@RainbowGazelle You're under the assumption that Kimishima delegated Iwata's regional responsibilities... he did not. Clearly, After Iwata's passing, localisations of intellectual properties was handed down to regional divisions as opposed to Kimishima handling the work.
@RainbowGazelle Fire Emblem was DLC infested before Kimishima took over, Pokemon localisation got delayed for Europe since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Kimishima does not dictate as to what gets censored, that's for the regional Nintendo departments to do.
From the standpoint of Activison, cant they just get another company to bespoke that game for the Switch? Call of Duty is a guaranteed money maker anyway, and the Switch has been commercially successful so I really don't see the liability in that.
@Anti-Matter Why is Sega being third party a bad thing? If anything, it's a good thing because more people are able to experience Sega Intellectual Properties.
@mikegamer They clearly will. Sega paid top dollar to market and promote this, and they've been very critical with quality lately. Plus, new games will be released every two weeks.
@MatthewHindmarsh Honestly, I think it's to do with the fact that these third party publisher fear their products being overshadowed by Nintendo's first party games. That's why EA has been reluctant to develop for Nintendo.
@KoopaTheGamer If you see the copyright information, it clearly states "(C) Disney, Developed by Square Enix". This basically means that Square Enix have full creative rights on how the direction of the franchise should go (with consultation by Disney), however, the property itself is wholly-owned by Disney. Think of Kingdom Hearts like DuckTales or Mickey's Castle of Illusion, they're developed by Capcom and Sega respectively, but Disney wholly-own the rights to those video games.
@KoopaTheGamer No, all characters original to Kingdom Hearts are owned by The Walt Disney Company. That why there's the (C) Disney trademark for Kingdom Hearts promotional material.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Microsoft is a first party console developers. They could have easily made Minecraft Xbox and Windows exclusive when they acquired Mojang, be happy that the franchise is still multi-platform despite being a Microsoft Studios intellectual property.
Something as minor as this really isn't a big deal, be happy that this is a Switch game to begin with (considering the system's barren software lineup as of typing this).
@SLIGEACH_EIRE That's cool and all for the 0.1% that own an NES Classic, but this is the best viable alternative in the market... now if they're able to make a Mega Drive eqivalent...
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Re: Hardware Review: Hyperkin's Retron HD Is The Cheapest Way To Play NES In High Def
I'll wait it out for the Polymega.
Re: Video: Off-Screen Footage Of Netflix's Castlevania Series Surfaces Online
Why can't the Mega Man animated series be this sleek in quality?
Re: Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's Approval Rating Grows 10 Percent
@RainbowGazelle So did Nintendo's market value.
Re: Activision CEO on the State of the Skylanders Series and Toys-to-Life
Can you get rid of Spyro from the Skylanders universe so that he can have his own trilogy?
Re: Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's Approval Rating Grows 10 Percent
@RainbowGazelle You're under the assumption that Kimishima delegated Iwata's regional responsibilities... he did not. Clearly, After Iwata's passing, localisations of intellectual properties was handed down to regional divisions as opposed to Kimishima handling the work.
Re: Random: Did PlatinumGames Just Tease Bayonetta For Switch?
@GoldenGamer88 Why noth both?
Re: Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's Approval Rating Grows 10 Percent
@RainbowGazelle Fire Emblem was DLC infested before Kimishima took over, Pokemon localisation got delayed for Europe since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Kimishima does not dictate as to what gets censored, that's for the regional Nintendo departments to do.
Re: Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's Approval Rating Grows 10 Percent
@RainbowGazelle How so? by changing Nintendo's marketing approach so that they're actually marketable?
Re: Nintendo UK Reiterates That Switch Demand Has "Surpassed" Global Estimates
I'm sorry Nintendo, why are they trating this system like the Wii U at this point? The Switch is no Wii U in terms of commercial performance.
