Hudson Soft Bringing Bomberman and Super Star Soldier R to WiiWare

Apparently Hudson Soft’s Bomberman will be making its way to WiiWare, and while details are currently being finalized for the title, this news is not unexpected to say the least. According to a Q&A thread with the publisher, Bomberman for WiiWare will be much different from Bomberman Live, but will still maintain the classic stylings gamers have grown accustomed to.Super Star Soldier R, on the other hand, will be very different and is reminiscent of Pacman Championship.

“[The game has] a time based attack mode, where you prove you can get the highest score. The whole concept originated many years ago on the Hudson Caravan. A traveling showcase Hudson did around Japan where hundreds of thousands of people would come out, meet celebrities, play games, and compete (Bomberman, Star Soldier, etc). One of the original Star Soldier games featured a 5 minute mode, specially designed for competition. And we’d used that to prove who was the best out there. That mode is designed to be very complex, and there are many ways to rake up combo points, so trying to master it requires some testing out of different attack patterns. Anyways, it was hugely popular in Japan, so this updated Wii Ware version was originally planned just for that market. We’re evaluating bring out for the US, since most people have never heard of Star Soldier, or the 5 minute mode or the Hudson Caravan. Or 16-shot. But that’s for another thread.”

So there ya have it. Bomberman is a definite for WiiWare and Hudson Soft has a few other things up their sleeves as well, which you can check out on GoNintendo where it has been broken down into a readable format. If you would rather read the entire thread, head on over to NeoGaf.