{"id":66265,"date":"2018-12-02T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/nintendo_grabs_more_smartphone-related_trademarks_this_time_for_fossil_fighters_the_last_story_and_wii"},"modified":"2018-12-02T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T06:30:00","slug":"nintendo-grabs-more-smartphone-related-trademarks-this-time-for-fossil-fighters-the-last-story-and-wii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/02\/nintendo-grabs-more-smartphone-related-trademarks-this-time-for-fossil-fighters-the-last-story-and-wii\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Grabs More Smartphone-Related Trademarks, This Time For Fossil Fighters, The Last Story And Wii"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e4c7d22423daa\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e4c7d22423daa\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"The Last Story Img 1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e4c7d22423daa\/the-last-story-img-1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e4c7d22423daa\/the-last-story-img-1.900x.jpg\" alt=\"The Last Story Img 1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As 2018 winds down, Nintendo is still busy registering trademarks like there&#8217;s no tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>A week after the Japanese company <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/11\/nintendo_secures_smartphone_trademarks_for_kirbys_dream_land_art_academy_and_bowsers_inside_story\">secured<\/a> smartphone-related trademarks for <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/kirbys_dream_land\">Kirby&#8217;s Dream Land<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/art_academy\">Art Academy<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/mario_and_luigi_bowsers_inside_story\">Mario &amp; Luigi: Bowser&#8217;s Inside Story<\/a><\/strong>, it&#8217;s now <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/japanese3ds\/status\/1068916603759325184\">claimed<\/a> three more &#8211; this time for <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/fossil_fighters\">Fossil Fighters<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/last_story\">The Last Story<\/a><\/strong> and the Wii console. Once again, all of these reference \u2018program for home video game machine\u2019, \u2018downloadable video game program\u2019 and \u2018program for smartphone\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve noted on many other occasions, the mention of smartphones <em>could<\/em> potentially mean something big is on the way, or it&#8217;s simply business as usual for Nintendo as it continually renews trademarks to cover older franchises.<\/p>\n<p>Fossil Fighters first started out on the DS in 2008, the Wii was launched in 2006 and The Last Story was released on the same system in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><em>Let us know your thoughts in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 2018 winds down, Nintendo is still busy registering trademarks like there&#8217;s no tomorrow. A week after the Japanese company secured smartphone-related trademarks for Kirby&#8217;s Dream Land, Art Academy and Mario &amp; Luigi: Bowser&#8217;s Inside Story, it&#8217;s now claimed three more &#8211; this time for Fossil Fighters, The Last Story and the Wii console. 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