Sega has seemingly renewed its trademark for Skies of Arcadia, a traditional Dreamcast RPG, although that does not essentially imply it is making a comeback.
As noticed by Sega Informant over on Twitter, trademark monitoring web site Chizai Watch has indicated that Sega has not too long ago renewed its trademark for each Skies of Arcadia and Everlasting Arcadia, the latter being the title utilized in Japan. Pages for each titles seem to indicate that the trademark renewal went by means of final week, January 24, and follows not lengthy after it was noticed that the logos for Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco had additionally been renewed. Now, when you’re a fan of both of those video games, I would be fairly understanding when you began to get enthusiastic about this, however it’s price noting {that a} trademark renewal does not all the time imply a lot.
There’s been loads of older titles which have had their logos renewed by their respective homeowners merely to retain the trademark – Sega clearly would not need another firm selecting up the trademark for Skies of Arcadia simply because it did not plan on making a brand new one and even releasing a remaster, as a result of there’s all the time the prospect that someplace down the street it might need to do both of these issues. So, proper now it is sort of a Schrodinger’s Skies of Arcadia proper now; perhaps there’s one thing within the works, perhaps not!
Sega is engaged on bringing again loads of its older titles in the meanwhile, together with iconic titles like Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Loopy Taxi, and extra in addition to these. To not point out there’s that new Virtua Fighter within the works, so something is feasible.
Skies of Arcadia was an extremely properly acquired title upon its launch in 2000, and even acquired a GameCube port in 2002, however a sequel by no means materialised regardless of the sturdy critiques. Maybe now could be the time, Sega? Trace trace?