Nintendo files trademark for "Diddy Kong" in Europe

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Miyamotoo on 10 June 2015

I am not sure if we need another Kart on Wii U, Metroid in other hand..

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JEMC on 10 June 2015

Aielyn said:

SJReiter said:
I don't get it. Why wouldn't Nintendo already own the trademark to the name Diddy Kong? He's their IP.

You're confusing concepts.

A trademark is a name or logo, not a character. They didn't trademark the character, Diddy Kong. They trademarked the name, "Diddy Kong". This is usually done when a game or other product using that name is going to be released.

That being said, they've had Diddy Kong trademarked in Europe since 1995, just as in the US, because of Diddy's Kong Quest. But there have been some more recent trademarks, and Diddy Kong has gotten a new trademark, hence the speculation.

Curiously, some other Nintendo-related trademarks I found that have been registered in the last few months include "Hyrule" (not Hyrule Warriors, which they've had since middle of 2014), "Donkey Kong", "The Legend of Zelda", "Mario Bros.", "Polarium", "Virtual Boy", "QUDY", and "Qudii".

Don't forget "Eternal Darkness".

Everytime Nintendo renews the trademark the net gets flooded with rumors of a new game.

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t3mporary_126 said:

I'm just going to prepare for Retro announcing this at E3 so I won't be massively disappointed.

I mean, Retro's tweet did ask "Can you dig it?" while referring to the Nintendo's E3 webpage. So maybe they're doing a mine cart track for Diddy Kong Racing 2.

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Retro has lost my respect, so they can keep doing their Dk games as far as I'm concern. They have a lot to prove to gain the attention they have before.

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Pavolink said:

t3mporary_126 said:

I'm just going to prepare for Retro announcing this at E3 so I won't be massively disappointed.

I mean, Retro's tweet did ask "Can you dig it?" while referring to the Nintendo's E3 webpage. So maybe they're doing a mine cart track for Diddy Kong Racing 2.

Can you dig it? http://t.co/kvPfmQZwqC
— Retro Studios (@RetroStudios) June 9, 2015

Retro has lost my respect, so they can keep doing their Dk games as far as I'm concern. They have a lot to prove to gain the attention they have before.

Eh...

Is not confirmed, is only a rumour that has born... here.