RSSNintendo to replace Wii classic controllers that triggered patent suit
By Tim Conneally | Published February 26, 2009, 4:00 PM
Last May, Texas company Anascape won $21 million from Nintendo in a patent infringement suit regarding the video game giant's "classic controller" for the Wii. The analog stick architecture of a number of Nintendo's controllers infringed on a patent held by Anascape, and the future of the Wii classic controller became uncertain.
Predictably, sales of the controller saw a brief 207% explosion after the ruling.
Now, Nintendo has launched the controller's replacement in Japan, the Classic Controller Pro, which adds handles and changes the orientation of the shoulder buttons into a more traditional (read: PlayStation-style) layout. There is currently no word on the controller's release in the rest of the world, but pending the outcome of a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals hearing for Nintendo tentatively slated for April, this could be the only classic controller the US market has.
looks like the original xbox pad, which was strikingly similar to the dreamcast pad...and both were bad
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|Nintendo and Ergonomic up till now didn't go well in the same sentence. Nintendo 64 face some lawsuits on that didn't they? it was a confusing controller. I loved it, but I guess people play with their hands too much. Hopefully the porn industry won't get slapped with a lawsuit on whether the fleshlight is ergonomic or not. =D
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|Everyone loses when patent trolls win.
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|Is it me, or does that look far less ergonomic than the PlayStation controllers?
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|It looks like it could use a good weight loss plan.
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|Mine look different that that pic. I wonder if it a new design. Here's the one's I have and have usually seen.
Gamespy: Wii Classic Controller
http://wii.gamespy.com/articles/746/746735p1.html
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|Uberfly, nice job reading the article. You sir, are a real genius.
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