Eurogamer writes: "Satoru Iwata's job is on the line. You can tell that it is, because he's been forced to say that he's hanging on to it. Not long ago, this situation would have been inconceivable. Nintendo's president and CEO since 2002, Iwata turned the drifting company around with the explosive success of the DS and Wii consoles, innovating in touch and motion control, exploring new markets, and outstripping the sales of his megacorp rivals at Microsoft and Sony."
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 🤷♂️
Ohh damn. This'll be controversial.
Anyway, in my opinion, he still has the capacity to create incredible games, but needs to focus less on the business side of Nintendo, and more on the games that he creates. That way we still get incredible games from Miyamoto, without him influencing hardware and other games that he's not working on.
I'm not saying he shouldn't have input on things other than his games, I'm just saying that they're not his area of expertise and to leave some things to others.
Anyway, anybody hear about how he's working on a new IP? Can't wait to see it. Hopefully it'll be shown at E3 this year.
LOL what a laughable article, the guy did in his career what most (or everyone) dreamed of
1- major selling/drawing games
2-new innovative ideas that changed the gaming world
3- loads of varied games and franchises
4-pure gold gameplay, game design and production values
5-stood the test of time
6-inspired many developers throughout history of gaming (kojima for example)
the guy did it all more than anyone, he's one of the if not the greatest game developer of all time and u still blame him?
is this what gaming journalism become to? what is this crazy gaming world we live in these days, never seen anything like this before, the new internet culture that absolutely love to hate and criticize everything to death, this is disgusting and will ruin entertainment
Iwata has done countless incredible things for gaming. The blame is not his to bear at all.
Is this author stupid?
Miyamoto is responsible for metroid prime, dk returns, pikmin, chibi robo, pokemon, Mario, zelda and you want to throw him out?
How many creators have 1 big title? very few........
"It seems unlikely that Miyamoto himself isn't aware of this situation. His own record as an innovator suggests otherwise"
He is working on a new ip now. Does that suggest he is unaware?
" The last Nintendo Direct of 2013 was a bewildering parade of callbacks, mash-ups and crossovers: Nintendo characters, some of them quite obscure, invading each others' games or crossbreeding with Dynasty Warriors and Sonic the Hedgehog; Luigi's face pasted over Mario's in a remake of a venerable puzzler; a new game, NES Remix, made out of bits of very old ones. Nintendo's not looking forward, it's looking in the mirror, and seeing only the image of its younger self."
I see your going to ignore Nintendo's actual library, and just base your false assessment on 1 Nintendo direct?
Pushmo/Crasmo, HarmoKnights, dillians rolling western, all new IP within the last 2 years. It isnt all NES Remix.........
This article is a classic example of someone who couldnt even shine Miyamoto's shoes, telling him he should step aside?
LOL
I've read the hole article and I think that the article title is not the same as the content. He does not say clearly that Miyamoto has done something wrong...