you cannot own a game formula lol if that was the case imagine xbox owned the futuristic fps genre where humans shoot aliens lol then no one could do it lolIdk where I heard it but I remember hearing that the real reason why they dont do turn based, buy stars mechanic anymore after mario party 8 is because in 2012 hudson soft ceased to exist and they are no longer able to use that formula since hudson was the creator and has the rights to that specific formula so nintendo is legally unable to use it since hudson soft is no longer a company or something dont quote me on that
you can own a game engine,characters and stuff but not a general gameplay game,if they had the engine nintendo just needs to make a new one, heck pacman party also uses this formula so did sonic shuffle and manny party esque games even if they suck.
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