AUTOMATON's Shehzaan Abdulla provides his own full translation of Nintendo President & CEO Satoru Iwata's 3rd Quarter Accounts Briefing. This time, the focus is on the Wii U, Amiibo, and user-generated content. (Part 2)
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.
A new amiibo has its release date from Nintendo, and pre-orders have started revealing the price and how it's the most expensive figure ever.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
I'd like to see a larger focus on user generated content in Nintendo games in the future, I hope Mario Maker is as deep as it looks. As deep as little big planet's editor would be great, but I don't think Nintendo would go that far.
I'll just be happy if Nintendo can figure out more, better, rewards for Amiibos across their many games, per figure.
Especially if they can figure out some really good basic rewards for off-series Amiibo usage, like using a Shulk Amiibo on Zelda U.
User generated content is pretty awesome in my opinion. I remember having countless hours of fun with LBP.