Web
Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter
Jump to content
  • Sign Up
hatok

How will they handle the Deep Jungle copyrights issue?

Recommended Posts

I'm sure it will be alright. Square Enix acquired the rights for the world for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts Final Mix over a decade ago. That agreement still stands today.

 

Square Enix, as far as I've hear, has rights to Disney's works. If Disney can't offer the rights, the agreement can't stand.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Square Enix, as far as I've hear, has rights to Disney's works. If Disney can't offer the rights, the agreement can't stand.

 

They still release brand new copies of Kingdom Hearts for the PS2. Which means that the agreement for KH still stands.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

They still release brand new copies of Kingdom Hearts for the PS2. Which means that the agreement for KH still stands.

 

It may stand for that game, but that doesn't mean it carries over to new releases. KH1 isn't being MADE anymore.

Really, it comes down to the wording on the contract as it were, and none of us will probably ever know that

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

It may stand for that game, but that doesn't mean it carries over to new releases. KH1 isn't being MADE anymore.

Really, it comes down to the wording on the contract as it were, and none of us will probably ever know that

 

They released plenty of new copies last year.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

They released plenty of new copies last year.

 

That means nothing though. Of course they still have the rights to a game that's already released

But I'm not sure that an HD remake is the same deal. It's a new game, for all intents and purposes.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

A song can easily be re-bought or negotiated. Tarzan is an entire franchise

 

No, its not the same. The song was "given" away. I won't go into details, but Kojima willingly gave the rights to the song away. MGS4 and Brawl were supposed to have the song but it was cut. You can still find the MGS theme in the coding for Brawl. Every game after that happened has excluded the theme song with the only exception being the MGS2 and MGS3 HD ports.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Maybe they cut it out? Was there anything really important to the story in this world (I know about the castle slide but there are many people who never got it)?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Maybe they cut it out? Was there anything really important to the story in this world (I know about the castle slide but there are many people who never got it)?

 

I don't think they would.

 

You'd be taking out a big part of the game, where you unlock weapons, level up, get a trinity mark and a few cutscenes happen. You'd be taking out some essential parts of the game, and would have to make some big adjustments accordingly to make up for it.

 

If that were the case it would most likely just be left, and not bought over due to the rights issues.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

^ It's not. And rights to a franchise (especially for one world in a game) can easily be temporarily bought for that specific release. Honestly, they know the western market eats up Kingdom Hearts, and they know cutting KH1 would jeopardise sells. We may not get KHFM (for voice reasons) , but something like this won't hold them back from rereleasing KH.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...

×
×
  • Create New...