and Nintendo sued them because it was too similar. They took it back to the drawing board, and thrashed it a few times with the ugly stick, and together Ninty and Nyko "settled" with this redesign:
Now, I'm sure Nyko is just playing it safe by making a product that literally even a blind person could immediately distinguish from the Nintendo product.
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That thing is ugly as hell!
Isn't that a requirement for third party controllers?
I think they can't release a product that looks too much like Nintendo ones, because Nintendo just won't let them sell it.
Nyko just settled a lawsuit with Nintendo over their "Kama" wireless nunchuck accessory.
They made this totally sweet looking wireless nunchuck:
http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/87027-wl-nunchuck.jpg
and Nintendo sued them because it was too similar. They took it back to the drawing board, and thrashed it a few times with the ugly stick, and together Ninty and Nyko "settled" with this redesign:
http://www.nyko.com/img/nyko/products/large/WLNunchuck.jpg
Now, I'm sure Nyko is just playing it safe by making a product that literally even a blind person could immediately distinguish from the Nintendo product.
Even better pictures from Giz:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5112229/nyko-redesigns-kama-nunchuk-nintendo-lawsuit-settled
Man, as soon as I get out of grad school for Industrial Design, I know the FIRST place I'm applying to. Nyko obviously needs some help.
Wireless nunchuck? Yea, because I need something else that takes batteries in my house!