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Nintendo claim infringement on Wireless Wii Nunchuck

by Steven Williamson on 13 June 2008, 11:25

Tags: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo (TYO:7974), Wii

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You would have thought that the first company to bring a wireless Nunchuck for Wii to the market would have been Nintendo itself, but it was beaten to it by Japanese peripheral manufacturer Nyko, who have made quite a name for itself by releasing a broad range of accessories over the years aimed at improving the gaming experience on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.

Nyko released its own wireless version of the Nunchuck controller earlier this year, but Nintendo has been quick to cry 'foul play' and is now suing the company for what they believe is a knock-off the original Nunchuck controller.

In a federal court complaint, filed on June 10,2008 Nintendo claims that the Nunchuck `wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller.'

Judging from the picture, it's clear to see why Nintendo is so peeved.



"While Nintendo supports the creation of innovative games and products used with our game systems, we cannot allow third parties to infringe our intellectual property rights,'' Denise Kaigler, a vice president with Nintendo of America, said in a statement.

Perhaps this will spur Nintendo on to get its finger out and get is own wireless Nunchuck on the market.

The case between Nintendo of America Inc. v. Nyko Technologies Inc continues.


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any idea which “popualr acessory manufacturer”? i'm assuming the one they used?
It's Nyko. The guys who did the first Xbox 360 intercooler and do loads of other peripherals. They're often first on the market with 3rd party peripherals.

http://www.nyko.com/
I don't see how they have possibly done anything wrong ?? The've done what nintendo should have done in the first place … I thought nintendo was a company happy to have third party perphirals available for its consoles? Didnt the N64 as an example have a range of superior third party controllers available??
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I don't see how they have possibly done anything wrong ?? The've done what nintendo should have done in the first place … I thought nintendo was a company happy to have third party perphirals available for its consoles? Didnt the N64 as an example have a range of superior third party controllers available??

Competition in the market place isn't it. It's a better product then the Nunchuck if its wireless. I want one.