
A recent rumor suggests that Satoru Iwata is on the hot seat. What are the chances that he'll actually be fired?

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.
Short answer - No.
Long answer - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! !!!!!111111ONE
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i think its highly unlikely that iwata will be fired. i mean anything is possible, but i really doubt it would happen. nintendo hit a little speed bump with the 3ds, but they'll recover no problem.
The only way Iwata will be fired is if the 3DS do very poorly this holiday and if the Wii U flops next year.
Is there a probability that could happen, maybe. Is it a probability it will happen, maybe not.
For Nintendo to even be considering this they'd have to admit that the Wii was a mistake. That it sold yet failed to establish an install base. If the 3DS is a fail wouldn't do it alone.
Iwata? No. Reggie? God, I hope so.