Nintendo Shines With Amaterasu Trademark

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imageNintendo kind of owns the rights to the Shinto sun goddess. They filed and successfully obtained trademarks for Amaterasu (in both katakana and kanji) for use with video games.

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Amaterasu, according to Japanese mythology, is a radiant deity. She also appeared in a number of video games including Okami and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4.

 

We’re not sure what Nintendo plans to do with "Ammy," but were curious.

 

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