Re: Sledgehammer Games Has a Definitive Answer on Call of Duty: WWII for Nintendo Switch - "No"
From the standpoint of Activison, cant they just get another company to bespoke that game for the Switch? Call of Duty is a guaranteed money maker anyway, and the Switch has been commercially successful so I really don't see the liability in that.
Re: Nintendo Share Value Continues Upward Curve as Analyst Talks Up Company's Mobile Strategy
@BezBot Answer me this, why do you need Fire Emblem Warriors on the New 3DS if it is on the Nintendo Switch?
Re: Sega Forever Manager Blames Mobile Fragmentation For Shortcomings
@Anti-Matter Why is Sega being third party a bad thing? If anything, it's a good thing because more people are able to experience Sega Intellectual Properties.
Re: Nintendo Share Value Continues Upward Curve as Analyst Talks Up Company's Mobile Strategy
@BezBot Pretty sure they're doing a fantastic job at sticking to both.
Re: Random: Ease The Pain Of Sega Forever's Botched Launch With This Official Cereal
@mikegamer They clearly will. Sega paid top dollar to market and promote this, and they've been very critical with quality lately. Plus, new games will be released every two weeks.
Re: Random: Ease The Pain Of Sega Forever's Botched Launch With This Official Cereal
This is such an over-reaction. Honestly, Sega can patch the bugs and call it a day.
Re: Sega Forever Launch Marred By Terrible Emulation
Hopefully Sega listens to this and patches their games!
Re: According to this Teaser the Future of Sega is Gazing Out of Windows Philosophically
@impurekind I'm pretty sure they've accomplished that ever since they acquired Atlus.
Re: Capcom Has No Plans to Bring Monster Hunter XX for Nintendo Switch to the West
Crapcom strikes again!
Re: Gallery: Feast Your Eyes on this Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Artwork
That Rabbid Kong's my favourite so far.
Re: AtGames Is Refreshing Its Sega Genesis Line Of Clone Systems For 2017
I'm going to buy the Polymega instead. That system will shut down all these Mega Drive clones for the future!
Re: Konami on Super Bomberman R Support and the Possibility of Producing More Games for Switch
Pull a Monster Hunter and revive Bloody Roar on Switch!
Re: Feature: Is Tokyo's Arcade Scene Really Dying?
If arcades were truly dead, Square Enix would have dissolved Taito.
Re: Atlus Is Bringing Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology to the West in 2018
@RainbowGazelle Deep Silver will be publishing this game. They're the current distributors for select Atlus/Sega titles!
Re: Three Months After Launch, People Are Still Queuing For Nintendo Switch Consoles In Japan
This is the market that Capcom refuses to support...
Re: Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is Announced, But is Skipping Nintendo Switch and 3DS
Can some Japanese firm absorb Capcom so they can kick out the current executives running the company!
Re: Get Ready for a Pokémon Direct on 6th June
What if Pokemon Stars is the codename for the Diamond and Pearl remakes?
Re: The Pokémon Company Posts Net Profit 26 Times Bigger Than Last Year
At this point, Pokemon can be completely unafilliated with Nintendo and still make gangbuster amounts of money.
Re: Square Enix Announces New JRPG Lost Sphear For Nintendo Switch
Glad to see Square Enix learning from the mistakes of what made I Am Setsuna a loss.
Re: Square Enix Announces New JRPG Lost Sphear For Nintendo Switch
@SLIGEACH_EIRE I'd rather have Kingdom Hearts III come out first before we talk about a Switch port.
Re: Natsume Teases Western Release Of River City Spin-Off Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki
Hopefully the distribution is not limited to North America.
Re: New LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Trailer Showcases Characters and Crazy Action
Is that Ms. Marvel? Well then, I'm sold!
Re: Capcom's Future Output For Switch Depends On Ultra Street Fighter II Sales, States COO
@MatthewHindmarsh Honestly, I think it's to do with the fact that these third party publisher fear their products being overshadowed by Nintendo's first party games. That's why EA has been reluctant to develop for Nintendo.
