HSR's Derek Sanders writes:
'I have been a long time Nintendo fan. I’ve loved their games and their consoles since I was about five years old. But lately, I’ve found myself saying something that a lot of people have been saying about you. To sum up my and everyone’s thought’s about your recent decisions, I say this.
Nintendo, I love you, BUT YOU CAN BE A REAL PAIN IN THE BUTT SOMETIMES!
The weekend of May 29th was a good example of my and other people’s feelings towards you. The new game Splatoon released for the Wii U along with the recent wave of Amiibo figures. While the game was a huge success, the Amiibos sold out a lot faster than anyone wanted. If you wanted anyone besides Pac-Man, the general sentiment was “Good luck. You’re gonna need it.” We saw both how good you can be with making games and how bad you can be with anything else.
While financially, you have a lot of wiggle room, a lot of your recent business decisions have rubbed people the wrong way.'
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.
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I wonder why other collectable things can have limited runs and amiibos can't. I do want the splatoon amiibos but they are something I can do without until I see one passing by.
I was just checking out the whole rows of Skylander toys and I just shutter at how much money they are wasting. Over production can be crazy expensive.
Just a thought but you are right to be fustrated at not finding collectable toys
Their online structure is horrible ,you can re download or transfer and account from a new 3ds to an older one? Nintendo is stuck in the past and that's why they are last
I have the same qualms about how Nintendo generally handle online for now at least two generations of nintendo home consoles . And each turn some people would rather find excuses for Nintendo , than admit that complaining about it would force them to upgrade their services and add some features , for everyone's benefits . And it's downright a shame , when Nintendo (and Sega) were actually the true pioneer of online console gaming
Even those statisfied by the koolaid and happy to stick to the past , would benefit from changes . They'd still get to ignore the new feature and services , and would be happier with people stopping to bash their beloved company .
We've all been screaming this for years and years.
No kidding. Guess any company needs some humbling before they wake up and smell the money.