It is completely stupid. There are mountains worth of prior art that easily negate any patent Nintendo would be granted by this point.
Nintendo is a Japanese company, and the one thing you can rely on Japanese companies doing in recent years is not understanding that Japanese law only applies in Japan. They seem to think that they can apply Japanese law to US citizens or companies that conduct business in the US, so whatever strategy they think they can use will be swatted aside by the US government automatically. We have seen this already when Nintendo tried to sue Galoob Toys and lost.
It is completely stupid. There are mountains worth of prior art that easily negate any patent Nintendo would be granted by this point.
Nintendo is a Japanese company, and the one thing you can rely on Japanese companies doing in recent years is not understanding that Japanese law only applies in Japan. They seem to think that they can apply Japanese law to US citizens or companies that conduct business in the US, so whatever strategy they think they can use will be swatted aside by the US government automatically. We have seen this already when Nintendo tried to sue Galoob Toys and lost.
Well, to be fair when it comes to not understanding that their law doesn’t apply world-wide Americans are also right up there in the top ranks.