Will Nintendo ever make a new core IP as great as Xenoblade Chronicles?

[BaldrSkies]

cusman 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".

Change setting and combat system is absolutely enough to call it a new IP. You are confusing IP with Genre.

Intelligent Systems made Fire Emblem and Advance Wars. Each of those has different setting and similar but distinct combat system. They are the same Genre, but not the same IP.

You probably don't understand the legal concept of Intellectual Property for game series. It's the same reason why, say, Square Enix couldn't go and develop a Fire Emblem game. It's a set, named and copyrighted series that is the property of Nintendo in this case, and they have exclusive rights to its production. It doesn't matter if SE turned it into a first person shooter set on Pluto, they can't call it Fire Emblem or even hint that it's a part of the series. That is, at least without explicit permission from the owner, but let's not get into licensing.

The Xeno intellectual property was held by Monolith and now that Nintendo bought Monolith, it was transferred to and belongs to Nintendo. Hence they are able to use the Xeno name. But that does not spawn a new copyright. But that also means nobody else can make a Xeno game or a game that suggests that it is a part of that series.