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[Peltz]

Oh man, how have I never heard of this? I don't usually judge a game by its cover, but that looks just... awful. From the stupid punny name, to the "Toys R Us exclusive" stamp, it just needs a "& Knuckles" subtitle now.

Are you implying that Sonic & Knuckles was an awful game?

 

[Hero of Legend]

Oh man, how have I never heard of this? I don't usually judge a game by its cover, but that looks just... awful. From the stupid punny name, to the "Toys R Us exclusive" stamp, it just needs a "& Knuckles" subtitle now.

You'll never guess who developed that. If you don't already know, I DARE you to guess.

Spoiler

Media.Vision

 

[Flintty]

I liked Blinx. It was clever and innovative at the time but something just didn't click to make it huge. I would have liked to see Rare have a go at it for Xbox One but never mind.

 

[Nimby]

Another fallen mascot.

 

[StoOgE]

Oh man, how have I never heard of this? I don't usually judge a game by its cover, but that looks just... awful. From the stupid punny name, to the "Toys R Us exclusive" stamp, it just needs a "& Knuckles" subtitle now.

It was one of the games that early MS announced to try and break into the Japanese market.

I think it was just not brought to the US at all, and then MS convinced TRU to take a bunch in hand if it was exclusive.

Thus, Sneakers made it to the US and was forgotten very quickly afterword.

MS funded a lot of very strange games early on trying to get into that market. Most were terrible.

Wreckless was awesome though.

 

[Salty Hippo]

ITT, People who don't know the difference between trademark and intellectual property.

Microsoft still owns the IP,They just have no plans for new game, that's all. Plus, the game wasn't really that good.

The article didn't help, either. It's written as if MS had thrown the IP away.

 

[Winterfang]

Maybe Sega can pick it up and make Blinx a Sonic friend.

 

[RobbieNick]

Question. If MS dropsthe TM, does that mean anyone else can make a Blinx game? (Have no idea how trademarks work.)

 

[Lijik]

Worldwide? Estimates range from nowt to fuck all.

This thread reminded me of Malice. Whatever happened to Malice?

sonic boom turned out better than malice, thats how bad malice is.

 

[Muskieratboi]

I'll take it. How do I do so?

 

[Effigenius]

Nintendo! Add blind as smash dlc! Do it!

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Oh man, how have I never heard of this? I don't usually judge a game by its cover, but that looks just... awful. From the stupid punny name, to the "Toys R Us exclusive" stamp, it just needs a "& Knuckles" subtitle now.

I had it. I remember kinda liking it. It was mostly a puzzle game and a rather chill one at that.

 

[Yoshi]

Question. If MS dropsthe TM, does that mean anyone else can make a Blinx game? (Have no idea how trademarks work.)

That means anyone else can make a game called Blinx, but they cannot use the intellectual property of Blinx.

 

[Zabant]

That means anyone else can make a game called Blinx, but they cannot use the intellectual property of Blinx.

SOMEONE GET ME THE NUMBER OF AN IOS SHOVELAPP DEV.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

I'm gonna miss Ryan McCaffrey ribbing Phil Spencer for a Blinx sequel every time he interviews him.