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Bandai Namco Ent. Files Trademark for 'Mr. Driller: Drill Land' in Europe
posted on by Alex Mateo
Bandai Namco Entertainment filed a trademark in Europe on January 10 for "Mr. Driller: Drill Land."
The company had filed a trademark for "Mr. Driller Encore" (logo pictured at right) in Japan on September 4, and it was made public on September 17.
Bandai Namco released a puzzle game titled Mr. Driller: Drill Land for Nintendo GameCube in Japan in December 2002. The company launched the original Mr. Driller puzzle game for arcades in 1999. The PlayStation Classic, a console pre-loaded with 20 games from the original PlayStation console's catalog, included the PlayStation version of Mr. Driller in North America, Europe, and Japan.
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