
Clearly Nintendo is having problems with their third party relationships (see: EA), so why doesn’t Nintendo just say goodbye to third parities?

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.
You can spin it however you want but the answer is yes. ;)
I think it was the last investors meeting where Iwata stated they were understaffed or had a hard time meeting development goals...something along those lines. If that's the case, I don't understand why Nintendo wouldn't try and buy up some more studios. Quite a few studios went belly up this gen but Nintendo failed to do anything about it.
Hasn't this question been asked about the Game Cube and Wii?
yes nintendo does need them... i don't think fans would be happy to only get 1 or 2 games per year now, would they?