Nintendo Being Sued Over Motion Controls

Nintendo and a number of third-party developers are being sued over motion-control exercise games.

Ohio-based Impulse Technology has lodged the complaint, citing Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Majesco, and Namco Bandai for violating Impulse's patent on an "interactive system for measuring physiological exertion." For those wondering who exactly Impulse Technology are, Impulse Technology produce and market the Trazer InterActive Fitness Machine, which is kind of like a Kinect but a lot more complicated than it needs to be.

The patent describes using sensors attached to a user’s limbs to measure movements, which are then sent wirelessly to show an ‘interactively controlled video sequence’ – basically any motion fitness game you’ve played on the Wii. According to Impulse Technology, games that infringe the patent include Wii Fit Plus, Grand Slam Tennis, Zumba Fitness 2, and Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party.

While Impulse Technology has also taken a similar lawsuit against Microsoft and several developers in the past over the Kinect, Nintendo has previously prevailed over numerous lawsuits regarding the Wii and it’s motion system.

[Source: Gamasutra]