Nintendo Renews 31-Year-Old Game’s Trademark but Not for the Reason Fans Would Hope

Amidst its popularity over the years, the Japanese gaming company Nintendo renewed its trademarks for one of its classic titles. The franchise has decided to hold back the rights for StartTropics, a title that first came out 31 years back. 

For those uninitiated, a trademark is a legal document registered by companies to protect their products. It is generally done by companies to refrain others from copying, stealing, or remaking their products. With Nintendo renewing the trademark for StartTropics, fans have started making theories about a classic remake.  

Japanese Giant renews classic gaming trademark!

On July 5th, 2022, a popular video game journalist, Jeff Grubb, posted a tweet about Nintendo. He revealed about the franchise renewing the trademark contract for one of their classic games. Here’s what he said. ‘@Tolkoto Nintendo renewed its trademark for Startropics.’

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His post shook most of the fans, as they could not fathom the company’s move. With this massive news leak, fans started questioning whether the company had plans to release a remake. Here’s what they said. 

Nintendo has renewed a Switch-related trademark!

In the past few days, Resetera users have spotted Nintendo’s reservation related to Switch. The franchise has filed a trademark in Europe under the name ‘NSW.’ NSW is the Japanese Giant’s shorthand for Nintendo Switch.

But does it mean that the franchise is planning for something new? Well, for speculations we feel that Nintendo might tease a Lite or Pro version of the Nintendo Switch. After all, rumors have swirled accords the internet claiming of the production of Nintendo Switch 2.

Apart from that, NintendoLife had reported about the company renewing a bunch of trademarks in 2021. To mention names, Nintendo had safely locked titles such as The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Donkey Kong. So, if not a new console, it won’t be wrong to predict that we could see something related to this. Ultimately, these are Nintendo Switch titles, so the NSW trademark could revolve around this.

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What are your thoughts about this? Did Nintendo make the right move by preserving the trademarks? Let us know in the comments section.