[RUMOR]NintendoInsider: Report: Scalebound Resurrected As A Nintendo Switch Exclusive
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this would be fucking nuts but I don't really trust this. I could definitely see it happening, with MS being friendly with Nintendo lately, but I don't think so
If anything, they could rework stuff from Scalebound to a Drakengard game imo, but I don't think that would happen. Would be cool to see if anything emerges from it tho.
It's in the OP: Microsoft owned the IP but apparently it's having trouble renewing the trademark as the game has been cancelled so they don't have the grounds to claim it
Oh god we already had a direct last week can't the rumours stop for a bit?
(I think it's very unlikely)
(I think it's very unlikely)
It looked pretty bad in most showings.
Just don't get the appeal for reviving it when it wasn't neccessarily something that had a lot of appeal and likely would require a lot of re-working anyway. Just seems like you'd get more mileage out of a new IP at that point.
Just don't get the appeal for reviving it when it wasn't neccessarily something that had a lot of appeal and likely would require a lot of re-working anyway. Just seems like you'd get more mileage out of a new IP at that point.
I like a lot of Platinum Games titles, but Scalebound never looked very appealing and I thought ditching it was a good decision from Microsoft. Interesting to ser what comes out from this of it is true, obviously the game could have changed a lot.
I don't know much about copyrights, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. Microsoft has a clear reason to hold onto the IP: future games! If copyright law doesn't allow companies to squat on IPs based on the future possibility of games, then other companies like Nintendo, Konami, etc. would have had to let go of many of their dead franchises.
Microsoft owns the IP. No lol
Interesting.
This actually say it's abandoned in 2017.
They did. They didn't renew it though AFAIK.
It's incredible though really, as since Scalebound was cancelled it magically transformed in to a great looking game that everyone was baffled why Microsoft ever cancelled. It's amazing what a cancellation can do to a game.
This was the last thing I expected, and I still do not believe this is it. I want something juicier.
If the "Nintendo's bringing back a cancelled project" rumor is real then Scalebound is one of the few games I can think of that would even fit the description. The only other one I can think of would be Mega Man Legends 3. Are there any Nintendo FP titles that would fit?
There could feasibly be terms in the contract where after a certain amount of time has elapsed, the rights that MS have over the game/ip revert to Platinum.
I'd be glad to be wrong, but hell nah, no way.
Scalebound being reworked into a new Drakengard game with Square Enix would be amazing (and vastly more likely than this rumor)
Scalebound being reworked into a new Drakengard game with Square Enix would be amazing (and vastly more likely than this rumor)
I mean hooefully it looks better then what they showed, but it could be a great idea. A more casual, combo orientated monster hunter type thing. Oddly enough reminded me of lost planet 2
That means platniums working on bayo 3, astral chain, that other game for square enix and this. How many employees do they have ?
That means platniums working on bayo 3, astral chain, that other game for square enix and this. How many employees do they have ?
The trademark is not an indication of who owns the IP, only who owns the name itself and any marks which use the name (such as logos).
If this is true, I really hope they change the protagonist (especially since the MC would likely be compared to DMC5 Nero now). Maybe switch to a black woman, since Nintendo definitely needs more black/brown protagonists.
As for the legitimacy of this report, I'm honestly not sure, but I'd be down for it being true.
As for the legitimacy of this report, I'm honestly not sure, but I'd be down for it being true.
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