
"Nintendo has a history of not bringing over all of their goodies to America. Recently they said that The Last Story and Xenoblade are not in Nintendo's current plans. This same discussion has happened over the years across many different Nintendo platforms. The biggest one of note were the numerous refusals to bring any of the Mother (Earthbound) games stateside. Nintendo even passed on bringing one of the Game Boy Advance F-Zero titles here. So we asked the Gameplay Today staff how they feel about Nintendo's localization tactics..."

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.
With all this bad PR, something should happen soon, right...?
Mother 3 had the same problem :(
I've never pirated for Japanese games, but I have modded and imported for Pop'n Music back on the PS2.
Who cares about kiddy games