Nintendo Hit with Another Lawsuit for Waggling

Over at Game Daily there’s an article of yet another lawsuit filed against Nintendo for their Wii Motion Control. That’s right, another. Back in May, Nintendo was ordered to pay $21 Million to Anascape Ltd. for violating its patents (Wii Classic, WaveBird and GameCube controllers). So here we are again! This time, an Ohio-based company, Motiva, is saying that Nintendo’s Wii controllers are violating their patent, which dates back to sometime in June 2004.

More after the jump.

Read the rest of this entry »

Fighting Breast Cancer with Nintendo and a DS Lite

So, over at 1UP, I came across an article that tells of how the game-market titan, Nintendo, with their oodles of money flopping around, will be partnering up with Amazon.com to sell a special edition “Pink Ribbon” DS Lite and for each unit sold, Nintendo will donate $5 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization supporting breast cancer research. Regardless if any units are sold, Nintendo has promised a minimum of $100,000!

Now, many readers may not know, but I’m a huge supporter of the fight against breast cancer and for two years running, I’ve held an in-game event for the popular MMO, Guild Wars known as Pink Day in LA. So while I may not have breast cancer myself (And yes, guys can get breast cancer!), this hits close to home for me. I applaud Nintendo and will be interested to see if the other big companies follow suit.

Check the full 1UP article after the jump!

Read the rest of this entry »