What happened to Milestone's IPs after Klon closed?

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What happened to Milestone's IPs after Klon closed?

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I know after Sakura Flamingo Archives came out the company shut down...so where'd everything end up after that? Scattered around or something?
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Re: What happened to Milestone's IPs after Klon closed?

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If the original developers are no longer working with it, whatever happens to the IP can only be bad
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Like Puyo? :roll:
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It's unfortunate. They were actually willing to get some games over to the US.
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Re: What happened to Milestone's IPs after Klon closed?

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Closed? I thought Klon and k.h.d.n just went their seperate ways?
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I always thought khdn had the IPs (afaik they directed the 3DS games), but all the Milestone remixes on Nagata's bandcamp were taken down a few months ago.
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they're up again xP
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trap15 wrote:Like Puyo? :roll:
Puyo is a much easier thing to get right than the gameplay and atmosphere of these particular STGs. Actually imo sonic team wrecked what atmosphere puyo had (but the gameplay was fine)
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Re: What happened to Milestone's IPs after Klon closed?

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Klon closed the Sakura Flamingo Laboratory but Klon still exists and while I don't know if they 100% own all the Milestone STGs I do know they still have the rights to the games they put out (Archives and the awful 3DS games).
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