Hero of Legend
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We have the thread about the game already, but I think this SERIOUSLY needs more attention.
Long story short; the IP as a whole seems to be owned by the author (it started as a manga IIRC) Yosuke Tamori who's name is always part of the copyrights.
He then went to Sony to make games exclusively for PS1, PS2, then ported one or two from PS1 to one PSP game, Sony published all of these in JP (Agetec localized the PSP game). And on the boxes you see the line "PoPoLoCrois" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., you'd think "oh, this must've just expired and Marvelous just picked it up for 3DS no prob right"?
WRONG!
Various websites like Famitsu and even Marvelous' own page for the game STILL mention that line! (See here)
So my question is; how the hell is this possible?! Sony has before and still is putting their IPs and whatnot on mobile devices, so is Microsoft and even Nintendo with a few Pokemon spin-offs (Pokemon Say Tap, Pokedex for iOS, and Pokemon TCG Online).
But this feels so unprecedented, Microsoft did this yes on GBA and DS but they have no handheld to this day, strange as it is now that they're not on 3DS at all, but Sony has the Vita! How is this allowed to be on 3DS? This kind of thing hasn't happened since the N64 IIRC where an IP is on a literal competing platform (see Wipeout 64).
I'm just so blown away by this!
What are your thoughts GAF?
Long story short; the IP as a whole seems to be owned by the author (it started as a manga IIRC) Yosuke Tamori who's name is always part of the copyrights.
He then went to Sony to make games exclusively for PS1, PS2, then ported one or two from PS1 to one PSP game, Sony published all of these in JP (Agetec localized the PSP game). And on the boxes you see the line "PoPoLoCrois" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., you'd think "oh, this must've just expired and Marvelous just picked it up for 3DS no prob right"?
WRONG!
Various websites like Famitsu and even Marvelous' own page for the game STILL mention that line! (See here)
So my question is; how the hell is this possible?! Sony has before and still is putting their IPs and whatnot on mobile devices, so is Microsoft and even Nintendo with a few Pokemon spin-offs (Pokemon Say Tap, Pokedex for iOS, and Pokemon TCG Online).
But this feels so unprecedented, Microsoft did this yes on GBA and DS but they have no handheld to this day, strange as it is now that they're not on 3DS at all, but Sony has the Vita! How is this allowed to be on 3DS? This kind of thing hasn't happened since the N64 IIRC where an IP is on a literal competing platform (see Wipeout 64).
I'm just so blown away by this!
What are your thoughts GAF?