One-Off Nintendo Games to Revive?

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AlfredoTurkey said:

SegataSanshiro said:

But Nintendo owns the IP. Nintendo also keeps renewing the trademark. Doesn't matter who developed it. Nintendo can ask whoever they want to make a new one. Microst owns Lost Odyssey even tho Mistwalke developed it. There is a lot of Treasure developed IPs SEGA owns. Just because a 3rd party develops a new IP does not mean that 3rd party will own it. It's not uncomon for the publisher to own the IP rights and in the case of Eternal Darkness. Nintendo owns it.

I suppose this is semantics. In my opinion, a game that is not developed by Nintendo and instead, simply contracted, isn't a Nintendo game. Even if Nintendo OWNS it legally, it's not a Nintendo game. I view it in the same way as I do other mediums. When Michael Jackson bought Beatles songs... were they Michael Jackson songs? No, they were Beatles songs etc.

So, when I think of "Nintendo games" to revive, I think of things like F-Zero or Retro/Rare IP that Nintendo helped develop. 

Miyamoto and Iwata were both producers on Eternal Darkness, and Dennis Dyack has discussed working with them hands on in the game's development.  Kenji Miki is another producer for the game, who has also worked on such projects as Paper Mario and Melee.  Tatsuya Hishida and Hiro Yamada are other Nintendo employees who worked as directors on the project.  

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 26 October 2017