It is always interesting to keep an eye on the various trademarks that pop up all around the world, and now a few potentially interesting ones have emerged in Japan. Of course, it always helps to have a few in-the-know folk to lend a helping hand in finding them. Below is a list of what has been uncovered recently:
Square Enix
- Pollux Engine
- Blood of Bahamut
- Dekoboko Motors
- Galileo Factory
- Brick Block Clock
- Shining Force Gear
- Soft Darts - Japan Tournament
- TenkuBan
- TouchLive
Capcom
- Doka! Doka!
- Forgotten Worlds
- Noise Kaizou Gear
- Cubemall
- Solvalou
- Ultimate Destruction Machine Gun Game
- Odoru!! Shirokuma Panda
- Hiru Dora
- Redikomi
- Hinkaku UP Jutsu
- Project iM@S - Intermedia Artists and Specialists
- Family Beach
Also on there is Pollux Engine, which is the engine powering the DS-Wii link-up RPG Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, due in January 2009, plus another one under the moniker 'Blood of Bahamut appears on the list. Whilst this could very well be a brand new game, or a subtitle for something like a new Final Fantasy XI chapter, it could also be linked with the previously Japan-only SNES strategy RPG Bahamut Lagoon. Considering the wealth of remakes that have already hit the DS, such as Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger, Front Mission 1st and the Dragon Quest games, a re-imagining of Bahamut Lagoon certainly would not be out of the question. Time will tell, though...
Elsewhere on the list, Solvalou was the third in the Xevious series and could perhaps be being readied for a rebirth similar to Gradius on WiiWare, Family Beach is obviously a continuation of the very popular 'Family' range that has seen Family Baseball, Family Jockey, Family Ski and Family Trainer released in Japan so far, and Forgotten Worlds is Capcom's side-scrolling shooter from 1988, which again may well be revitalised on WiiWare!
Be sure to cast an eye over the list and share your thoughts on what the products could turn out to be...