THQ Licenses Nintendo IP

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DonWii said:

B.S. Story Of The Day: THQ And Nintendo IP

By Chris Kohler October 17, 2007 | 3:51:42 PM

Getting linked all over the Internet today is a story that points to an SEC filing by game publisher THQ, that says the publisher has licensed "intellectual property" from Nintendo.

Indeed they are. But the rabbit hole goes deeper! Other publishers that have licensed "intellectual property" from Nintendo include: every single publisher that has ever made a game that appeared on a Nintendo platform. But for some reason, this bog-standard agreement is being hyped up as "THQ enters confidential alliance with Nintendo and is going to make games featuring Nintendo characters! OMG!"

Nope. They're just renewing the same standard contract that lets them use Nintendo's confidential information about its hardware and business in the making of their own games.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/bs-story-of-the.html

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This thread is officially pwned.