Nintendo has filed a new trademark for Cing’s 2007 DS adventure game Hotel Dusk: Room 215

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While trademark renewals are nothing new and generally don't tend to mean much beyond a company ensuring the name of its IP isn't used for another product, this is slightly different in that it's an entirely new filing, as opposed to a renewal.

Nintendo already holds trademarks for the game's Japanese name, Wish Room, as well the Japanese name of its sequel, Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku (Midnight Promise), but this appears to be the first time its Western name has been trademarked in Japan. Hotel Dusk: Room 2015, which was developed by the now-defunct Cing, was released on Nintendo DS in 2007 and gained a cult following for its unique art style and its pulp novel storyline which extended to having to hold the DS vertically like an opened book.

Its sequel, Last Window: The Secret of Cape West, was released in 2010 and was the last game released by Cing before it went bankrupt two months later. The reason Hotel Dusk's trademark filing has raised eyebrows is because last year Nintendo released remakes of two other cult favourite Cing games.


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Damn, that brings me back. I loved the atmosphere of this game.

I seem to remember closet bowling in this game, lol. Was that a thing? This and Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright got me thru many a gaming session before bed in my youth. Super cozy and atmospheric game right here for fans of the visual novel DS vibe.
 
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I don't think the Another Code collection did particularly well, but hopefully that doesn't deter Nintendo.

It just had to make more money than it cost for it to be worth doing really. Its when these big AAA games only selling a few million causes issues, because the investment is huge that its still a loss.

Here though with these types of remake/remaster then the cost will be low because your porting it onto a system that cant supply huge graphics (hence how anouther code was just unity) so the cost it going to be low. You have a game with all its puzzles etc already finished, you just need to translate it into a cheap engine people are already experienced in. The cost just ain't there.

What if it only makes £500,000 profit? That's still £500,000 you wouldent get in profit by not doing it, so why not?
 
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I don't think the Another Code collection did particularly well, but hopefully that doesn't deter Nintendo.
I played it, and my God these games are so simple and childish it was hard to finish. I felt like a retard playing this.

Hopefully this game is more mature.
 
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Damn, that brings me back. I loved the atmosphere of this game.

I seem to remember closet bowling in this game, lol. Was that a thing? This and Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright got me thru many a gaming session before bed in my youth. Super cozy and atmospheric game right here for fans of the visual novel DS vibe.
Forgot about the bowling. What a weird game.
 
I played it, and my God these games are so simple and childish it was hard to finish. I felt like a retard playing this.

Hopefully this game is more mature.
Hotel dusk is worlds better than another code, unfortunately hotel dusk made very good use of the ds feature set, something is probably going to be lost if they remake it
 
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Dear Diary,

Today I saw evidence that Nintendo remembers I exist. I am surprised, considering my IP has been held in static limbo for 15 years now. Since my jaunt at Cape West, I mean. It would be fantastic to be put on a new case, but hell, I'd be happy just to revisit Hotel Dusk again. That is, after all, where I got Mila pregnant, some proper nostalgia there.

Sincerely,

Kyle
 
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Dear Diary,

Today I saw evidence that Nintendo remembers I exist. I am surprised, considering my IP has been held in static limbo for 15 years now. Since my jaunt at Cape West, I mean. It would be fantastic to be put on a new case, but hell, I'd be happy just to revisit Hotel Dusk again. That is, after all, where I got Mila pregnant, some proper nostalgia there.

Sincerely,

Kyle

I never let you go, Kyle...

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What? WHAAAAT?! Please do it for Last Window too

I still play both games today! Unfortunately most of the time trademark renewal doesn't mean shit
 
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