
Every now and then you'll hear about companies renewing trademarks and today is one of those days. As spotted by Gematsu, Bandai Namco has filed renewals for the classic and long-running series Ace Combat, Pac-Man, SoulCalibur, and Tekken. Tekken 8 was officially revealed last month.
It's also mentioned how Konami has filed a trademark for "Creative Front":
While we've seen a lot of Pac-Man, Ace Combat and Tekken recently, one series that many have been waiting to see return is SoulCalibur. The last title was previously released in 2018. On the Nintendo front the last game was SoulCalibur Legends during the Wii generation.
Of course, trademark renewals are just a regular thing in the video game industry in order for companies to retain rights, but it's always interesting when a classic IP is mentioned.
Would you like to see any of these Bandai Namco classics return? What do you think the Konami one might be for? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
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I loved soul calibur 2 and would like the see a return. But recently i got soul caliber 6 on ps5 and just dont like it. Yeh the battles are still fun but everything else doesnt feel right. I ended up deleting the game
So an Ace Fighter Pilot, a sentient cheese wheel that eats ghosts, and a fighter that has a demon inside him, and a Soulcalibur sword walk into a bar...
Just want soul calibur 2 hd on a Nintendo system.
I just want Dance Dance Revolution by Konami back to modern consoles.

Is it just Pac-Man in general? Not a trademark for "Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac?" 👀
@Ryu_Niiyama Soul Calibur 2 HD is not on any system any more
@Not_Soos Heh, Bandai Namco probably needs to pull Pac Man Mega Tunnel Battle from soon to be Stadia purgatory first. 😋
Soulcalibur is way overdue for Switch
@dojmin Soulcalibur & Tekken. Hell even the Wii U had Tekken. Would also love to see Nintendo fighters make guest appearances in other games in the post-Smash era.
@dojmin Man, the first part of The Mask would make for a killer Netflix mini series.
Soul Calibur II was 🔥. IMO, it was one of the first major fighting game series to do the IP crossover fighters that are now so commonplace in the genre and generated a lot of interest by doing most of them well/justice. I haven't played much of the series since.. so HD Remaster or new entry on Switch please!
... Wun can only hope.
Yeah Soul Calibur 2 is an all time classic on Nintendo consoles. Loved it.
I'm a fan of SC and Tekken myself.
@Captain_Toad Was that the battle royale game? Would be cool to play it on regular consoles, it looked more interesting than Pac-Man 99 if its what I'm thinking of.
Really ??? Oh, we also want: Aliens colonial marines, Alien vs predator 2010, Capcom vs Snk 2, Bulletstorm, Ridge Racer, Left 4 Dead 3 ... but ONLY WITH LOCAL WIRELESS MULTIPLAYER ! ! ! !
+1 for Soul Calibur 2 please.
Still surprised they didn't put Soul Calibur 2 HD on a Nintendo platform yet.
Link was the most popular guest character at the time. Maybe they couldn't convince Nintendo to loan Link out for the HD version? Though it's probably more a thing where Link would need to appear in all versions including the ones on competing consoles. Though personally I think it would be a good little bit of marketing.
"Sourayuu--Calibahh--Tyuu!"
@Tasuki I bought it on Xbox so I wouldn’t have noticed if its been delisted. So I think my comment can stand.
Konami must go for Vandal Hearts!!!
They need to release a Soul Calibur HD Collection for Switch with Soul Edge, Soul Blade, and Soul Calibur 1-6 plus Legends and Broken Destiny (with SC2 having Heihachi, Link, and Spawn all on one cartridge and online play). Take notes from Konami Namco and give us all your games. Then after that give us a Tekken HD collection with Tekken 1-7, Tag Tournament 1 & 2, Advance, Prime 3D, Dark Resurrection, and Bloodline Rebellion.
@Ryu_Niiyama I wish I was able to get it before it was delisted. I too would love to see it come back, but I don't think it will. But who knows look what happened to Scott Pilgrim.
LOVED Soul Caliber on the Dreamcast all the back stories and extra weapons, just excellent
@Not_Soos PLEASE, I would love for that to be real
Shocking to see Namco actually kinda care for once (with Pac-Man and Klonoa specifically) about their older IPs more recently.
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