Nintendo’s robotic build ‘n’ battle series appears to be mothballed.
For fans of Nintendo’s own answer to VIRTUAL-ON, the Custom Robo games, there’s some bad news. Nintendo has apparently opted not to renew their trademark for “Custom Robo”, which pretty much ensures that Nintendo is done with the series, at least under that name.
Nintendo’s Custom Robo franchise spanned a number of games in Japan, but only saw two official releases in North America: Custom Robo (“Custom Robo: Battle Revolution” in Japan) for the GameCube, and Custom Robo Arena for the Nintendo DS. As part of the functional family of robot-piloting arena fighters, players customized their mechs with special abilities and took them into the fight in 3D battlegrounds.
While we can now discount seeing a new title in this series for the Switch — and probably no re-releases, either — we may see the series return in another form, only time will tell. It also calls into question whether the “Ray-Mk. III” mech Assist Trophy will be a part of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — something we’ll have to watch for in December.
Source: JUSTIA Trademarks via SmashBoards
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