Nintendo of America Trademarks "The Last Story"

Huh, maybe they'll release it in America after all.

Still, we'll just have to wait and see for now.

Come on Ninty! Getting closer!

The pessimist in me says Water Blue, renewed Eternal Darkness ect.

edited 15th Jul '11 10:33:57 AM by deuxhero

NoA's such a cocktease.

What's Water Blue?

To Wikipedia!

That didn't help.

To Google!

That didn't help either.

To this thread!

What's Water Blue?

Perhaps they're being meanies and keeping another publisher from releasing the game (and reaping any profit from it); just like how Nickelodeon is extremely cautious about outsourcing DVD rights to old shows!

Do it as one word WaterBlue, I didn't put the [==] tag.

So I guess it was something to do with Fire Red and Leaf Green that never materialized. Although this seems different than that, since that game never existed to begin with, as far as I know. On the other hand, this doesn't necessarily mean anything, since if I recall correctly Namco trademarked Tales of VS in America and then never released it. Yes, I'm bitter about that.

IIRC, Electric (or was that Thunder) yellow was done at the same time. Companies register stuff like that all the time for protection.

Keep on dreamin', OP.

See also Monado.

Let's not forget that NOA trademarked Purple, Grey/Gray, Mahogany, and Transparent along with Pokemon Black And White.

edited 15th Jul '11 11:25:42 AM by 707ruz

Hands up: Who would absolutely love to play Pokémon Mahogany?

At this rate we'll be seeing Pokemon Chartreuse and Sinopia.

Purple is probably for DENNIS, and Mahogany... maybe Landorus? NOA didn't want to take any chances considering the number of legendaries this gen.

/pokederail

"Keep on dreamin', OP."

What's made you so pessimistic? Have you not forgotten the quite massive fan pressure on NOA to release the game right now?

Fan pressure only goes so far.

Fan Pressure has been pushing Mother 3 for ages...

edited 15th Jul '11 11:33:49 AM by 707ruz

Plus this goes in line about what Operation Rainfall said about how Nintendo finished translating Xeno Blade and is working on translating The Last Story.

edited 15th Jul '11 11:35:59 AM by omamus

Nintendo is actually quite receptive to fans. For example, after the release of Brawl and Twilight Princess, they toned down the hype on their games due to the large amounts of Hype Backlash.

Plus, it's not like it's Mother3 or anything, they don't have any legal issues here, and the Wii isn't quite dead yet.

edited 15th Jul '11 11:35:26 AM by Zennistrad

They have legal issues with Earth Bound, not Mother 3.

"They have legal issues with Earth Bound, not Mother 3."

Oh, really now?

What I don't get is why NOA doesn't argue that these games are protected by the legal definition of "parody".

Too much effort for such a niche game.

Mother 3 probably didn't get translated because it was one of the last games on a dying system. In Japan, the series is popular enough to compensate, but translating it for America, where the series is only a cult classic, would have been an almost guaranteed loss of profits.