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multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 12/3/2008

Nintendo Plays A Game For Me, Includes Slur

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Video game companies send me games: not surprising. Yesterday, Nintendo sent me a game they played for me: say what? In my mailbox yesterday was a copy of 2005's "Animal Crossing: Wild World" for the DS out of the shrinkwrap and accompanied with a letter on Nintendo stationery written in the ...

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techon.nikkeibp.co.jp - 12/4/2008

Competition Heating Up for Wii Acceleration Sensor Contract -- Tech-On!

— techon.nikkeibp.co.jp — Sensor manufacturers have been in keen competition over the three-axis acceleration sensor used in the controller of... Nintendo Co Ltd's "Wii" game console. The acceleration sensors are currently supplied by Analog Devices Inc (ADI) of the US and ... (more) Competition Heating Up for Wii Acceleration Sensor ...

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nintendowiifanboy.com - 12/5/2008

Nintendo considers new accelerometer tech for Wiimotes

— nintendowiifanboy.com — Minor hardware revisions are common in electronics. As parts get smaller, cheaper, and draw smaller amounts of... energy, companies swap out the internals for identically-functioning new versions. It's no surprise that Nintendo is looking into ... (more) Nintendo considers new accelerometer tech for Wiimotes

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gamepolitics.com - 12/2/2008

U.S. Patent Office Balks at Nintendo's Wii Remote Trademark Attempt

— gamepolitics.com — The United States Patent and Trademark Office has suspended Nintendo's application to trademark the term Wii Remote... . A letter sent by the USPTO to Nintendo last week indicates that the word remote is too commonly used to be trademarked. Nintendo ... (more) U.S. Patent Office Balks at Nintendo's Wii Remote ...

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Nintendo Sends Game to Journos With Racial Epithet Surprise [Nintendo Gets Racist?]
Kotaku — ... sheep down on the version sent me by Nintendo and verified that she's just as mouthy in my version. It appears that Nintendo copied the save for the game to multiple copies of Wild Word and then sent it out to game writers. The copy came with a letter explaining that content had been unlocked so writers could check out how moving stuff from the DS Animal Crossing title to the recently released Wii version worked. We've contacted Nintendo for comment and will update when they reply. Nintendo Plays a Game for Me, Includes Slur [Multiplayer]

Press-only Animal Crossing features N-word
Joystiq — ... A pre-played version of 2005's Animal Crossing: Wild World for DS, sent out to media outlets to encourage connectivity with the recent Animal Crossing release for Wii, contains at least one shocking addition, reports MTV Multiplayer. Importing the ...

Animal Crossing: Wild, Racist FILTH
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... Nintendo is, famously, very politically correct where Animal Crossing is concerned. In the games, any festivals or holidays with even a hint of religious overtones are quietly repackaged: Easter becomes "Bunny Day," Christmas is "The ...