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BaldrSkies on 03 March 2013
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Heavenly_King said:
BaldrSkies said:
I don't understand why some people think Xenoblade is a new IP. The Xeno series has been around for a long time, you'd think nobody has ever played Xenogears or Xenosaga. Just changing setting and/or combat system isn't enough to call it a new IP. Under that logic half the mainline and nearly all the side Final Fantasy games would be "new IP".

Xenoblade is a new IP because it is unrelated to Xenogears, and Xenosaga, also each of those games has different names, and the IPs have different owners.

EDIT: So If Capcom creates "Xenodragon" it will be the same IP? lol XD


No, because Monolith has made the Xeno series (Xenogears under Squaresoft), despite being bought and owned by Nintendo. It's like how Activision and Blizzard are merged but Activision has little real influence on Blizzard. Or how Square and Enix merged but the Final Fantasy IP remained. Just because studio ownership changes doesn't mean the IP changes. Again, each Final Fantasy game is unrelated to each other (except the occasional direct sequel) yet they are considered one IP.

I'm not trying to put down Xenoblade or anything, it's a great game, but it's simply not accurate to call it a brand new IP, or one that Nintendo's developers crafted. It's likely Nintendo itself played very little role in the actual development of the game.