GameXplain: "I’ll be honest: I was pretty terrible at this game. Pattern recognition and timing are some of my weak-points, so I found Sakura Samurai to be a little frustrating at times. But so was Punch-Out Wii, which I quickly learned to love. And in many ways, Sakurai Samurai feels like its spiritual successor with even more depth, so I’m eager to sink some more time into it. And fortunately, the wait shouldn’t be too long as it’ll be launching within the first quarter of next year on the Nintendo 3DS’s eShop channel."

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.
Samurai Showdown!
looks pretty decent game
Why does so much about this remind me of mystical ninja goemon?