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[Hollywood]

http://cube.ign.com/articles/604/604075p1.html

New patent filed .. who knows when anything will ever be shown on it though.

 

[Date of Lies]

Nintendo fills out alot of patents.

 

[Chittagong]

Doh. Their old trademark is probably expiring.

 

[cvxfreak]

Poke Out?

 

[Memles]

Doh. Their old trademark is probably expiring.

Patent /= Trademark.

 

[Chittagong]

Patent /= Trademark.

Then all went quiet. At least for awhile. A quick search on the Copyright office website reveals Nintendo filed a trademark on April 01, 2005 for Punch-Out!!.

move on people, nothing to see here.

 

[Lindsay]

Wouldn't their patent/trademark/whatever have been continued seeing as how Punchout was re-released within Animal Crossing and Super Punchout in Fight Night? I think this does point to a new game.

 

[soundwave05]

Revolution to launch with gyroscopic Punch-Out title.

 

[Baron Aloha]

This had better not be wasted on the DS. Revolution all the way.

 

[evilromero]

It's all about the bongos guys.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

If there's a Punch-Out game for Rev it's a must buy for me. I've waited for a new Punch-Out for WAY too long.

 

[Chittagong]

Wouldn't their patent/trademark/whatever have been continued seeing as how Punchout was re-released within Animal Crossing and Super Punchout in Fight Night? I think this does point to a new game.

Copyright extends pretty long, and I guess Animal Crossing and Fight Night could technically renew the copyright period. Trademarks, however, expire more quickly.

What this means in essence is that while people can not in a long while distribute copies of Punch-Out the game legally, if the trademark expired somebody could do a new game called Punch-Out.

I've been wondering how Nintendo has been able to trademark something so generic and obvious. My bet is that the two ! marks are the explanation - they could not have trademarked "Punch-Out", but "Punch-Out!!" was available for registration.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Poke Out?

Tap out.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

ICARUS or just go 3rd party Nintendo, I'm sick of yo shit!

 

[jumper]

Kid Icarus was a cool (and tough!) game, but it might be hard to sell it these days. Unless of course they introduce Kid Icarus 'Shadow', who uses a shotgun instead of the bow & arrow, and of course there'll be carjackings.

...just kidding, I'd love to see a new Kid Icarus!

 

[btrboyev]

they could make a nice punch-out game on DS, considering the arcade games used 2 screens.

 

[goomba]

Whatever platform it wont be using a standard controller interface, which is cool.

DS - Touch screen
GC - Bongo Drums
N5R - "insert mystery interface"

Hopefully revolution. Could be like that arcade game where you punch the air.

 

[krypt0nian]

Let me know when the last 25 patents produce results.


Then we'll talk about Punch Out...

 

[WordAssassin]

My first thought was "Punch Out for Revolution with those neat dual-handed tilt controllers I and some others thought up." But the DK Bongos also make a good idea...hmmm...

 

[soundwave05]

Let me know when the last 25 patents produce results.


Then we'll talk about Punch Out...

That Princess Peach trademark turned out to be a DS game.

 

[Drakken]

The thread title is misleading (and incorrect as of right now)...

 

[monkeyrun]

how could they patent a name !? ....

 

[golem]

aint right without mike

 

[opkal]

Punchout for the DS could have some potential, but I don't see how far innovatiion of the franchise could go, as it basically consits of moving only left and right, and throwing two kinds of punches, I'd love for my pessimism to be proven wrong though.

 

[monkeyrun]

Punchout for the DS could have some potential, but I don't see how far innovatiion of the franchise could go, as it basically consits of moving only left and right, and throwing two kinds of punches, I'd love for my pessimism to be proven wrong though.

hehe a punch out game with DK bongo would rock though