| boilermaker11 said: @ Soriku No, Square owns it. It's like with Halo and Bungie. Bungie developed the game, but M$ owns the IP, so anything Halo related will only be on an Xbox. SE owns the KH IP, Disney did nothing but give consent to use their characters. SE did everything money and development related. So in the end, it's SE that decides where the game goes |
You are misinformed. Allow me to enlighten you. ^_^ Each piece of evidence that follows is in fact definitive proof that Disney owns everything in Kingdom Hearts not directly related to Final Fantasy.
Piece of evidence #1. Taken directly from Kingdom Hearts 2's website:
© Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Developed by SQUARE ENIX.
© Disney. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas © Touchstone Pictures. Developed by SQUARE ENIX. Characters from FINAL FANTASY video game series: © 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 Square Enix Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are trademarks of Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Notice the primary trademark is Disney Enterprises, Inc. After that, Square is credited with development, but given no trademarks for anything other than "Characters from FINAL FANTASY"" and their logos.
Piece of evidence #2. Taken from here: http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/previews/preview.pl?sys=ps2&game=kingdomhearts
"Four new DISNEY main characters make their debut in KINGDOM HEARTS: Sora, Riku, Kairi and the Heartless."
That's right. Every new character made in the game is property of Disney.
Piece of Evidence #3. Taken from Gamerankings/Wikipedia.
Ever heard of a game named Kingdom Hearts Mobile? Well whether you have or not, it was a Kingdom Hearts game published by Disney and developed by Superscape with no involvement by Square Enix. How did Disney get around this? They simply didn't include FF characters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_%28series%29#V_CAST
That's right. Disney can make Kingdom Hearts without Square Enix at all if they so choose.
