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Nintendo sues Nyko over Wii controllers

According to this Bloomberg report, Nintendo is suing peripheral manufacturer Nyko over its Kama Nunchuk Wii controller.

The Nyko product "wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller," Nintendo said in the federal court complaint, filed June 10 in Seattle.

"We have not knowingly violated anyone's intellectual property and we're still examining this," said Nyko spokesman CC Swiney.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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