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snowdog on 16 August 2014
Carl2291 said:

Isnt it a 2nd party game?

Edit - To expand;

Funded and published by the platform holder, yet developed by a 3rd party developer. Nintendo own the IP, they just funded an indie developer to take control.


Fixed. Mistwalker are an indie developer, not a third party developer. Third party developers are owned by third party publishers.



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baloofarsan on 16 August 2014
Viper1 said:
baloofarsan said:

That will only cover Nintendo UK.  Not NCL in Japan.   Which is the one that truly matters.

It's also unknown if that copyright covers just the title, the game design, characters or the whole IP.  But again, that's still UK (maybe PAL) only.

Here's one way to look at it.  XSEED had to go to Nintendo, not Mistwalker, for US publishing and distribution.  Another factor, Nintendo are the entity that applied for the trademarks for the game, not Mistwalker.

Thanks!