"It's an established franchise," he said in a lengthy telephone interview.

It was the first video game series to involve a crossover between animated giant robots and live action tokusatsu heroes from different established franchises.

Nintendo's limited role of development was mainly isolated to ensuring that it was a worthy title for the established franchise.

That's something rare in big-budget games today, especially when they take place in an established franchise.

"It's an unusual company that would violate its established franchise and jump full force into something else," Ms. Smith said.

He added that its sister publication, aimed at media executives within ad agencies, already has an established franchise.

The acquisition, he said, allowed Nationsbank to get into the equity business quickly with an established and successful franchise.

The team drew fairly well during the first two months of the season, with crowds comparable to the established Canadian franchises.

As with many other fanfilms, Exeter create an entirely new series around event of an established franchise.

The first temporary ballparks were not actually used by expansion teams but by established franchises.