Square Enix trademarks Symbiogenesis in Japan, Bandai Namco trademarks Dream Match [Update]

Square Enix filed a trademark for “Symbiogenesis” on October 13 in Japan, which was made public today.

Additionally, Bandai Namco filed a trademark for “Dream Match” on October 14.

Symbiogenesis, according to Wiktionary, is “the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.” It is the basis for the story of Parasite Eve, which first began as a novel in 1995 before expanding into a video game series developed by Square Enix in 1998.

As for “Dream Match,” Bandai Namco previously released an iOS and Android game called Famista Dream Match, which ended service on June 23, 2016. The new trademark could be related to that—or something new entirely.

Update 11/03/22 at 7:55 a.m.: Square Enix has officially announced “Symbiogenesis” as a non-fungible token collectible art project.