Nintendo sues Nyko over nunchucks, ninjas still silent
By Donald Melanson 
posted June 13th 2008 2:22PM
posted June 13th 2008 2:22PM
It looks like Nyko's nunchuck controllers for the Wii could possibly be getting a whole lot more limited, at least if a recently filed lawsuit plays out the way Nintendo would like. As Bloomberg reports, Nintendo is claiming that Nyko's wireless Kama nunchucks not only infringe on its trademarks for the Nunchuk name and packaging, but that they wholly appropriate the "novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller." For its part, Nyko is not surprisingly only saying that it has "not knowingly violated anyone's intellectual property," and that they're "still examining this."
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Or None-chucks
nintendo announces wireless nunchuck at E3.
get ready for it.
What about Ninjas? They've been using Nunchucks way longer!
Read about their lawsuit @ http://www.twobitnews.com/content/ninjas-sue-nintendo-over-nunchucks
Will the Chinese sue Nintendo for stealing the idea of the Nunchaku?
Well... hate to be a weapons geek but, all misguided action entertainment aside:
Nunchaku = Okinowan - a part of the classical kobudo weapons systems developed from farm implements to fight off more traditionally armed invaders and overlords, namely the Japanese.
Ninja = Japanese - legendary secretive clan societies with almost mythical war making and subterfuge capabilities. They were employed most often as spies and assassins.
Now, some Ninja probably made there way to Okinowa, especially after the government crackdown on them and order of their disbandment.
However, the never ending depiction of nunchaku as a typical ninja weapon is inaccurate.
- mike
Perhaps they should have just asked the ninja.
I saw this thing in the shops yesterday.. thought it was pretty horrible. Actually I was looking for the Classic Controller, but could only find crappy third-party devices and add-ons for the wii..
nintendo nijas: as stealthy as they want to be
tomo
I have thi