Interesting news going on in the Happy-Go-Lucky world of Nintendo: NintendoLife reported on January 27th, 2020 that Nintendo Co. Ltd has applied for 39 trademarks for past titles. Here is the full list, alphabetized for your convenience:

• Alleyway

• Animal Crossing: City Folk

• Balloon Kid

• Card Hero

• Cruis’n

• Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger

• Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

• Face Raiders

• Freaky Forms

• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

• Jam With The Band

• Kid Icarus

• Kirby Air Ride

• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

• Kirby Mass Attack

• Kirby’s Adventure

• Mario Sports Mix

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!

• Nintendogs + Cats

• Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

• Pullblox

• Pushmo

• Radar Mission

• Spirit Camera

• Steel Diver

• Style Boutique

• Super Mario Sunshine

• Super Mario World

• Swapnote

• The Legend of Zelda: The Adventure of Link

• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

• Urban Champion

• WarioWare: Smooth Moves

• Wave Race

Some collection of games, huh? It’s an interesting potpourri of titles going as far back as the NES/Famicom days. Of course, what people are latching onto is the renewal of trademarks for GameCube and Wii era games that have not seen a release in close to 10 years, such as Skyward Sword, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Super Mario Sunshine, Kirby Air Ride, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem and possibly others.

This is leading to speculation: does Nintendo plan on bringing these games back to the Switch? Or will there be a new dedicated mini console as we’ve had with the NES and SNES Mini/Classic Editions? Or… is this all just a bunch of hoopla? It’s also interesting to note that Nintendo might have been in danger of losing the trademark to Super Mario World, one of the biggest games of all time!

What do you think about the situation? Which of these games would you like to see back? Personally, I think Kirby Air Ride and Super Mario Sunshine are long overdue for some re-examination. And the Golden Sun fans have always deserved better.

As always, stay tuned to Game Tyrant as more information develops.