
President Satoru Iwata praises smartphone market for aspiring game developers, but says it's not the right path for Nintendo.

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.
mario - not selling out. nice!!!!
Spot on Nintendo. Let the amateurs sell their games for 99p - that's as much as they're worth.
99 cent games equates to Amature? That's rich coming from laymen.
The 5 dollar and even low 99 cent price points have been fantastic for "Amatures". (As you put it). Do you have any idea how many studios (well known) are using these price point models? or that they are not limited to a single SDK or platform (iOS for example, is one of many that they cater too).
Nintendo would be good to open their doors to non-proprietary hardware particularly if it is classics or originals that don't step on their own console and portable endeavors.
And to address the 'Nintendo isn't in it for the money' crowd:
The mountain of shovelware for the Wii tells a different tale about how much Nintendo really cares about money. Even though the shovelware is derived from third parties, they paid Nintendo to sell you crap games and accessories. THAT IS the straight dope.