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Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US. - 07-26-08

I'm not kidding, this is 100% real and serious. This is probably the only lawsuit Nintendo has been involved in that has gotten this serious. Nintendo recently went to court facing a patent infringement issue with their Gamecube and Wii Classic Controllers. The case is over, and Nintendo lost. Now,...
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By Midnight702 on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

So are they banned in just stores?
Because I want to find out if I can use a GCC in a tournament.
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By Troll on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

Midnight> Course. That's like saying they are going to come to your house and take it from you. Yes, you can continue to use your controller in tournaments.
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By zpo25 on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

F***Ing Hell! What happened? Why did GCN controlers nearly got banned?
My does none of my sentaces make sence?
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By NinFred on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

Wow this is so stupid, banning controllers.....*Sigh*
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By JohnnyBoy495 on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

Hah...hahaha...HAH!

Nintendo doesn't even HAVE $21 Million XD
So much for the "Cheaper and almighty console" huh?

Well, 21 Million is much for an analog stick :/

Maybe 5k, but...this is to much I admit :S
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By Cameron on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

thank god ive got my GCN controller! I should really go out and buy some since pices in the shops will be low as they will try to get rid of them, then sell them on!

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Hah...hahaha...HAH!

Nintendo doesn't even HAVE $21 Million XD
So much for the "Cheaper and almighty console" huh?

Well, 21 Million is much for an analog stick :/

Maybe 5k, but...this is to much I admit :S
what are you talking about!? Nintendo are a multi billion company! of curce they have $21 mill! they just wont pay it? would you?
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By Jiriya11 on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

That is one fugly person XD
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By darkzero on 07-26-08
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That's awful. So, who wants to go bomb the company's headquarters in Texas? (:
Too bad this company DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.

It's just a patent troll, Anascape has no website, and all you can find on google is Anascape suing Nintendo.
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By mrman226 on 07-26-08
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Actually, it was the Atari back in 1982, but regardless, you point still stands as in why should they get a lawsuit about it and lose for it?
If Atari made the first ones, how could anascape have a patent on the same thing???
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By daniel gto on 07-26-08
Re: Nintendo loses lawsuit, facing Wii and Gamecube controller bans in the US.

I only have 1 question (Even though I live in England Europe)
Who would want to make Nintendo lose all the gamecube controlers ect...
Who ever that may be is sure to be a complete ••••••••
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