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Nautilus on 29 January 2021

As I have seen written somewhere else, it makes sense that this was the IP that Platinum had to give away in order to have full control over Wonderful 101.

I mean, Platinum could have sold off it's share of the IP to Nintendo, but given how well the game has sold so far, the first hypothesis makes more sense to me.



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JWeinCom on 29 January 2021
Jumpin said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

Astral Chain 2 confirmed 

My gut tells me the opposite. Platinum Games is cutting ties, that significantly lowers the opportunity for a sequel since no dev team is attached to it.

Presumably, Platinum didn't simply cut ties. No reason to do that with a franchise where the first game sold over a million. Nintendo must have given something in exchange, which they wouldn't have done if they had no intentions of doing anything with it.



curl-6 on 29 January 2021
Nautilus said:

As I have seen written somewhere else, it makes sense that this was the IP that Platinum had to give away in order to have full control over Wonderful 101.

I mean, Platinum could have sold off it's share of the IP to Nintendo, but given how well the game has sold so far, the first hypothesis makes more sense to me.

That's a really bad trade for Platinum, Astral Chain was much more successful than Wonderful 101. It's like swapping a ferrari for a hatchback.



TheTitaniumNub on 29 January 2021

There goes my hopes and dreams for a PC release. Still a great game though.



mjk45 on 29 January 2021
mZuzek said:
curl-6 said:

That's a really bad trade for Platinum, Astral Chain was much more successful than Wonderful 101. It's like swapping a ferrari for a hatchback.

I mean, Nintendo obviously was far more willing to let go of Wonderful 101 than Astral Chain for this reason, and I imagine Nintendo has a bit more money than Platinum.

The tencent cash injection and self publishing may have been a catalyst for them doing a Wonderful 101 and maybe some cash deal, with the thinking being that the 100% versus 50% ownership difference between W101 and Astral Chain plus them publishing W101 would offset some or most the sales difference, also Astral Chain may provide Platinum future income if they have secured a production deal for future Astral Chain games.

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V-r0cK on 30 January 2021
PortisheadBiscuit said:

They should just buy Platinum Games

I respectfully disagree. 

They've done a lot of good work for Nintendo, but they've done more for multiplats and with a wider variety of games as well.



KLXVER on 30 January 2021

Im guessing the main characters will be added as spirits in Smash Ultimate at most. This franchise is dead now.



Dulfite on 30 January 2021
KLXVER said:

Im guessing the main characters will be added as spirits in Smash Ultimate at most. This franchise is dead now.

Nintendo buying the by the IP just to kill it after the first game in the IP sold millions is completely illogical so I disagree.



KLXVER on 30 January 2021
Dulfite said:
KLXVER said:

Im guessing the main characters will be added as spirits in Smash Ultimate at most. This franchise is dead now.

Nintendo buying the by the IP just to kill it after the first game in the IP sold millions is completely illogical so I disagree.

First time I hear it sold millions. Its a decent seller that needs a lot of work to make. It doesnt star Mario, Link or Pikachu, so its dead. Maybe if Platinum Games fail at their self publishing stuff, we get a sequel. I couldnt even begin to speculate on who else would make it. None of Nintendos own studios would be assigned that task. Thats for sure.



Metallox on 30 January 2021
KLXVER said:
Dulfite said:

Nintendo buying the by the IP just to kill it after the first game in the IP sold millions is completely illogical so I disagree.

First time I hear it sold millions. Its a decent seller that needs a lot of work to make. It doesnt star Mario, Link or Pikachu, so its dead. Maybe if Platinum Games fail at their self publishing stuff, we get a sequel. I couldnt even begin to speculate on who else would make it. None of Nintendos own studios would be assigned that task. Thats for sure.

It sold a million, but there are dozens of studios out there, don't call it dead just yet. Even Platinum can still make a sequel. 



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