Hudson's Adventure Island Could Be Revived On WiiWare

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Posted Fri, 27 Jun 2008 - By Marcel Van Duyn

Adventure Island fun

Adventure Island fun

It seems that Hudson is in the early stages of creating a new Adventure Island game. Takahashi Meijin, who you might know as the real-life Master Higgins, said in a recent interview that the game would probably be for WiiWare, and will most likely not use forced motion control, as that would take away from the game's simple gameplay.

As it has been about 14 years since the last real console Adventure Island game this is good news indeed! We wonder if Hudson will copy Capcom and make the game entirely 8-bit?

Hudson has also said they have a yet to be revealed puzzle/action game in development, which might use the Balance Board. We personally think this is Tetris Party, which fits the criteria and has yet to be "officially" announced by Hudson.

Source: Wii Fanboy

Posted in Hudson, Gossip.

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1. Corbie United States 27 Jun 2008, 11:21 GMT

New Adventure Island is still one of my all-time favorite PC Engine games. Simple yet unbelievably addictive to play. This is the best news I've heard in a long time.

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2. Damo United Kingdom 27 Jun 2008, 11:22 GMT

Awesome news! This is more like it! :D

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3. Raptor78 United Kingdom 27 Jun 2008, 11:46 GMT

Im actually quite happy that developers have decided to make wiiware remake / sequals to their long loved games such as Capcoms Megaman series and possibly the Hudsons's Adventure Island series providing they are price at the same Price point as the originals.

I loved the Adventure Island / Wonderboy games and I am soooo looking to any news of this new one.

4. Jupiter Adept Canada 27 Jun 2008, 12:39 GMT

I still haven't played the original. Hey, folks; should I get WonderBoy or Alex Kidd first?

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5. Bluezealand Germany 27 Jun 2008, 12:51 GMT

I like Wonder Boy more

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6. PALgamer Spain 27 Jun 2008, 12:51 GMT

More retro's like Megaman? Sweeet. Can't wait for Tetris Paaarty.

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7. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 27 Jun 2008, 13:09 GMT

Wow. More WiiWare in the fein of the same style as MegaMan 9. :)

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8. Lugia2 United States 27 Jun 2008, 14:23 GMT

This is looking great!

I suppose Hudson was first by reviving its Pinball series, but nice! Now if only I liked Wonder Boy/Adventure Island...Still, really cool!

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9. Loooca United Arab Emirates 27 Jun 2008, 14:56 GMT

This is great!

I just hope they do stick to the simplicity of the original game.

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10. dr.mario Canada 27 Jun 2008, 15:08 GMT

I love playing those old style NES games and still do, I hope these new ones still have the same feel as the old NES and SNES ones. I much prefer this than the mini game type stuff like beer pong or the stuff that's not good enough for the disc style like the wii ware final fantasy.

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11. Chipmunk777 United States 27 Jun 2008, 15:31 GMT

Well this is some good news! I hope a lot of developers start making new classic games! As someone else said in the Megaman 9 thread, I'd LOVE to see a new SNES rpg! :P

12. over9000 United States 27 Jun 2008, 15:49 GMT

Back then game was badass!!!

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13. Objection_Blaster United States 27 Jun 2008, 16:10 GMT

I'm in the minority on old-new games=yay but if it is fun, then i will still get it ;)

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14. vherub United States 27 Jun 2008, 16:22 GMT

wiiware is a perfect platform for retro remakes, there a ton of sidescrollers with timeless gameplay that could be awesome with a shinier coat of paint (and maybe some oldschool highscore leaderboards)

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15. Versus22 Canada 27 Jun 2008, 16:28 GMT

If this is a remake, it BETTER NOT be a 8-BIT game otherwise I won't be happy! :(

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16. Wiireview123 Canada 27 Jun 2008, 16:28 GMT

havent played the oringal so this is cool

17. ECM United States 27 Jun 2008, 17:29 GMT

I'm all for these updates/remakes/retro-updates but Adventure Island and/or Wonder Boy (excluding the Monster World games) weren't really fun the first time around so, yeah, how about Devils Crush (better than Alien Crush) and a full-on sequel to Star Soldier instead, Hudson?

