The transfer process begins in August.
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Nintendo of America has filed an application to transfer the trademark for The Wonderful 101 video game franchise to Platinum Games, according to a document filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 9.
The document says the transfer process began on August 16.
Platinum Games released The Wonderful 101: Remastered, a remastered version of the Wii U action game The Wonderful 101, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam in May 2020.
Platinum Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for the remastered game in February of that year. The campaign surpassed its initial goal of $50,010 to fund the Switch version within an hour.
Platinum Games self-published the game as the company's first self-publishing effort. Nintendo published the original Wii U game.
The Wonderful 101 was released for the Wii U in Japan, Europe, and Australia in August 2013, and in North America in September 2013.
Hideki Kamiya (Bayonetta) directs the “mass hero action” title at Platinum Games. In the story, aliens are invading Earth and a group of unlikely heroes must join forces and work together to stop the invasion, as the aliens are too powerful for the heroes to fight alone. Each hero can transform into powerful weapons to attack the aliens or they can transform into other objects like bridges to help the team traverse environments. Players work to recruit citizens to join their team of heroes and expand the team’s transformation powers.
Platinum Games producer Atsushi Inaba revealed in May 2017 that the company was planning to publish its own titles, in addition to its existing planning and development activities. Platinum Games is known for developing titles such as Bayonetta, Vanquish, Astral Chain, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Star Fox Zero, Nier: Automata, and The Wonderful 101.
Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office via VGC