It’s been a busy time for Nintendo maintenance this week, and it’s continuing with some Wii U downtime next week. The system will be experiencing maintenance at the following times:
– 5:50 PM PT (Tuesday) – 7:30 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 8:50 PM ET (Tuesday) – 10:30 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 3:30 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 4:30 AM in Europe (Wednesday)
While this maintenance is taking place, certain network services will be affected such as online play and rankings.
Two new missions, i.e. new ways to earn points have been added to My Nintendo today. To complete the missions, your Nintendo Account need to be set to receive promotional e-mails from Nintendo. Doing so gets you a one-time reward of 30 Platinum Points. Keeping the setting gets you an additional 10 Platinum Points each month.
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After the latest info drop from Famitsu, Capcom has updated the Ace Attorney 6 website, including footage and images of the new characters. You can check all of them out below!
Footage is in of the new Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice demo from Japan. Check out a playthrough of it below.
Polygon has put up the latest video in its “Devs Make Mario” series. In today’s feature, indie developer and Cibele / How Do You Do It creator Nina Freeman makes a level in the game. View it below.
Freeman’s Super Mario Maker level is located on the official bookmark site here.
Capcom has published the third and final Japanese trailer for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. Watch it in full below. It’s in Japanese at the moment, but subtitles should be added in shortly.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is slated for the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow, Nintendo’s website reveals. You’ll be able to purchase the game for $9.99 on the eShop.
Here’s an overview from the official listing:
Many months after the events of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Link must return to the open seas and solve the mystery of the Ghost Ship. Explore neighboring islands for useful items, such as the Phantom Hourglass, and solve innovative puzzles by using intuitive touch-screen controls.
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the USPTO to invalidate a patent on manufacturing technology asserted against Nintendo in 2012 by Motion Games, LLC. It was also determined that there are no valid patent claims remaining in a companion litigation pending in the Eastern District of Texas.
Nintendo wrote in its announcement:
Motion Games’ patent described cameras and systems that track assembly-line components, such as car parts. Motion Games asserted that the Wii Remote infringed that manufacturing patent. During the litigation, Nintendo successfully overcame numerous needlessly burdensome discovery demands from Motion Games, including improper demands to interrogate top-level executives.
We also have this statement from Ajay Singh, Nintendo of America’s Director of Litigation and Compliance:
“We are very pleased with the court’s confirmation that Motion Games’ patent is invalid and never should have been granted. Litigation tactics cannot save an invalid patent, and such attempts only underscore the need for patent reform that reduces unnecessary burdens on defendants. Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products, and will continue to vigorously defend those products from patent lawsuits.”
Source: Nintendo PR
Lightwood Games is planning on bringing Epic Word Search Collection 2 to the 3DS eShop on May 26. Regions aren’t specified, so we’ll assume this applies to both North America and Europe for the time being.
View a trailer for Epic Word Search Collection 2 below. We also have an overview after the break.
Both of Capcom’s Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney releases have been discounted on the North American 3DS eShop. Dual Destinies is down to $14.99 while Ace Attorney Trilogy now costs $17.99. These prices will last until May 18th.
