Getting your hands on a Wavebird, Classic Controller, or Nintendo GameCube could shortly become very difficult as Nintendo faces a ban on all three devices, following a failed attempt to overturn the verdict in a $21-million dollar patent infringement suit brought on by Texas-based Anascape Ltd. U.S. District Judge Ron Clark plans on issuing the ban on these Nintendo products tomorrow, giving the company a chance to avoid the ban by posting bond or placing royalties in an Escrow account. According to Anascape lawyer Doug Cawley, the ban will be placed on hold while Nintendo appears on the Federal level.

*Update #2* We contacted the user from forum, but unfortunately couldn’t get a hold of him, because…well his parents answered. They felt understandably uncomfortable about talking and had no comment. Which would make me believe even more that this could be real. If he’s not allowed to talk on the phone, then how could he do a Photoshop like that?

*Update* Here is a quote from Nintendo Power last month: “We’re kicking off the next 20 years of Nintendo Power with more big reveals, including a top-secret cover story fit for a king. Its got a lot of heart. Just kidding. Its Mother 3. Just kidding. Please look forward to it.”

Interesting Indeed, maybe it is real. If it is, what the hell was Sega thinking about? First we saw the frustrating Sonic Unleashed, the whole internet thought it was going to be returning to his roots and be a fast 2D game. But we get a game that is mostly 3D and Sonic turns into a slow werewolf.

On a side-note, if the game is called Sonic & The Black Knight, there is in fact a character called the Black Knight in the Fire Emblem series. Could Sonic possibly be in a NEW role-playing game for the Wii? Check out the picture below and see the Black Knight’s sword, looks very similar…

Rumors are starting to swirl around the internet, today about a new Sonic game coming out for the Wii. A user named “donkey show” on the neogaf forums has posted a interesting picture of a Nintendo Power cover for August. If its real, the magazine has just revealed a brand new Sonic game for the Wii called: Sonic & The Black Night.

After looking at it closely in photoshop and discussing it with some colleagues of mine, we have come to the conclusion that it is probably a fake. But for obvious reason, we’re not saying it’s definitely 100% not real, maybe more like 85%.

The one thing that caught our attention was the Dead Rising announcement. It seems a little fishy, that right after the story just broke, it would be on the top part of the magazine for this month. Another thing that we noticed- Nintendo Power calling the game a “series”. Hasn’t there only been one game for the Xbox 360? That hardly would classify it as a series.

We decided to look at it in Photoshop. After zooming in on the Dead Rising text, we clearly saw what looked like brightness around the lettering. That sometimes is a sign of something possibly being added.

Sonic’s cropping also looks somewhat like it’s a tad unprofessional.

Thanks to gonintendo for finding the cover.

We’ll update as soon as we can…

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