
Michael Pachter, an equity research analyst of Wedbush Securities and someone who keeps a close eye on the video game industry, had this to say: "Long-term, Nintendo is doomed. [Iwata's] under full frontal assault by Apple."

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.
Here guys, I went through the trouble of translating it for you all.
"Against 1 MB downloadable casual no-tactile-button touch-screen ultra-simplistic games, Mario is doomed."
nintendo is a handheld for kids , its not up against a SMART PHONE
Fuck that ,.. My phone is still primarily my phone,..
It is not even the same market,.. Handheld gaming dedicated devices will always have their place,..
N could go Sega way in the future!No new IPs losing support from developers,NGP...,!They will have to reinvent to succeed in the next year or two!
If Angry Birds is the best of mobile phone games, then there's nothing to be concern about. Until the day when you can legally play classic franchises like Zelda, Mario, Metroid, and Pokemon(just to name a few) on your smartphone, gamers who are fans of Nintendo will continue to buy Nintendo's latest handheld. In addition, those same gamers with smartphones will also play their Angry Birds. Both market can co-exist.