Nintendo Loses Wii Controller Patent Case

I was reading the feed from my friend Frank’s blog the other day and came across a post asking “will the wii controller be banned in the U.S.?”

Seeing as how we have a Wii that we really enjoy playing, obviously this caught my attention. After doing a bit more investigating, it appears that Nintedo lost a lawsuit involving a patent on the “classic” controller for the Wii and GameCube.

Fortunately, we doing have any games right now that require that controller. But hopefully Nintendo is able to resolve this situation, and continue to produce the Wii system.

So what’s your take?

Will this have any negative effect on the Wii as a whole?

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