Sentences with phrase «similar franchises of»
It's not a big loss — the toys were cheaply made to begin with, even when compared to similar franchises of the time.
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Some are even turnkey operations similar to a lot of package - format franchises.
If the Houston superstar does invest in the NBA franchise, she'll be cultivating a portfolio similar to that of her business mogul husband, Jay Z, who purchased a stake in the Brooklyn Nets in 2004 for a reported $ 1 million.
While some franchises, like Domino's and Jimmy John's, were built with a delivery fleet at the heart of their model, retroactively adding a similar fleet to, say, McDonald's would cost franchisees millions of dollars with no guarantee of a sales bump.
Similar to how teams have checklists to aid in their search of draft picks, your company should establish criteria when selecting your next franchise sales manager.
The memorandum, and as yet undisclosed similar directives to various locales over which the NLRB has jurisdiction, have provoked a firestorm of outrage from businesses and business groups that say the memo spells the end of franchising, and represents an uneasy encroachment of greater federal regulation into business life.
If you need financing to buy a franchise, a bank lender may be able to provide you with a Dun & Bradstreet report or similar financial profile of the franchisor.
The repeated pattern of expansions and recessions is like multiple sequels in a long - running movie franchise — each film shares a similar and familiar landscape but still manages to be different due to the specific causes and characters.
Recently Fairfax Media reported that oil giant Caltex had become embroiled in similar allegations of worker exploitation happening across a national franchise network of more than 650 stores.
Primarily because I think the saturation of talent and similar vulnerability means we can still get a franchise guy at 12 or 22.
Most of the owners of the NASL's surviving franchises (there were 24 in 1980) dream of similar cuts in their losses.
While Artest's history of kaleidoscopicallyunpredictable behavior scared away most of their peers, the Maloofs wereintrigued because they'd already reaped the benefits of a similar trade: Shortly before they bought the franchise, it had been transformed by a deal forChris Webber, another MVP - caliber talent whose reputation was in ruins.
Put simply, franchising is creating a permanent set of teams that are in the league every split, similar to many traditional sports leagues such as the NFL or the NBA.
Once a film franchise has established itself, other similar franchises often follow it, haging on the coattails of its success and trying to cash in by appealing to the same audience.
Similar in vein as Anarchy, the third night of primal release allowed this premise, at least for the time being, to fully flourish into the best installment and a much needed breath of fresh air to this perishing franchise.
This is the fourth game in the Driver series and presents a new element to the gameplay, mainly being that of an open mission structure, very similar to the Grand Theft Auto franchise in both feel and design.
Whereas the classic monster catching franchise has a hidden depth underneath its cute and kid - friendly exterior, it's too early to say if Yo - Kai Watch will possess a similar level of detail.
Family is a huge theme of the Fast franchise, and Gray has shown taht he's been able to wrangle ensembles together in a similar fashion, especially in Straight Outta Compton.
The film is set to arrive in cinemas in January, and follows his similar turns in the likes of the Taken franchise, Non-Stop and Run All Night.
Although this gives Moretz a different type of dramatic arc (although one similar to the remake we'll see her in later this year), this also means the franchise's most interesting and kick - ass character is sidelined for nearly the entire film.
Admittedly, that convoluted approach to course - correcting a franchise worked wonders for the X-Men films when Days of Future Past did it last year, but there's no guarantee that Genisys will enjoy similar success (especially if the generally lukewarm responses to the movie's first trailer and Super Bowl preview are any indicator).
This is the second sequel for the Jumanji franchise of the 1981 kids» book of similar name and this serves as the stand - alone installment of the 1995 Jumanji.
Similar to the Shrek and Toy Story franchise, Kung Fu Panda 3 is another example of what studios can do with creative animators, witty writers, excellent voice actors and characters for them to bring to life.
Now coming to Gears of War 3 combat system, its pretty much similar to previous game in the franchise but many new enhancements for example, ability to perform different executions for every weapon used.
Considering just how well - received the 2013 video game reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise was - which told a similar origin story - like tale for Lara Croft - it doesn't come as much of a surprise that this new take on the character would pick up with her at the start of her adventuring days.
When Disney acquired Star Wars and announced the new trilogy, the choice of filmmakers seemed to follow that similar trajectory, with steady hand J.J. Abrams tasked with relaunching the franchise with The Force Awakens, and smaller names Rian Johnson and Colin Trevorrow signed up to make episodes VIII and IX.
