{"id":23991,"date":"2022-07-04T00:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/featured-news\/nintendo-updates-trademark-for-the-donkey-kong-franchise\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T00:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T23:18:41","slug":"nintendo-updates-trademark-for-the-donkey-kong-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=23991","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo updates trademark for the Donkey Kong franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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News has emerged that Nintendo has updated their trademark for the Donkey Kong franchise. You might not find that all too surprising as that\u2019s what companies do with their IP, however, the new trademark has updated language which applies specifically to Donkey Kong video games, stating that the trademark is for \u201cdownloadable programs for portable and electronic consoles.\u201d <\/p>\n

We have been waiting for what seems like forever for a new Donkey Kong game to appear. The last mainline game in the Donkey Kong series, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, released to critical acclaim on the Wii U back in 2014 and at the time we gave the game a rock solid 9\/10. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was then re-released for the Switch in 2018 and since then we have been wanting a new game. <\/p>\n

There have been numerous rumours<\/strong> since. The last being that Nintendo has a new 3D\/2.5D game in the works which is being developed by the Super Mario Odyssey team. Nintendo has already confirmed that they are planning a new Donkey Kong expansion to Super Nintendo World in 2024. There\u2019s also been a rumour that the next animated film collaboration between Nintendo and Illumination will be a Donkey Kong animated movie. We really have no idea what\u2019s next for the big ape, but let\u2019s hope Nintendo has something good up its sleeves for one of its biggest and most recognisable characters.<\/p>\n

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Nintendo has updated the trademark for Donkey Kong. Rather than being a routine extension of an existing trademark, this is a new trademark with updated verbiage pertaining specifically to video games, including “downloadable programs for portable and electronic consoles.” pic.twitter.com\/UgWpK8VHwH<\/a><\/p>\n
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