From the article:
"I have confidence in my sources to report that it is my understanding that Scalebound has been resurrected as a project to be released as a Nintendo Switch exclusive. Given Microsoft's previous involvement, it remains unclear to me whether development has been completely rebooted from scratch or, at the least, its ambition scaled back – seeing as it's now destined for the nimble, but less powerful, portable home console.
Further to this, I believe that Scalebound is likely to be the "game that's thought to be dead that Nintendo's reviving" that Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan had hinted at on Kinda Funny Games last week. Although, there's the chance that he could have heard about a different project that will be resuscitated.
In the original concept for Scalebound, you were to play as Drew, who, while exploring the dangerous world of Draconis, is bonded to the fearsome and noble dragon, Thuban – the last of his kind. Thrown together by fate, they must defeat the enemies that threaten their world.
As far as I am aware, the Scalebound trademark was renewed but soon had to be abandoned thanks to Microsoft being unable to state what they would use it for. Ultimately, that has left the door open for another publisher to step in and, as part of on-going discussions around the projects that PlatinumGames could work on for Nintendo Switch, it was something that Nintendo expressed interest in."
Also worth adding to the situation:
Another tidbit regarding the trademark:
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