Interesting news going on in the Happy-Go-Lucky world of Nintendo: NintendoLife reported on January 27th, 2020 that Nintendo Co. Ltd has applied for 39 trademarks for past titles. Here is the full list, alphabetized for your convenience:
Alleyway
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Balloon Kid
Card Hero
Cruis’n
Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
Face Raiders
Freaky Forms
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
Jam With The Band
Kid Icarus
Kirby Air Ride
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby Mass Attack
Kirby’s Adventure
Mario Sports Mix
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
Nintendogs + Cats
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Pullblox
Pushmo
Radar Mission
Spirit Camera
Steel Diver
Style Boutique
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario World
Swapnote
The Legend of Zelda: The Adventure of Link
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Urban Champion
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wave Race
Some collection of games, huh? It’s an interesting potpourri of titles going as far back as the NES/Famicom days. Of course, what people are latching onto is the renewal of trademarks for GameCube and Wii era games that have not seen a release in close to 10 years, such as Skyward Sword, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Super Mario Sunshine, Kirby Air Ride, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem and possibly others.
This is leading to speculation: does Nintendo plan on bringing these games back to the Switch? Or will there be a new dedicated mini console as we’ve had with the NES and SNES Mini/Classic Editions? Or… is this all just a bunch of hoopla? It’s also interesting to note that Nintendo might have been in danger of losing the trademark to Super Mario World, one of the biggest games of all time!
What do you think about the situation? Which of these games would you like to see back? Personally, I think Kirby Air Ride and Super Mario Sunshine are long overdue for some re-examination. And the Golden Sun fans have always deserved better.
As always, stay tuned to Game Tyrant as more information develops.
