same sort of thing seen in the BoE screenshots) is abysmal.
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Yeah I really wanted to play Brink of Extinction too
I wanted to download it and then throw up while it was on my TV. This game looked horrible.
If it's anything like Adventure Island: The Beginning, I'm glad we're not seeing it.
I really, really want to like The Beginning, and there are aspects of it that I do like, but the pseudo-2D polygon-based graphic style (which IIRC correctly is the same sort of thing seen in the BoE screenshots) is abysmal.
Sorry to hear that. I was curious about "The Beginning" and was hoping that what it lacked aesthetically would not detract from the game itself (platforming bliss).
Oh well.
I'm with jlued, though: let me play it if it's finished. The same with films that Studios shelve: let me watch them, no matter how horrid.
I know you're trying to make us feel better, Nat, but we're masochists. We want to play every Bonk game. No matter how horrid. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/cooks_transb.gif)
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So should we try to put together some sort of good bye tribute and send it off to what's left of Hudson? We have about 5 weeks left.
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We should just send a huge poster that says
OBEY IN PEACE
1973 - 2012
that has a bee stinging Mario in the sack.
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Holy crap, Hudson is the same age as me.
I hope I don't snuff it this year as well. That would suck.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/hudson-name-will-live-on-after-konami-takeover/
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That really IS depressing. I hate to see a good company like that have to get bought out.
Well, at least there's a chance that they'll keep the name going and maybe continue to make some cool stuff.