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Kenology on 12 November 2009
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patjuan32 said:
noname2200 said:
patjuan32 said:
noname2200 said:

 The nunchuk, yes. A nunchuk-like device, no. Nyko was able to release their unauthorized copy, but they had to make it look and feel different from Nintendo's nunchuk. Sony can (and almost certainly will...) do the same.

Nintendo Sued Nyko Over that Nunchuk

 

Link:

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/06/nintendo-sues-n/

 

I've been cloned

Correct, and Nintendo won the lawsuit. That's why the nunchuk that Nyko eventually released looks like this, when it was originally supposed to look like this. I believe there are  a few units of the original model in the wild (which I've always wanted to get my hands on), but the majority are going to be the...less attractive version.

Nintendo and Nyko settled the lawsuit under the agreement that Nyko will be allowed to sell a redesigned version of the remote. This could mean that Nintendo let Nyko apply for a license to sell a Nunchuk clone. This may not happen for Sony.

Link:

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=17422

You think Nintendo would let Sony apply for that license?  Well, they can always apply, but I doubt Nintendo would accept that.