20 Jun
Speaking to IGN, Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said that dual GamePad Wii U titles aren’t on the company’s radar at the moment. The first games to use two Wii U GamePad controllers were originally expected to release in 2013, however poor sales of the system forced a change in plan. “Certainly as we’ve been […]
17 Jun
A federal court has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Nintendo’s Wii Remote controller. The suit was first filed in 2010 by Triton Tech, however a Seattle district court judge found the patent “did not adequately describe a complete invention”, therefore rendering the claim invalid. Triton then took the claim to a federal appeals […]
13 Jun
Speaking to Polygon, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that the company doesn’t plan on bringing Twitch streaming to Wii U beacause direct gameplay streams aren’t that fun to watch. “We don’t think streaming 30 minutes of gameplay by itself is a lot of fun,” Fils-Aime said, in part. “What we’ve got to […]
11 Jun
Yesterday at a packed Nokia Theater, Nintendo held the Super Smash Bros. Invitational for fans of the franchise and Nintendo in general. Even the Twitch feed was loaded at around a jaw-dropping 200,000 viewers. The tournament itself was divided into two separate ladders. A standard point based FFA (1v1v1v1) which culminated in a duel Grand […]