After over two decades of originality, Nintendo has started cranking out similar looking Mario games with the New Super Mario Bros. series, releasing the third and fourth entires this year.
The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.
Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.
The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.
Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.
LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.
That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.
It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.
A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.
People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers
Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.
I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.
The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷♂️
Interesting read. Glad someone approached this topic a tad more objectively and intelligently than most have prior.
I really hate the "NEW" line of Mario games. Ironic name considering we've seen almost everything these games have to offer in their superior predecessors SMB1,2,3 and SMW.
But those are technically their own line of games according to Nintendo themselves. The real line of Mario games has continued to Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, and Galaxy 2. And it's apparent that this series is in no way stale or unoriginal. 3D Mario is among the premier franchises in gaming, teeming with creativity and new gameplay experiences.
I don't mind Nintendo selling these "NEW" games though, they are a cash cow that Nintendo can bank on to fund the development of their real creative and inspired games. Similar to how Ubisoft uses AC side stories to fund AC3 and other games like Rayman.
even though weve seen some of it before playing through it will still be one of the greatest joys you can get in the video game world.
I really dont like the New SMB games. Dont get me wrong, they are among the best 2d platformers available but Mario stays relevant because each gen he is reinvented in a unique way. NSB was amazing on ds, i waited since the snes and SM World for that game and it didnt dissapoint. It was like a 2d mario 64. Then the released a wii version and now a wii-u and 3ds game. They needed to make a new style for the wii-u and 3ds marios. Personally i wanted a cell shaded/cartoony Super Mario World type game or SMB 3 type game (@ Y-5150 i also want the frog suit and capes!). NSMB feels very generic and boring after so many games. Theyre still fun classic mario but theyre diminishing the power of Mario games by releasing so many. It took from snes to the ds for a 2d mario, n64 and gamecube each had one mario and it was 3d (those were games i played for years each and learned every secret and nook and cranny). Now they seem to want to capitalize on it and have a 2d and 3d mario on every system and the quality or i guess charm and uniqueness has gone down. Now its just regurgitating the same shit even if its gameplay is amazing and nostalgic.
The wii-u one at least looks beautiful and the squirrel suit looks super fun. Thats a step in the right direction but it needs a good world map like SMB3 and SMW with secrets, shortcuts, and special stages. The 3ds title looks kind of crap since its all about coins.