June 7, 2025
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Switch 2 Analog Stick Teardown Matched To Nintendo’s Latest Analog Stick Patents

Maybe it’s time to owe up to something about those hall effect sticks. It’s been an interesting few days after the Nintendo Switch 2’s official launch, as we have seen several rumors and fake news debunked, in some cases by people who spread the fake news themselves. Today we get some interesting insights on one

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Two Metroid Prime Titles Have Gotten Trademarks Renewed

Even with the Nintendo Switch 2 coming out in just a few weeks, there are some key pieces of software that’ll come to both the Switch 2 and the OG Switch this year that many people are looking forward to. The biggest of them is Metroid Prime 4. The game has been teased since 2017

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Nintendo Renews A Couple Of Metroid Prime Trademarks

Image: Nintendo Nintendo always seems to renew its trademarks at the juiciest of times. While these renewals are rarely anything to get excited about, a little bit of speculation never hurts. Especially with a new console looming. As brought to our attention on BlueSky by @Stealth40k, Nintendo has today renewed the trademarks for the Wii’s

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Palworld Dev Announces “Disappointing” Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo’s Lawsuit

Image: Pocketpair Late last year, Palworld developer Pocketpair announced that it was scrapping the Poké Ball-like summoning mechanic from its game as a result of its ongoing Nintendo lawsuit. Well, it looks like the changes aren’t stopping there, as the dev has today announced that more “disappointing” changes are yet to come. In a new

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Pocketpair Challenges Nintendo With Examples Of Other Games That Use The Trademarked Features Being Sued Over

The beef between Nintendo and Palworld developer Pocketpair continues with the latter contesting Nintendo’s lawsuit by pointing out other, well-known games that use the mechanics built around monster catching. As those following this drama will likely remember, Nintendo’s lawsuit claims that Palworld infringed on three patents related to this mechanic. You may also remember that

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New Nintendo Trademarks Include The Switch 2, And Some Of Their Cuddliest Characters

Nintendo truly has the cuddly character video game market locked in. A new batch of Nintendo trademarks has gone public, dropping hints at what we could expect from Nintendo in the future. As we have reported on trademarks before, we will point out here that trademarks being filed don’t necessarily mean that they will be

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Rumor: Nintendo May Level Up Switch 2 Upscaling, By Adding Convolutional Neural Networks

Nintendo seems to have found a lot of great uses for this technology. Nintendo has updated their patent on upscaling that names a specific technology that could either evoke excitement or shock, even fear, if it does get used on the Switch 2. As Mike Odyssey shared on Twitter, the patent update was published on

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Nintendo Switch 2 might launch with a PS5-level price tag

TL;DR Analysts predict that the Nintendo Switch 2 could sell for around $400 or $500. One analyst says Nintendo has a first-day inventory of 6 million to 8 million, which would make it the biggest console launch ever. Another analyst predicts the Switch 2 will launch in June. The Nintendo Switch is one of the

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Nintendo Switch 2 Could Feature a Welcome Improvement Over the Current System

Nintendo Switch 2 was revealed back in January, in a video showcasing some improvements over the current system. Unfortunately, that video did not offer a lot of information about the system’s features. In the weeks since, some additional hints have been gleaned from patents, offering some indication about the system’s capabilities. According to a U.S.

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Nintendo Has Renewed Some Trademarks

Image: Nintendo Life As Nintendo gears up for its big Switch 2 Direct broadcast in April, it’s still got plenty of other things as well as its day-to-day operations going on behind the scenes. With this in mind, some trademark renewals have surfaced in Japan including the famous ‘Seal of Quality‘. The trademarks for these

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