
CRAVE: "The Ori and the Blind Forest dev claims they "talked to Nintendo and got absolutely nothing."

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.
keeping away from "some third party developers". I think the key here is that Nintendo is going to be focused on the larger studios first and the kits will filter down from there.
Kinda need to make sure all the big guns are on board before the little guys, no?
Let me know when Ubisoft, EA, etc are all saying the same thing.
Developer "guarantees" let's see!?
They can't afford to make the same mistake
Nintendo..as usual.
I really hope the NX will be their last hardware and they find ways to create great games for the other platforms.
Nintendo needs to shrink and focus on software to grow again in the long run. Less and less people are buying their hardware, less and less games are made for their consoles.
Hopefully for right now it's just because they don't want any leaks about their new console. I really hope they've learned from their mistakes and don't end up shooting themselves in the foot again. I really want them to come back in strong with this one, I've got a lot of nostalgia in the Nintendo brand. I almost got a Wii U a while back, but now I'm waiting to see what they do with this instead.