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UltimateXShadow
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To hell with Anascape!  |
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darkzero
Rusty Shackleford
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It's over...The controllers have been banned...
| Quote: | 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, Nintendo has been ordered to cease sales of the Gamecube controllers, Wavebird controllers, Wii Classic controllers and any system bundles which include one of the banned controllers until they pay $21 million for using Anascape's analogue controls without compensation.
Nintendo has chosen to appeal their case rather than pay the $21 million, which could mean controllers will be off store shelves for some time. Microsoft and Sony were also hit with this lawsuit, but settled outside of court. Just to recap, the controllers that will banned are the Wii Classic Controller and all Gamecube controllers (including any bundles where these controllers are packed in.) However, the Wii Remote and Nunchuck are unaffected. I will keep you posted. |
Another source for this was here.
http://www.geek.com/nintendo-ordered-to-halt-sales-of-classic-and-gamecube-controllers-20080724/ |
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YoshiAngemon
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And without GameCube Controllers, you can't play Gamecube games. Just be thankful that Nintendo hasn't ended up shutting down their Console Division, so they'd end up bought by Microsoft, causing Miyamoto to lose his edge. We would've seen Super Mario Galaxy on the XBox 360, for realz, this time.
Besides which, I don't NEED SNES Style Controllers to enjoy SNES Games! I got Remakes on GBA and DS to help with THAT! Plus, it would give me an opportunity to save Wii Points, and buy something else that ISN'T a game, like some Build-A-Bear clothes for my Warner Plushes!
Or, maybe Nintendo can just release that SNES VC Controller in America, and price it at $20 to $30, for those SNES games, and release an N64 VC Controller, just to save us all from the struggle of learning to use motion controls to play N64 VC Games! |
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The Axolotl Sympathist
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:35 am
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So now I have to run out and spend money I don't have buying Classic Controllers. |
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YoshiAngemon
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| Geno wrote: | | So now I have to run out and spend money I don't have buying Classic Controllers. |
Good idea, Melty! Better do it quick, before they start becoming a hot item on eBay! Oops, too late. |
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MsDevin92
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OH WHAT THE HELL. D:
This sucks. Horrifically so.
And weren't analog controllers already in use before this guy apparently made the patent? It's like having wheels exist for 700 years and then having some random guy shut down every place that sells wheels because he patents the idea. |
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YoshiAngemon
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Anascape just doesn't have a taste in gaming! I mean, if it were up to them, they could buy Nintendo, and force them to make the stuff THEY want, and then we'll all be converted to Microsoft followers, or maybe Apple will enter the Gaming Console Battlefield, and we'll see the birth of the iGame! |
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Lord Bob
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| Monitor's in Flamey wrote: | | Anascape just doesn't have a taste in gaming! I mean, if it were up to them, they could buy Nintendo, and force them to make the stuff THEY want, and then we'll all be converted to Microsoft followers, or maybe Apple will enter the Gaming Console Battlefield, and we'll see the birth of the iGame! |
Do you realize how little sense that makes? A small/possibly non-existant company can't buy a huge company like Nintendo. It just can't be done. |
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Soviet-Mudkipz Leader
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Anascape= fake
I cant believe it, great now I have to sell my GC games. Cause sooner or later my GC control is going to break and there wont be anymore GC controls. Damn EVERYONE HATES NINTENDO. Thank god the wii remote and nunchuk live.
But one more question will they stop selling GC controls and classic controls in the United states only or the whole world? |
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Wacko McGoose
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Revising earlier theory...
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Crag Comp-U-Comp, I think Anascape was invented by GLaDOS!
And speaking of breaking Nintendo stuff, there's a huge crack in the hinge casing of my DS. It doesn't screw gameplay, but I can't get the Top Screen to stay at the angle I like. At least I live only about 45 minutes from Nintendo of America, so I can just drive down this weekend and have them fix it. |
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YoshiAngemon
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I still say it's all Pinky and the Brain's doing! And if you wanted to answer "Are you pondering what I'm Pondering," I suggest you do so in the style of Pinky. For a fanmade example, take a look at my sig! *points to it* |
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TooManyToasters
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This is actually kinda good for me, since I still havent sold my Wii and I have a Classic and Gamecube controller. Still, this is bad news for the Wii... and maybe crippling news for the other consoles. |
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Cudge123
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D;
This is TERRIBLE. |
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The Axolotl Sympathist
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Hopefully Wal-Mart still has the Classic Controller. I'm gonna make my mother buy 1 or 2. |
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YoshiAngemon
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At least GameStop has the unmitigated gall to sell the controllers, and for good reason! I saw some Classic Controllers and some GameCube Controllers at a Rival Gamestop I shop at (There's two GameStops in my town, and I work on the East Side GameStop. |
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