Nintendo to sue Microsoft and Bungie over Halo?

_LS_ · August 14, 2015 at 7:04 PM Official Post

Yes, some of you diehard retro gamers may remember that the original 'Halo' game was actually on the Nintendo Entertainment System and was a registered copyright of Nintendo R&D1. However the game got abismal sales and was lost in Nintendo's back catalogues of their poorer products - several million unsold copies of 'Zombies Ate my Neighbours' are also rumored to line these not-so-hallowed halls of Nintendo's main offices in Japan.

A certain Mr. Fred Gamelot stumbled across this stark reminder being one of the few people to play the game. He claimed to have been "shocked" yet "pleased" to find that such a great "gaming title had original been made by Nintendo" and felt "ashamed to think that he had believed that a company of Microsoft's standards" had invented such "novel gaming".

Here we can see a reference image of the original cartridge that Fred found whilst cleaning out what he described as an "everyday dirt mess in an urban ghetto"

Exhibit A -

Mr. Gamelot has been in contact with Nintendo of America over this blatant breach of both trademarked name, and gameplay style, the original 'Halo' was dubbed to be a "fine top-down-shooter, innovative game that brings whole new levels of violence into the home, graphically, it can't get much better than this" by an independent games magazine.

NoA have still yet to release an official press statement, but it seems highly likely that a court case could be go - another item to stand alongside Nintendo's impressive legal history of shutting down porn sites because they may offend Nintendo product consumers, closing down established sites in fear that they might one day sell up shop and cash in on Nintendo trademarks, attacking piracy in China - causing a mental nightmare for all of China's up and coming script kiddies.

Indeed, what a revelation in gaming this has turned out to be. We look forward to seeing Nintedo's response to how they forgot about this title and how an "emo" child from a sub-urban gangbang may be charging them a hefty commission for his findings.

Sardonic Pickle · August 16, 2015 at 1:44 AM

Wow that's amazing. I don't believe it...

Really I don't. Cite your sources sir!

_LS_ · August 16, 2015 at 3:22 PM Official Post

**Kyde** · August 17, 2015 at 6:00 AM Official Post

Its a lie. Halo 1 was being developed for exclusive release on the Mac OS 9 line. Steve Jobs even introduced it at a MacExpo.

Then Windows bought Bungie.

This is the truth. If there was an NES game called Halo there was nothing similar about it.

Secondly on that cartridge you can tell that that is master chief. If Microsoft would have stolen Samus from Metroid, Nintendo wouldve sued them since the day the first trailer came out.

Halo 1 came out as a launch title for the Original Xbox in Nov 2001. If there was any thievery I guarantee it would be the Nintendo Xbox right now because Nintendo would own them. And they have had damn near 14 years to rectify any wrongdoing.

_LS_ · August 17, 2015 at 11:18 AM Official Post

It is, indeed, a joke.

**Kaynil** · August 18, 2015 at 4:18 PM Official Post

Hahah. That was funny.
Specially with the screenshot from... 2005? Oh, the naivety of years past.

_LS_ · August 19, 2015 at 5:05 PM Official Post

Yeah, this whole thing felt a lot more plausible back then. =P

Sardonic Pickle · August 20, 2015 at 6:31 PM

Quote from LinkSkywalker

Go to hell.

_LS_ · August 21, 2015 at 2:08 AM Official Post

Quote from Sardonic Pickle

Go to hell.

=D

Sardonic Pickle · August 24, 2015 at 3:01 AM

Quote from LinkSkywalker

=D

Hey my signature still holds up to be true as well. The British Office > American Office. This is way off topic.

I can't believe I actually believed it back then.

_LS_ · August 24, 2015 at 5:31 PM Official Post

Ashleigh asked a lot of us to edit our posts to act as though we believed it, to enhance the joke. It ended up getting linked on IGN and such.

Sardonic Pickle · August 24, 2015 at 10:11 PM

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Ashleigh asked a lot of us to edit our posts to act as though we believed it, to enhance the joke. It ended up getting linked on IGN and such.

Never knew the IGN part O_O

**Kaynil** · August 26, 2015 at 8:06 AM Official Post

Hahaha. That's awesome!

alakazam · November 28, 2015 at 9:42 AM

As a Microsoft fanboy, I'm sad to find out that one of Microsoft's most recognizable games was not even created by them in the first place.

CM30 · November 29, 2015 at 5:03 PM

Quote from alakazam

As a Microsoft fanboy, I'm sad to find out that one of Microsoft's most recognizable games was not even created by them in the first place.

It was a joke.

As for this being picked up by IGN... eh, not surprising. I still remember when someone claimed to have found evidence of a Daisy version of Costume Mario on the Japanese Mario Maker site, and with as much proof as this topic, it ended up on every gaming site going.

alakazam · November 29, 2015 at 5:38 PM

What was a joke?

**Kaynil** · December 1, 2015 at 9:36 AM Official Post

I thought your comment was the joke. :XD:

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As a Microsoft fanboy, I'm sad to find out that one of Microsoft's most recognizable games was not even created by them in the first place.

Sorry if you were being serious. In which case the Halo on the NES is a prank. No such game existed. Originally the thread was in an old forum we used to visit like 10 years ago. Kokiri Kid was @Sardonic Pickle's account back then.

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As for this being picked up by IGN... eh, not surprising. I still remember when someone claimed to have found evidence of a Daisy version of Costume Mario on the Japanese Mario Maker site, and with as much proof as this topic, it ended up on every gaming site going.

Or the Octoling viral news actually starting from one person claiming seeing one on the squid boards. Nowadays if people share things Gaming outlets tend to just "report" as they read it without actually digging for the source and question it.

But man, I wish someone had the cache of the article making it, just for (more?) giggles.