http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750001p1.html



That won't happen, but just in case it does, I want my Wii now. It's been more than 3 weeks with two games and no system

Uh, the Wii better not be pulled. It'll cripple the gaming industry as far as I'm concerned... and I want one.

Lawyers at Nintendo can handle it.

I cant help but wonder about some of the after-math of the families who are involved in these things happen.

Either this case is going to get thrown out when the judge sees that the UI is only controlled with the A button and not the trigger, or Nintendo will settle out of court to license the technology (just like they did with rumble).

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I bet Nintendo has an earlier patent than that.

The makers of the power glove should sue those *******s. Hahaha.

This is why the patent system is screwed up. You can patent a wireless pointing device with a trigger button.

Things that general shouldn't be able to be patented. Specific technologies, like if they had patented the sensorbar technology combined with a wireless controller that points and has a trigger and it specified the technology, and the technology was unique, then sure. Patent that all the way to the bank.

But not "Uh... it's a wireless pointing device. And it has a trigger."

Not surprising, patent laws are pretty odd. Didn't McDonald's recently patent what is basically a food shovel for efficiently shoving ingredients into a readied bun?

I hear ya. Same thing here. I got Zelda sitting up here with no Wii...

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Nice job on those MS Paint comics, guys. Like, there's an actual storyline with continuity.

It's like making a movie and having people create better fan films for it.

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The mystery deepens!

...you killed Billy.

or did you...

All right! This gets better and better!

Going back to the Wii and the Wiimote ...


[edit: Argh! A few minutes too late! :(]

[edit 2: Updated to fit it in; see this post

OH GOD! He's no cyborg! THIS IS WORSE! MUCH WORSE!

omgsome

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And Pommy brings it full circle.

Updated to make it fit.

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[damn, I got beat, but same idea... :)]

Damn, I should sue someone for my patent on funny.

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I think the show just jumped the shark. I mean, it was fun well it lasted, but 17th MSPaint just doesn't compare to the good old days of 4th and 5th MSPaint.

Come on... "I'm Batman." is comedic genius.

The utility belt was a nice touch.

Lolbatman

SO WHAT I CAN'T TALK IN CAPS NO MORE!?!#@

[edit.. no LOLBATMAN is not caps friendly]

[edit2.. ok so just the first time you type LOLBATMAN it is not caps]

what? Zan's having a conversation with himself...

schitzo.

SARCASM ALERT (for those with NO sense of humor... you know who you are!)

What goes around comes around.... if it actually pulls through, I guess that is what nintendo gets for suing sony and MS for the force feedback tech [/nitty bitty details aside]




But really, it's prolly some idiot trying to do something retarded to feel meaningful, like whoever it was that got Looney Toons taken off TV.

You must have put those nitty bitty details pretty far aside because Nintendo doesn't have the patent on force feedback technology.

Here's how it went.

The N64 Rumble Pak and Gamecube controller use a custom rumble motor unlike other designs. As far as I know, Nintendo holds the patent on this specific design.

The force feedback motors in Logitech hardware, the Dual Shock and the Xbox and Xbox 360 controllers is a second design, which is patented by Immersion Corporation. Nintendo licensed the Immersion rumble technology for the Wii. Logitech licenses the rumble technology from Immersion and hold some force feedback patents of their own.

When Sony developed the Dual Shock controller they went to Logitech for some technologies and patents. Logitech licensed some force feedback patents to them but not the patents relevant to the actual rumble device.

Immersion sued Microsoft and Sony for intellectual property infringement because they both used rumble motors based on an Immersion design. Microsoft settled out of court and, as part of the agreement, bought significant shares in Immersion Corporation.

Sony refused to settle, battled it out, and lost. Immersion tried to get an injunction against selling the Dual Shock 2 but this was tied up in red tape. Sony is currently in the process of appealing the ruling. This is the reason Sony claims they couldn't have added rumble to the SIXAXIS: if they admitted they weren't going to include the rumble mechanism in the SIXAXIS because of the lawsuit, it would essentially be an admission of guilt and they would automatically lose the appeal.

Wow, I was unaware of all that.

when does a rock come and smash everything?

Whenever you make it happen! THIS WORLD IS (Y)OURS HAHAHAHAH

He died how he lived, mud stained and splayed.