If this sounds familiar, that's because Ubisoft co-opted that very same concept for the competitive multiplayer component of the Assassin's Creed franchise (Ubisoft partnered with Outerlight in 2010 to make a game called Bloody Good Time which functioned in a manner similar to The Ship).
I'd highly suggest Alienation to just about any fan of action games, even more so if you enjoy the Diablo franchise or other, similar top - down shooters.
I guess the filmmakers missed the part where similar movies like «The Host» (2013) and «The Giver» (2014) were franchise non-starters despite their success in the teenage fantasy fiction section of your local bookstore.
It's got a similar level of over-the-top action, but with a more family - friendly atmosphere, and could very well start a brand new franchise with how well it's written.
RPGs tend to have very similar and consistent elements, of which only one is present in the MH franchise:
Veteran director Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green, Tora Tora Tora) goes for a lighter tone and more juvenile delivery, wanting to branch the franchise out to kids who read the comic books, love WWF wrestling matches, enjoyed the tomb - raiding adventures of Indiana Jones, and the similar premise of such television fare as «The Masters of the Universe.»
For those that don't know, Castle Crashers is a four player co-op side scrolling beat - em up, similar to those classic franchises like Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and others.
Similar to next year's Black Panther, the solo film will have to both pay the appropriate amount of respect to a long - awaited comic book character and be another successful step forward in diversifying the lineup of characters / franchises in the MCU.
Similar to the Mouse House's other red hot franchises, Hannah Montana and The Jonas Brothers, High School Musical is a review - proof enterprise certain to thrive regardless of what any snooty critics have to say.
What's worse, the movie abandons the franchise's carefully - cultivated trademarks in favor of a lot of nondescript CGI action sequences which feel interchangeable with similar flicks like Transformers and Doomsday.
Despite the obvious differences between serving hamburgers and providing public education, the best practices of the franchise - model CMOs look remarkably similar to those of business franchising.
The Bankruptcy Code provides that «a governmental unit may not deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license, permit, charter, franchise, or other similar grant to, condition such a grant to, discriminate with respect to such a grant against, deny employment to, terminate the employment of, or discriminate with respect to employment against, a person that is or has [filed bankruptcy].»
Platinum have given the game a cartoon feel by making the game cell shaded, similar to that of the Borderlands franchise.
Its of a similar length to Halo 3, it has atmospheric mood, decent game - play, good characters, etc... its a decent shooter all round, just not as good as some of the peaks in the Halo franchise.
Assassin's Creed has now become a staple when it comes to what we can expect during the holiday season, similar to the Call of Duty franchise.
But sometimes we need to go against this, people have begun to see the Mario Party franchise as a stain in gaming, with repeated sequels and similar formulaic twists, yet if you put aside the look of things you can be surprised especially if you choose to quiet your own nostalgia and see how future games expand upon something that we essentially love.
And, just in case we find ourselves in a similar position next week, it's worth remembering that Sony USA boss man Kaz Hirai said it would be fascinating to see how the likes of GTA, Metal Gear and Gran Turismo, franchises reborn on the PlayStation 2, evolved on the PS3, while Square Enix said Final Fantasy would be coming to PS3 and president Yoichi Wada said the company was not remaking Final Fantasy VII, despite showing a tech demo.
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[citation needed] It takes place in both Hyrule as well as the kingdom of Lorule, a realm that is new to the Zelda franchise, though extremely similar to the corrupted sacred realm from A Link to the Past.
The series may have been clearly inspired by Gran Turismo, but it's still quite eerie that the core entries in the Forza Motorsport franchise have trod down a similar path to that of their PlayStation equivalents.
Rebirth was met with similar praise to the original and renewed interest in the franchise, which has not slowed down in the slightest since the release of Rebirth.
OPUS understands that it doesn't have the time to sit players down through the history of the world, so it buries the information in extra items hidden throughout the game (similar to the Dark Souls franchise).
Similar patterns were seen in other popular gaming series like The Legend of Zelda and Castlevania where, also, the second game in the franchise changes almost the whole concept of its predecessor, and then the third game returns the series to its roots and improves almost everything from the original game.
The device reminded me of the similar item in the Metroid franchise.