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Nintendo's Complicated Legal History

Nintendo's legal side has never been their most-liked, but it's interesting nonetheless. These are some of Nintendo's most infamous legal issues.

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PhoenixUp2083d ago (Edited 2083d ago )

I’m surprised this article didn’t talk about Nintendo trademarking the 1984 or 1992 phrase "It's On Like Donkey Kong” in 2010.

The author didn’t even bring up the plus shaped D-Pad. Nintendo’s patent of the D-Pad in the form of a cross-shaped button is the reason why many of SEGA's and Microsoft's systems had circular D-pads and the PlayStations have four buttons arranged in a fragmented cross in their place. However, the patent expired in 2005, thus the Xbox One controller has a proper D-pad.

“Nintendo, at the time, saw video game rental as an unfair form of piracy”

Screw that Nintendo. Not everybody has the funds to buy every game they’re interested in, and I’m glad Blockbuster won that lawsuit.

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Microsoft has ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’ following its acquisition, studio says

Microsoft has 'let Blizzard be Blizzard' following the acquisition of the veteran developer according to World of Warcraft's executive producer.

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Kaii15h ago

Diablo 4 storefront being a cash grabbing shitshow does unironically attest to that, kudos.

XiNatsuDragnel12h ago(Edited 12h ago)

Okay i will be interested if they become old Blizzard but might as well be dead.

Vits12h ago

Shame most of the people that made Blizzard what they were, have already left a while ago.

ApocalypseShadow12h ago

I was about to say this. How can they be blizzard when they're no longer blizzard from yesteryear?

blacktiger2h ago

Rare was the thing I lost heart

victorMaje0m ago

Exactly. Blizzard hasn’t been Blizzard for a long time.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Knightofelemia8h ago

Blizzard is not the same Blizzard like it use to be.

PassNextquestion3h ago

Were you expecting Microsoft to hire everyone that had left Blizzard long before they purchased the company...

Microsoft has let the Blizzard company they purchased continue to be the Blizzard company they purchased.

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger6h ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."