Thread:Loconator3000/@comment-5688420-20200319071856/@comment-5688420-20200325062718

Fun fact:

In the ACS timeline, the company actually tried to buy the rights for not one, but three of Konami's franchises: Bomberman, Adventure Island and Bloody Roar, all of which being Hudson originals. These negotiations started way back in 2015.

They were denied continuously but ACS kept pressing on, until 2018, when they were eventually successful in buying the IP rights to Bloody Roar, resulting in Bloody Roar: Untamed. Rumors persist that they're still trying to buy the rights to Adventure Island, but nothing else has been said regarding Bomberman (and considering the release of Super Bomberman R, it seems ACS has lost interest).

Another fun fact:

One of the proposals that ACS made to Konami around that time period was a reboot of Adventure Island that was to be developed by WayFoward Technologies.