Previously, we have reported that Mingyue Minoru will join NetEase, and recently foreign media have found that the trademark application of Nagoshi Studio appeared at the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which was submitted at the beginning of the year, covering game development and distribution, entertainment services (especially game services) and related advertising.
Although Nagoshi Studio is not an independent entity, its representative company is Ingenias, which, according to VGC, is typically responsible for trademarking other NetEase entities.
Analyst firm Niko Partners said NetEase and other Chinese companies, including Tencent, are looking to enter international markets, and that the Japanese market is a lucrative market that many Chinese developers have yet to enter.
Minoru Nagoshi confirmed his departure from Sega last October, ending a 30-year career at the Japanese company, where he created games such as the Dragon series, the Super Monkey Ball series and F-ZERO AX.