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18. andy836 United States 27 Jun 2008, 19:10 GMT

yyyyyeeeesssss this was one of my favorite game series of all time.

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19. Virus United States 27 Jun 2008, 22:04 GMT

This is what WiiWare is for I believe. Old franchises that couldn't make the leap to the next generation system now have the opportunity to be revived on the WiiWare. I personally am against remakes and "retro-style" graphics (a la Mega Man 9). I would like to see old fanchises refitted with current generation graphics and new gameplay mechanics. Imagine thrown-away games like Mach Runner, Balloon Fight, Star Tropics, and Alex Kidd finding a new platform to become profitable franchises in WiiWare. I think it would be awesome.

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20. pApEr y0sh! United States 28 Jun 2008, 01:39 GMT

what is this series? is it fun? y is it fun?

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21. aceattorney United States 28 Jun 2008, 01:50 GMT

I've never played it. I might look into it if it comes out.

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22. Terranigma United Kingdom 28 Jun 2008, 10:03 GMT

I haven't played Adventure Island for 10 years and that was just a short but fun go. It's great to see old franchises like this make a comeback after so long.

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23. Adamant Norway 28 Jun 2008, 21:51 GMT

Pst, "Meijin" isn't his name, guys.

24. Clinker United States 29 Jun 2008, 00:54 GMT

Sega should make a new Wonder Boy game to compete with this.

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25. andy836 United States 29 Jun 2008, 04:54 GMT

they should remake demons crest

26. over9000 United States 29 Jun 2008, 16:37 GMT

@andy836 Why remake that?

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27. andy836 United States 29 Jun 2008, 18:40 GMT

well not remake but make a squeal or something it was a great game.

28. over9000 United States 29 Jun 2008, 20:01 GMT

Yeah i guess it was cool i have it for Snes

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29. SmaMan United States 29 Jun 2008, 23:11 GMT

I kinda liked the character of Master Higgins more than Wonder Boy...not sure that I like either one of them enough to buy a WiiWare remake

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30. Drake Netherlands 30 Jun 2008, 13:34 GMT

@ Adamant: But it is what he's almost always called, pay your respects to Master Takahashi :p

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31. Bass X0 United Kingdom 30 Jun 2008, 21:30 GMT

Come on New Adventure Island 2! Then let the sequel be Super Adventure Island 3

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32. michinmuri United States 30 Jun 2008, 22:28 GMT

Would love to see this happen. Would download it.

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33. badmouthsadmouth United States 30 Jun 2008, 22:54 GMT

Now we just need a new 8 or 16 bit Metroid platformer in development and I'll be happy...

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34. x.SuperMario.x United States 01 Jul 2008, 02:27 GMT

@ badmouthsadmouth- And a Kirby platformer. :P

35. ttplayer92 United States 01 Jul 2008, 06:06 GMT

Make it 3d. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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36. badmouthsadmouth United States 01 Jul 2008, 20:04 GMT

@x.SuperMario.x- Oooh yeah! Kirby would be awesome. I'd also kinda like in my lifetime to see sequels to some of the "black sheep" games of the Nintendo franchise (like Super Mario 2 and Zelda 2). Wiiware'd be pefect for these oddballs to be re-booted, I think. It probably won't happen, but I can dream. T_T

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37. That Guy from Faxanadu Sweden 01 Jul 2008, 22:21 GMT

I hear you, badmouthsadmouth. When Super Mario Advance was previewed for GBA I rejoiced thinking it was a true sequel to SMB2. It ended up being a remake with minor changes, I´d love to see more NES / SNES sequels. The Adventures of Link 2 would be awesome.

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