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Seijiro Tomita has been engaged with a longstanding battle with Nintendo over a glasses-free 3D patent. Tomita won a lawsuit last year, and we heard this past January that Nintendo would be forced to pay Tomita Technologies 1.82 percent of the wholesale price on every 3DS sold.

Now we have a new development in this lengthy saga. The patent dispute has been sent back to a lower court because, as Bloomberg reports, “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said that a judge incorrectly interpreted a key element in a patent related to the display of 3-D images on a screen without special glasses for the viewer.” The misinterpretation caused confusion among the jury.

Bloomberg continues:

Kyoto-based Nintendo appealed the lower court finding that its 3DS gaming system infringed Tokyo-based Tomita’s patent 7,417,664. While the appeals court said the patent element was interpreted correctly, it rejected Nintendo’s argument that the patent was invalid.

The appeals court sent the case back to New York for a new trial based on jury instructions that clarified the confusion over the patent element.

We’ll keep track of any future developments about this situation.

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Update: We’ve received an updated statement – view it here.

Destructoid reached out to Nintendo for an official statement regarding the availability of the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager amiibo. Rumors recently circulated that these figures will not be restocked in the future. That seemed unlikely following some comments coming from Nintendo of America assistant PR manager David Young, but now there’s definitely a possibility of those sought-after amiibo not returning to retailers.

Here’s the official statement from Nintendo when it comes to restocking amiibo:

“We will aim for certain amiibo to always be available. These will be for our most popular characters like Mario and Link. Due to shelf space constraints, other figures likely will not return to the market once they have sold through their initial shipment.”

Nintendo’s latest statement lines up with a remark from president Satoru Iwata. In late October, he said that some amiibo will only launch as “limited-time offers” since space on store shelves is limited.

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Renegade Kid regained the rights to the Dementium IP a few months ago. The studio is already taking advantage of that, as there are “some firm plans” in place for the franchise. Renegade Kid co-founder also teased on Twitter today that an announcement of some sort will be made early next year.

Watsham’s tweet is as follows:

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The Pokémon Company International, in cooperation with GameStop, today announced the debut of MegaStop, displays stocked with a variety of official Pokémon merchandise at select retail locations nationwide.

Trainers who purchase Pokémon merchandise at MegaStops will receive a special code that enters them into a contest for a chance to win various prizes. Prizes include digital booster packs redeemable in Pokémon TCG Online, one of 50 limited edition Nintendo 3DS XL featuring Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, and the VIP grand prize – a trip for four to Hawaii!

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A few rumors have circulated as of late that some of the amiibo figures have been discontinued. Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager are three amiibo in particular that some have been worried about.

The recent concern appears to have been for naught, as Nintendo of America’s assistant PR manager David Young says that the company hasn’t discontinued any figures. View his full response above.

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In a new Bloomberg report, it’s stated that eight analysts have raised profit estimates or ratings for Nintendo since September. The two most recent ones have called for profits to triple to 36.8 billion yen.

Tomoaki Kawasaki, an analyst from Iwai Cosmo Securities Co., said:

“Nintendo has picked up good momentum heading into the Christmas season. This time they have a hit lineup. Amiibo represents a new revenue source, and we are watching it very closely.”

Ace Research analyst Hideki Yasuda also stated:

“Last year was just a bad year for the game business, and this year is a recovery. Add to that Amiibo, and you’re likely to see a considerable improvement in earnings.”

Bloomberg goes on to say that Nintendo expects to take in $1 billion from amiibo sales in the U.S. alone. This figure has come in to question and some believe that the outlet intended to refer to yen instead. In any case, things are looking up for Nintendo.

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Nintendo may have discontinued a trio of amiibo figures, if one retailer is to be believed.

Video Games Plus stated on Twitter earlier today that the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager are “gone forever”. That’s based on information apparently coming from the retailer’s Nintendo distributor. Video Games Plus was told that all three “are officially discontinued”.

Here are the full tweets from Video Games Plus:

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