
The [a]list daily: "We analyze the dangers Nintendo is facing, and suggest some ways to overcome them."

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.
Would the halting in japan manufacturing have anything to do with Nintendo's chosen chip manufacturer; Renasas being bought out last Nov?
That surely would have put a spanner in the works.
And Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze being delayed really only signifies two things; 1) Retro need more time to bring the game up to their usual perfectionist standards and 2) The guys in Nintendo realised that both Mario 3D world and DKC TF would benefit more in sales being released a few short months apart as opposed to the same month?
Pulling the gamepad IMO wouldn't be a bad idea, simply because more people would get one if it were cheaper. Then it would be a huge seller like the Wii.
A steady stream of top notch exclusives should do the trick.. Kudos to Nintendo for having enough balls to not pull the trigger until these games are just right!