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SEGA Sues Level-5 For Inazuma Eleven

12.12.2012

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It's an all out war between two Japanese studios this week with SEGA filing a lawsuit against Level-5.

The makers of Sonic the Hedgehog, SEGA, claim that the folk behind Inazuma Eleven are infringing on a control patent on the Nintendo DS, where players move characters using a finger or stylus on the touch screen.

The report doesn't divulge what the specifics of the case are and why it differs from any other Nintendo DS or tablet game where players are controlled by touch. Likewise, the game(s) that SEGA have developed that use these mechanics have yet to become clear, but it's suggested that Football Manager could be a likely candidate.

If SEGA win the case, Level-5 maybe asked to stop the sale of the popular and highly lucrative Inazuma Eleven - which includes eight games - and ordered to pay ¥900 million ($11 million/£6.7 milion) in damages.

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JoshSL 18.12.2012#26

IkeFE said:
1)Hasn't had a game in the series in ages, 2)meh, 3)See No,1, 4)Dead because of awful sales, 5)Fair enough, 6)Overwhored/dead genre/crap, 7)..., 8)Never heard of it, 9)meh, 10)Fair enough(so horribly done by SEGA its hard to imagine it being worth playing again), 11)Overwhored, 12)meh and 13)Crap(yes I said crap)

I don't even know where to begin with how incorrect this all is so I won't bother.

However SEGA's recent years haven't been as great because they don't have the money to make games and continue to make badbusiness decisions.
Ironically in those years Sonic games have gotten tons better again (let's ignore Sonic 4)

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IkeFE 18.12.2012#27

How can opinions be incorrect?

JoshSL 18.12.2012#28

IkeFE said:
How can opinions be incorrect?

You were saying 'the rest were overwhored or plain crap' when Jay said a lot of IPs haven't been made the most of, by saying a game is crap or hasn't had a game in ages, or you haven't heard of it.. aren't you just proving his point?

A lot of these franchises are important to people, have gotten good reviews, etc etc. Simply because you don't like them doesn't mean it's a legitimate reason for the games industry to give up on them all.

If your only argument for abandoning all these often acclaimed franchises is that they're crap (in your opinion), that's pretty much incorrect.
(if your argument was that those franchises make no money on the other hand.. that's a fair point, because they don't and that's why SEGA of the recent decade haven't been able to invent anything noteable because Valkyria Chronicles and Yakuza.)

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JayUK 18.12.2012#29

IkeFE said:
How can opinions be incorrect?

in my opinion the earth is flat, i can swim to the edge and fall off

IkeFE 18.12.2012#30

JayUK said:
IkeFE said:
How can opinions be incorrect?
in my opinion the earth is flat, i can swim to the edge and fall off

Adding "in my opinion" to anything can make it sound like an opinion; that's a statement/theory, not an opinion.

@Super Ultimatly I mean they're crap in opinion but also in that many of those franchises make no money.

( Edited 18.12.2012 17:53 by IkeFE )

JayUK 18.12.2012#31

IkeFE said:
JayUK said:
IkeFE said:
How can opinions be incorrect?
in my opinion the earth is flat, i can swim to the edge and fall off
Adding "in my opinion" to anything can make it sound like an opinion; that's a statement/theory, not an opinion.
@Super Ultimatly I mean they're crap in opinion but also in that many of those franchises make no money.

Anything can be an opinion, an opinion is a personal belief, a belief can be retarded or fundamentally wrong. For example in Nick Griffins opinion there is no such thing as a black Welshman. Just because someone says I personally believe something, doesn't make them immune from criticism or from being wrong.

IkeFE 18.12.2012#32

Whatever dude. An incorrect fact is not an opinion and vice versa. Anything cannot be an opinion - an opinion is an interpretation of facts. When there are no facts, there can be no opinion.

I'll not rag on your precious SEGA anymore if that will make you feel better about me being "wrong".