Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Colopl in January 2018, alleging that Colopl infringed on at least five Nintendo patents in Colopl’s Shironeko Project smartphone game.
Nintendo issued a statement on the same day claiming its game software sales business and its lawsuit against Colopl’s original Shironeko Project game are separate matters.
Colopl announced a tentatively titled Shironeko New Project game for Nintendo Switch in July 2018.
Colopl’s Shironeko Project smartphone game launched in Japan in 2014, and launched in English with the title Rune Story in 2015.