Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Written and edited by Cohlman from @AandKGames
Times franchises jumped ship to a competitor:
Starting off we have the show Doug which went from Nickelodeon to Disney. This was a result of Nickelodeon declining to renew the series after 52 episodes due to budget caps from Viacom and Disney bought series creator Jim Jinkins’ production company, Jumbo Pictures in 1996, giving them full usage rights of Doug.
Up next is Sonic jumping from Sega to Nintendo. By 2001, Sega went third party due to financial failures of their hardware since the mid 90s. Their executive director Chuck Fischer then brought the Sonic mascot IP over to Nintendo of America headquarters to begin their new software partnership, and a person dressed as Mario met them at the door to give Sonic a literal hug. From there the rest was history.
From going to Nintendo to breaking away from them, we have Final Fantasy going from Nintendo to PlayStation. Up until the N64, Final Fantasy was a Nintendo exclusive, but due to the cartridge storage limit, Square Soft and a lot of other companies couldn’t make their games for the system. So the PS1 would become the new home for a lot of IPs at this time.
Futurama started out as a show on Fox before getting cancelled in 2003. From there the show received newfound success via DVD movies, so much so that Comedy Central revived the series in 2007 and gave them a massive boost in adult animation space.
The hit Karate Kid spin-off Cobra Kai was a YouTube red series at first until they halted its original programming. Upon jumping ship to Netflix in 2020, it promptly exploded in global popularity.
And last but definitely not least we have Rare studios and their properties on Nintendo jumping to Xbox. When Microsoft entered the home console market, they bought out Rare to allegedly nab some killer exclusives. Too bad they did practically nothing for them.
Written and edited by Cohlman from @AandKGames
Times franchises jumped ship to a competitor:
Starting off we have the show Doug which went from Nickelodeon to Disney. This was a result of Nickelodeon declining to renew the series after 52 episodes due to budget caps from Viacom and Disney bought series creator Jim Jinkins’ production company, Jumbo Pictures in 1996, giving them full usage rights of Doug.
Up next is Sonic jumping from Sega to Nintendo. By 2001, Sega went third party due to financial failures of their hardware since the mid 90s. Their executive director Chuck Fischer then brought the Sonic mascot IP over to Nintendo of America headquarters to begin their new software partnership, and a person dressed as Mario met them at the door to give Sonic a literal hug. From there the rest was history.
From going to Nintendo to breaking away from them, we have Final Fantasy going from Nintendo to PlayStation. Up until the N64, Final Fantasy was a Nintendo exclusive, but due to the cartridge storage limit, Square Soft and a lot of other companies couldn’t make their games for the system. So the PS1 would become the new home for a lot of IPs at this time.
Futurama started out as a show on Fox before getting cancelled in 2003. From there the show received newfound success via DVD movies, so much so that Comedy Central revived the series in 2007 and gave them a massive boost in adult animation space.
The hit Karate Kid spin-off Cobra Kai was a YouTube red series at first until they halted its original programming. Upon jumping ship to Netflix in 2020, it promptly exploded in global popularity.
And last but definitely not least we have Rare studios and their properties on Nintendo jumping to Xbox. When Microsoft entered the home console market, they bought out Rare to allegedly nab some killer exclusives. Too bad they did practically nothing for them.
