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Nintendo Facing Ban on Wii, GameCube Controllers

Nintendo is facing a ban on sales of the Wavebird, Classic Controller, and Nintendo GameCube controller for its Wii and GameCube systems after it lost a bid to overturn a $21 million patent-infringement verdict.

U.S. District Judge Ron Clark rejected Nintendo's request for a new trial in the case won by Anascape Ltd. The judge said that he would stop sales of the Wii Classic Controller, WaveBird controller and Nintendo GameCube...

Note: The Wii remote and Nunchuk do not infringe on the patent and therefore are in no danger of being banned.

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Chris399 - 523 days 14 hours ago

1 - Honestly, just pay the fine Nintendo.

Then sh*t out another Pokemon title to replace the money.

Cheers,
- C

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Panthers - 523 days 14 hours ago

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lol. Seriously.

They could make some new controller that does some other stupid thing and cause another frenzy.

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sinncross - 523 days 14 hours ago

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interesting

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2Negativecool - 523 days 14 hours ago

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BOOOOM HEADSHOT!

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Adropacrich2 - 523 days 14 hours ago

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Phew just bought myself 3x official new sealed platinum pads even though the announced jap pads were due to come out soon

Hard to find official GC pads that are new (at least in GB)and the 3rd party stuff is very bad

Solely for Pikmin2 and Four Swords, maybe a little bit of Rogue

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xplosneer - 523 days 13 hours ago

5 - I say this time and time again

I know Nintendo has the money to pay for this, but the US patent system is ridiculous.

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FantasyStar - 523 days 13 hours ago

5.1 - "Ridiculous"

That's an understatement.

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M_Prime - 523 days 11 hours ago

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Well i can still buy them in CANADA.. and yes 3rd party stuff is absolute crap

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blazing01 - 523 days 4 hours ago

6.1 - ?

does this only effect USA?

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TheDeadMetalhead - 523 days 11 hours ago

7 - This is wrong.

the only reason people are attacking Nintendo is because they have a lot of money right now. there is no way this will stand the way it is.

Fight back Ninty!

FIGHT, DAMN YOU!!!! :*(

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tojfs7931 - 523 days 10 hours ago

8 - Whats going to happen?

To all those virtual console games that require a classic controller?

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jtucker78 - 522 days 23 hours ago

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And Smash Brothers Brawl that plays better with a GC controller.

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uckitsayitchbay - 523 days 10 hours ago

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wait what i never heard of this why are they being sued i am sure its ridicilous because the patent system here in america is stupid.. i should sue somebody for suing somebody since i patented it .. all jokes aside i really think that scenario could happen wtf .. someone p.m me with the details of this if they want i wont be checking back thnx

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Smacktard - 523 days 9 hours ago

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Hooray for patent sitters!

Isn't it something ridiculous like an analogue stick? The company that owns the patent sued Microsoft too, but didn't opt to sue Sony, even though they could've. Hm.

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sidar - 523 days 8 hours ago

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I dont get it, why now? why not back with the GCN?

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player911 - 523 days 8 hours ago

11.1 - Because

They wait for the patents to make as much money as they can before suing for their cut of it.

If you sue immediately... when they have only sold a few thousand... the percentage cut is small. IF you wait until the very end when millions were sold... now you have a nice chunk of money.

Basically they are suing because "that money was generated off our profit and should be ours".

I think there is a 7 year limit to sue.

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Enigma_2099 - 522 days 4 hours ago

11.2 - Well, that sums that up...

Lawsuits... the new "get rich quick" scheme...

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blazing01 - 523 days 4 hours ago

12 - this is done by a fanboy (or girl)

y else this happen now they c nintendo as a danger n now they r talking it out for the 360 or ps3 to shine

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juuken - 523 days 14 hours ago

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...The beginning of the end of Nintendo? o_o
They should just pay the fine. It seems logical.

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Lord Shuhei Yoshida - 523 days 14 hours ago

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Ooooooo Nintendo is in troouuuble

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juuken - 523 days 14 hours ago

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Yes Yoshida-san. I reckon they better do something and quick. o-o

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gumgum99 - 523 days 13 hours ago

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or the only games Wii be seeing(pun intended) is Wii this and Wii that

I guess this is goodbye....

hardcore gamers of Nintendo sniff sniff. Im sorry T_T

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linkmaster95 - 522 days 18 hours ago

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Actually, when used with the Wiimote (which is the only way to use it) does not infringe on the patent. besides all this means is that we can no longer play old games. you fanboys that hat nintendo above are all wrong.

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