Nintendo Re-Registers Eternal Darkness Trademark Ahead of Switch Reveal

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LivingMetal on 04 January 2017

Nintendo Re-Registers Eternal Darkness Trademark Ahead of Switch Reveal

Not for the first time.

Nintendo has re-registered a trademark for its acclaimed 2002 horror title Eternal Darkness.

The application was submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on December 20, 2016, just three weeks before the Nintendo Switch is fully unveiled on January 12 / 13.

The application mentions "downloadable electronic game software," suggesting a virtual console re-release could be on the cards. There's no mention of any platform in the application, but it seems unlikely at this point for the game to be released on Wii U or 3DS and not Switch.

This isn't the first time that Eternal Darkness's trademark has been extended: Nintendo re-registered the game back in 2010, and again in 2013. No re-release has yet materialised, however.

There's also no mention of the successor to Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Shadow of the Eternals. The semi-sequel was first teased in 2013, but the failure of its Kickstarter campaign put the project at risk. Creator Denis Dyack claimed in 2016 that the project was still alive, however.

In other Nintendo Switch news, the platform is rumored to be getting a third version of Pokemon Sun and Moon, as well as a new 3D Mario and a port of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Keep an eye on GameSpot for all the latest news on Nintendo's new platform.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-re-registers-eternal-darkness-trademark-a/1100-6446612/

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Darwinianevolution on 04 January 2017

What if, in the middle of the conference, the stream feed goes down, people start to rage on Twitch and elsewhere, and then they show it was just a prank to announce Eternal Darkness Switch? Please, make this happen!

You know it deserves the GOTY.

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Darwinianevolution said:
What if, in the middle of the conference, the stream feed goes down, people start to rage on Twitch and elsewhere, and then they show it was just a prank to announce Eternal Darkness Switch? Please, make this happen!

That would be an awesome and fitting reveal.lol

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Darwinianevolution said:
What if, in the middle of the conference, the stream feed goes down, people start to rage on Twitch and elsewhere, and then they show it was just a prank to announce Eternal Darkness Switch? Please, make this happen!

What if there is no Switch and the whole conference is just to announce a remake of Eternal Darkness for PS4/Xbone/PC?

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badgenome said:

Darwinianevolution said:
What if, in the middle of the conference, the stream feed goes down, people start to rage on Twitch and elsewhere, and then they show it was just a prank to announce Eternal Darkness Switch? Please, make this happen!

What if there is no Switch and the whole conference is just to announce a remake of Eternal Darkness for PS4/Xbone/PC?

What if there is a Switch but it's only function is that when you turn it on it announces Eternal Darkness for PS4/Xbone/PC?

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badgenome on 04 January 2017

Barkley said:

What if there is a Switch but it's only function is that when you turn it on it announces Eternal Darkness for PS4/Xbone/PC?

LMBO MEGA SWERVE!!!!!!

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maxleresistant on 04 January 2017

A VC release... Well I guess it's something...

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fleischr on 04 January 2017

Well over a year ago Shadow of the Eternals went back into production - thanks to an "unknown" benefactor.

I betcha it's really Eternal Darkness 2 now. And they'll add the GC VC version of Eternal Darkness to sugarcoat the whole package.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/31/7137465/denis-dyack-shadow-of-the-eternals-quantum-entanglement-entertainment

I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

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mountaindewslave on 04 January 2017

I wish they would aim at some more adult games like that as well as their regular IP, but the reality is Nintendo does this with virtually all of their trademark sort of things just 'in case'.

If you're not active with trademarks I think you can sometimes lose the copyrights over certain properties and we all know the big N is pretty OCD about maintaining legal possession over their things