Not long after the earth shattering news — well, not really — that Namco Bandai would be known by its Japanese name (Bandai Namco) around the world, we now have Hyrule Warriors developer Tecmo Koei reversing its name in Europe.
Below is the announcement of the switch that'll take place from 1st July in Europe.
There's no equivalent announcement in North America yet, so what will we do? Do we have to call the company Tecmo Koei when reporting from a North American perspective and Koei Tecmo on other occasions? The mind boggles.
It does actually make sense for brand names to align between Japanese and Western territories, and we'd expect the American division to fall into line too.
So, from 1st July stop saying Tecmo Koei, or Agitha will beat you up.
[source siliconera.com]
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Hahahah ok.
Well, EnixSquare would actually be a good thing, since with Square currently in the lead, they are quickly going down the same route capcom is.
Im not sure about a Capcom namechange though Lets see if they can survive long enough for this in the first place
Don't forget TendoNin!
Didn't the exact same thing happen with Bandai Namco?
@SanderEvers did you forget about softmicro and boxX? they won 3E!
@EarthboundBenjy
Didn't they mention the exact same thing in the news you just commented on?
I was wondering a few days ago why they're logo was KT. I love these weird things Japanese companies do.
I was wondering a few days ago why they're logo was KT. I love these weird things Japanese companies do.
W H Y ? ? ?
@KeeperBvK
.... Aaaand maybe I should not just skim through an article if I'm gonna post a comment. Heh, oh well.
Right, how hard can it be to say Tecmo Koei instead of Tecmo Koei?....
DAMN its harder than it looks.
EnixSquare. Oh my god. If that happened, Dragon Quest could come back. Petition a name change people.
Ynos, Odnetnin, Tfosorcim, Comcap, Enix Square, AE, Niosivicta, Tfosibu, AGES, Sulta, and SIN.
In a topsy-turvy world.
I guess the logo makes sense now. Also, all dem names from the people above me, I love them!
Meh even if it comes to NA I'll still call it Tecmo or Tecmo Koei it sounds better
@SecondServing AE already exists!
talking about it what happened to them?
Pointless name change is pointless?
Call me crazy, but the witch in Hyrule Warriors looks suspiciously like the cover girl, if she had been possessed by Vaati..
If I were a betting man, I'd say that rather nefarious little Picori is going to play a role, maybe even as a large as Zant's in Twilight Princess. Who knows, Ganon may simply feature a cameo. We all know how Koei Tecmo (it's weird) likes sequels.
I guess Koei has more funds then Tecmo
@SanderEvers Just a joke. No reason for unnecessary roughness.
Nice! But all I want is to read about a new Zero-F coming to America North.
This only seems to happen to companies that work with Nintendo.
@SanderEvers
"TendoNin" sounds like "Heavenly Ninja." You can't kick much more ass than that.
I've been referring to it as Koei Tecmo for ages - how could I not when the KT logo is the same regardless of which territory the games are published in?
Whatever, just make sure Koei Tecmo finishes Warriors Hyrule in time for Bandai Namco to finish SD3/U Wii For Bros. Smash Super!
HAHA, love the subtitle for this article!
With that said, I wish I could 'like' some of the comments I read on here like on Facebook and Miiverse. Everyone on NL has a great sense of humor from what I gather, which is just one of the reasons I love coming back to this site!
All of the jokes, making my sides hurt from laughter.
Hopefully this doesn't happen to Nintendo's current home console. I don't want to tell my friends I'm going to go play the Youuuwheeee!
Thomas Whitehead you can't tell me to get used to anything. You are insignificant in my eyes. They will always be Tecmo Koei to me.
This headline and subtitle gave me such a chuckle, thank you
This is what makes me get a Wii-U right here! With the announcement of Zelda and more Xenobladwe there IAS no denying the Wii is out the door
It was confusing enough seeing some games display the Namcot logo at the beginning instead of Namco, and now all of this.
@SecondServing "To be this good takes AGES" reverses "To be this good takes SEGA!"
What is the point in doing this?
Are these companies just trying to make things awkward and confusing for the consumer?
Just have one name and use it around the world. If they originally changed the proper Japanese name around for us and are now changing it back to match the Japanese then the point still stands. They should have stuck with the original Japanese arrangement in all territories in the first because now look at what it's done.
How can these companies make such simple things so complicated...
Or what about esot?
@Splatom I remember those commercials...
Gah I'm old T_T
I'll just continue to call them "Tecmo Games."
Why are all the company names reversed all of a sudden?! What's next, Enix Square?
It probably means that one of the companies got the upperhand on the other! So in other words: If Tecmo was the most powerful of the 2, now it will be Koei. Why else would they reverse it!
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