
Raymond McCrum wrote: " There are many Nintendo IPs that have been forgotten in time. Kid Icarus, Ice Climbers, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, StarTropics; these are but a few of the many neglected IPs in Nintendo’s repertoire. With the exception of StarTropics, these titles have all also been acknowledged in some way by Nintendo in the past decade through cameos and other means. Kid Icarus itself actually receiving a new entry after a 20 year absence.
There have also been criminally overlooked titles in Nintendo’s history. The strangest of these however has to be Mole Mania. It had all the traits of a hit Game Boy game. It was easy to pick up and play, had addicting puzzle gameplay, and a catchy soundtrack. Not to mention Shigeru Miyamoto himself played the role of producer, making this quite possibly the most obscure game that Miyamoto has ever worked on."

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.
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.