Re: Poll: Who Would You Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch?
@KoopaTheGamer If you see the copyright information, it clearly states "(C) Disney, Developed by Square Enix". This basically means that Square Enix have full creative rights on how the direction of the franchise should go (with consultation by Disney), however, the property itself is wholly-owned by Disney. Think of Kingdom Hearts like DuckTales or Mickey's Castle of Illusion, they're developed by Capcom and Sega respectively, but Disney wholly-own the rights to those video games.
Re: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Enjoys a Reasonable Debut in UK Charts
Part of the reason why it's only charted reasonably is because a lot of Nintendo fans have ditched their 3DS for Switch.
Re: Poll: Who Would You Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch?
@KoopaTheGamer No, all characters original to Kingdom Hearts are owned by The Walt Disney Company. That why there's the (C) Disney trademark for Kingdom Hearts promotional material.
Re: Poll: Who Would You Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch?
@ZurapiiYohane Sora is owned by Disney. If they give the ok then he can make it.
Re: Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack to Bring Two 3DS Gems to the Switch eShop
Comcept gave Inti Creates full rights to the Mighty No 9 cast... does that basically mean that Inti Creates owns the IP now?
Re: Galaxy Fight Is Your Next ACA Neo Geo Game For Switch
@BionicDodo That's exactly right. It was only because of Project X Zone 2 that I want the series to be revived.
Re: Galaxy Fight Is Your Next ACA Neo Geo Game For Switch
Looking at this makes we want Capcom to revive Star Gladiator!
Re: Sinking Keiji Inafune’s Kaio: King of Pirates Cost Marvelous $3.8 Million Dollars
This looked so promising...
Re: Sega Is Looking To Revive Some Of Its Past Classics
@aaronsullivan Sega acquired all of Technosoft's intellectual property. It was announced at the Tokyo Game Show of 2016.
Re: Sega Is Looking To Revive Some Of Its Past Classics
I'd love to see Sega make new entries to Thunder Force and Herzog!
Re: Rare Treasures Aims to Chronicle the History of Rare
@Moms-Meowth But outside of Donkey Kong Country ports, that's never going to happen because they're owned by Microsoft now.
Re: Project Rap Rabbit Needs To Raise Almost $5 Million For Any Chance Of A Switch Port
@SLIGEACH_EIRE That's a really bad reason to give up Kickstarting. One bad Apple doesn't make them all bad.
Re: Minecraft Plays a Prominent Role in New Japanese Commercial for Nintendo Switch
Japan will always have a bias towards Nintendo systems.
Re: AtGames Is Releasing A New Sega Genesis Clone To Rival The NES Classic Mini
What a missed opportunity to not add Thunder Force III and Thunder Force IV.
Re: Minecraft Running At 720p Docked Isn't Due To A Lack Of Switch Power, Says Microsoft
@danielman9 98% of Xbox One's library is also on Windows 10: another Microsoft owned platform.
Re: Minecraft Running At 720p Docked Isn't Due To A Lack Of Switch Power, Says Microsoft
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Microsoft is a first party console developers. They could have easily made Minecraft Xbox and Windows exclusive when they acquired Mojang, be happy that the franchise is still multi-platform despite being a Microsoft Studios intellectual property.
Something as minor as this really isn't a big deal, be happy that this is a Switch game to begin with (considering the system's barren software lineup as of typing this).
Re: Hyperkin's RetroN HD Runs NES Games In 720p, Arrives Later This Month
@SLIGEACH_EIRE That's cool and all for the 0.1% that own an NES Classic, but this is the best viable alternative in the market... now if they're able to make a Mega Drive eqivalent...
Re: Nvidia CEO Hails Nintendo Switch As "A Home Run", Is Open To Working On Other Consoles
@WiltonRoots If there's a premium version of the Nintendo Switch, don't be surprised if it contains the Tegra X2.