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A couple of months ago, we heard about a new patent in the U.S. in which Nintendo involving summoning characters to have them battle. However, the filing has now been hit with a potential roadblock.

According to a new report, USPTO Director John A. Squires has ordered a reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 12,403,397. Squires believes it’s necessary given two previous patents – one from Konami in 2002 and another actually coming from Nintendo in 2019 (published in 2020). Those prior art references “teaches a player being allowed to perform a battle in a manual mode and in a simpler, automatic mode.” Squires says it was “determined that substantial new questions of patentability have arisen”.

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The Department of Homeland Security has issued a public statement as to why it’s been using popular gaming franchises such as Pokemon to promote its activities.

Last month, the DHS put up a video which included the theme song from the Pokemon anime as well as some interstitial cuts from the show and mock-ups of trading cards for some ICE arrests. That prompted a response, in which The Pokemon Company said it wasn’t involved at all.

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Bayonetta’s glasses are an iconic part of the character’s look, but if things had gone in a different direction, they could have been removed.

That information comes from series creator Hideki Kamiya. Kamiya was responding to one fan asking about an older interview quote that stated “Bayonetta’s glasses are just like her underwear”. He confirmed that someone else said that – specifically animation director Yuji Shimomura. However, Kamiya also did say that there were publisher requests to have Bayonetta’s glasses removed.

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Nearly a year after the case first started, a verdict has been reached in Nintendo’s lawsuit against EveryGameGuru, who previously streamed pirated and emulated Switch games.

The case against EveryGameGuru (Jesse Keighin) received quite a bit of attention given how defiant he was against the company. Although his channels were shut down, that didn’t deter things at all. Keighin informed his audience about how to pirate games and wasn’t taking things seriously. Nintendo mentioned in its initial lawsuit that “he sent Nintendo a letter boasting that he has ‘a thousand burner channels’ to stream from and [he] ‘can do this all day.'”

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Nintendo has commented on why we’ve yet to see Mario Kart World on the Nintendo Music app.

If there’s one thing fans have appreciated about the racer, it’s the quality and quantity of the soundtrack. The game features over 200 songs that have been rearranged from throughout the Super Mario series. Many Mario Kart games are represented, but also other classics like Super Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros., and much more. Of course, there are original tracks as well.

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WayForward is making a brand new Shantae game, the studio has confirmed.

Unfortunately, that’s pretty much the only bit of information we have at the moment. WayForward’s Matt Bozon appeared during today’s LRG3 event to deliver the news.

Below is what WayForward passed along about the announcement:

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Nintendo hasn’t been too big on physical soundtracks for its games outside of Japan, but that could be changing in the future.

Earlier today, Nintendo revealed that it teamed up with Laced Records for a Zelda: Breath of the Wild vinyl soundtrack. This is really the first time we’ve seen something like this for the west. Depending on how it does, we could see more physical soundtracks from Nintendo outside of Japan.Read More

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Super Mario has a long way until it reaches its 100th anniversary, but the creators of the IP have now weighed in on what it’ll take to get there.

Super Mario just turned 40 last month. That means we’re not at the halfway point to 100. Still, the likes of executive fellow Shigeru Miyamoto, executive office Takashi Tezuka, composer Koji Kondo, and SRD president Toshihiko Nakago have weighed in on the future as part of a Nintendo Museum book.

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Mario will be showing up at the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with a special character balloon, Nintendo just announced. We have an early look with the 3D model above.

The Mario balloon was created by Macy’s Parade Studio’s team of artists in partnership with Nintendo of America. It measures 51-feet and 2-inches long, 37-feet wide and 43-feet, and 8-inches tall. Mario himself will be represented with his classic blue overalls and signature red cap, along with a flying pose inspired by Super Mario Galaxy.

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New data has been released which reveals the top games and top hashtags of 2024 on Twitter / X.

This comes from the Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2025. Aaron Kobes, head of gaming for APAC at X, shared the data during a presentation.

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