On February 01, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an office action suspending further action on Nintendo’s trademark application for Super Mario Odyssey. There seems to be some hassles with the trademark because it’s clashing with a prior-filled application for Super Mario Run which falls under a smiliar filing. It’s highly unlikely that this situation will result in any delays for the Nintendo Switch title but it’s ultimately down to Nintendo to get this Trademark sorted to ensure no hiccups before release.
It’s worth noting that a few weeks ago the Trademarks for the following titles and their applications were accepted:
- Arms
- Eternal Darkness
- Excite Truck
- Snipperclips
You can read the full letter which explains the suspension here.
Thanks takumaru64 for the tip!
The first big 3D platformer in YEARS, and it has release issues…..
Wait, what?
“It’s highly unlikely that this situation will result in any delays for the Nintendo Switch title”
The article specifially states that it’s very unlikely for this problem to cause any release issues. Not to mention that it’s more than half a year before the game’s earliest possible release – plenty of time to resolve any issues like that.
How the heck does it cause issues?
The news here it’s another: Excite Truck, Eternl Darkness.
Still losing time with those IP? Pleaaaseeee… Not the 2018 lineup I hope. –__–
Not really. Nintendo updates trademarks to avoid others from using those names
That’s a good relief. :)
We have created such powerful copyright security that we somehow managed to trip over our own trademark. Were such heights even possible?
||Of course it is, leave luck to heaven…||
Very interesting!
That’s so dumb. They have plenty of time to fix it before release tho, so I’m not worried. Probably just some undercover Xbots who are angry at Nintendo for being too amazing;)
I’m sure they can fix the situation in time.
Yeah me too.
I hope
I don’t know why it cause some issues. Besides I don’t want the game to be delayed.
Oh thank god snipper clips made the cut, I was about to cancel my preorder.
Phew… that was close. You can sleep at night now XD
I’d be happy if they renamed it Super Mario Galaxy 3 tbf
Cute photo
Cheers (y)!
No. That wold be the worst thing they could name it. Create an actual Galaxy 3 game and name it: Super Mario Galaxy 3.
how does that even happen?
I’m no trade mark expert, but I think that they did that backwards lol
Worst case scenario, they delay it or cancel the game over a stupid name issue.
NEVER! They will not cancel what will be Mario’s grand return to the Super Mario 64 style gameplay! YOU MIGHT WANNA LEAVE, I’M GETTING UPSET!
Or they can rename it. Super Mario Hat around the world.
I actually hope they have to rename the game. For some reason Super Mario Odyssey doesn’t sit right with me.
Really? Why is that? Odyssey sounds like the perfect word to describe an adventure around the world (and has its roots in the around-the-world greek legend of Odysseus).
That’s one of the reasons I don’t like the name, because I can’t help but think of Odysseus every time I see it. I don’t know, I just don’t like it for some reason. The game looks amazing, just the name is not doing it for me…
Well, they must have chosen the name for a reason- maybe the “why” gets revealed through the plot of the game.
plus they can’t trademark oddessy anyway there’s hundreds of games with that word in it’s title so stop being so high and mighty nintendo.
Am i the only one with a deep down feeling that Eternal Darkness is an HD remake??
I mean, they been acting like game cube emulation is not coming.. which leads me to believe that this could be an HD remake, which would be an awesome idea in it of it’s self.
To simply emulate certain GameCube games would not do some of those games justice. Some deserve HD remasters with updated graphics, like Eternal Darkness! *crosses fingers for Eternal Darkness HD Remake*
Doesn’t Nintendo own Super Mario Run? Can you really have trademark problems with your won trademark?
Here’s a few names off the top of my head Take note Nintendo !
Super Mario Atlas
Super Mario Other World
Super Mario Conquest
Super Mario Switch
and finally my favorite
Super Mario Universe
That issue sounds incredibly fucking stupid.
Least it’s not because some idiots tried to trademark the words “crush” and “saga”- THAT was stupid.
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