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You say that as if Killer Instinct was any good to begin with. Doubt it had anything to do with Kinect either, more than likely it was an HD re release for XBLA, like with Perfect Dark and Banjo.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
How did they get away with that?
SNK was like you, once. They thought they could get away with rampant infringement. And they did for a while.
Until they didn't.
Either way, Stop playing coy.
You're going to jail.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Exactly. No one is making a new KI, and there's not a single developer I'm aware of in the west that has the technical know-how to make a fighting game, (Netherealm doesn't count as they are locked into WB properties until the end of time)
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I'd actually be on-board for arcade perfect ports of the original games. I don't think they're great by any stretch, but goddamn... the nostalgia. I used to fucking love these games back in the day. It's probably one of the best representations of 90's gaming culture out there.
Slamtastic
Member
That's a harsh statement to make.
Everyone has to start somewhere, you won't know unless you try, etc.
I certainly want more devs who have never made a traditional 2D fighter to attempt doing so. If the games aren't great, I don't play, and maybe we get something good out of it. no harm in trying.
(and you forgot Lab Zero)
gaming_noob
Member
Fan made Killer Instinct 3 intro. If they ever make a new one, the KI theme must return.
http://youtu.be/9r6L7Pkgpas
http://youtu.be/9r6L7Pkgpas
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Fuckin' companies... takin' our jobs 'n shyt.
Superblatt
Member
Amazing. I need to go find my copy of KI Gold on N64 and play a few rounds.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Dat music!
Anticitizen One
Banned
uh shouldn't that say Microsoft?
They can rename it all sorts of things. Here are some movie titles used to avoid trademark infringement: Disney's The Kid (to avoid the trademark of the Charlie Chaplin movie), Marvel's The Avengers (to avoid the trademark of the 60s TV series).
So they can rename it "Rare's Killer Instinct" or anything else they want, as long as the title isn't exactly the same.
So they can rename it "Rare's Killer Instinct" or anything else they want, as long as the title isn't exactly the same.
Let's not forget The Real Ghostbusters, changed to avoid the trademark of the awful cartoon that was actually a ripoff of the Ghostbusters film.
Criminal Upper
Banned
It should. Guy is clearly clueless. Nintendo let the IP go with Rare like a decade ago.
That, and it should have awesome CG characters doing stuff. Nice logos though.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
That's debatable. If the original mark owners wanted to, they could definitely argue that it's too similar.
soxinthebox
Member
I guess things like this will happen when you don't bother to make a new game in over 14 years
bumpkin
Member
Saw this vid a while ago... The music was so good. If only this were remotely possible.
Like another poster said, I'd be perfectly happy with arcade-perfect ports of the first two games in lieu of a third, new game. Nostalgia is one hell of a drug.
GoofsterStud
Member
The one Rare game I care about. The only first party Microsoft game I would be excited for.
If Microsoft went ahead with The Real Killer Instinct or Rare's Killer Instinct, I think it's probably debatable whether or not FOX would actually do anything. And even if they did, they'd quickly reach some meager out-of-court settlement like other companies did with the EDGE trademark troll. Unlike Tim Langdell, FOX does not make all their money off of defending a ridiculously broad trademark so I don't think they have much motivation to really fight over the issue. Plus you can make a pretty good case that they've abandoned the trademark anyway.
I think the problem is that Microsoft doesn't want to deal with licensing and trademark issues over an HD port on XBLA that would be lucky to sell 50,000 copies. But they could probably market an XBLA title as a "Rare Mega Collection" than includes KI & KI2, and maybe throw in the HD Banjo Kazooie/Perfect Dark ports.....not sure if that would hold up in court or not.
If Microsoft were serious about making a legitimate new KI game they might explore the trademark issue further, but I doubt they are really looking to add any fighting games to their first-party portfolio. They've killed off entire development studios that specialized in far more popular genres like strategy (Ensemble) and FPS (FASA) so I'm not sure why they would ever bankroll a new Killer Instinct. I think at this point fighting games need to be multiplatform if they want to turn a profit (aside from Smash Brothers, which is able to rely on massive support from Nintendo fanatics).
IOnEI Falcon
Member
I think it would sell way more than 50,000. PD XBLA has sold over 450,000 and I would guess KI is more well known.
Shooters > fighting games.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Yeah, true but this game was in arcades and had a couple more releases than Perfect Dark.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Something I kept mentioning. Office Actions happen all the time. It's not the end of the world, but it does depend on what the OA wants or is saying.