Nintendo Faces Continuation Of Seizure Lawsuit

Posted by simoniker on Sunday March 7, 2004 @06:01PM from the financial-seizure dept.

Thanks to 2TheAdvocate for its article discussing a lawsuit against Nintendo regarding their videogames causing seizures. The suit, which has been in progress since July 2003, claims that Nintendo "failed to report that its games contain defects that presented a 'substantial hazard' and create an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death." In Nintendo's defence, they claim that they "instituted some recommendations... [including] a limit on the number of times per second a light can flash, and a limit on the brightness of certain lights and their duration on the screen." As a result, "the number of seizures reported to the company by consumers has dropped from 22 in 1999 to six in 2003." The trial will continue until later this month.

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Just a little warning, that's all... by BinaryOpty · 2004-03-07 18:30 · Score: 0, Redundant

I just wish Nintendo added in an extra pamphlet with every game they sold telling you that games can cause seizures. Oh, what's that you say? They do!? Why, that's absurd, a parent not reading the warnings before putting the game in front of their kid! Tsk.