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Farm creates ‘Super Mario Bros.’ corn maze

NEWARK VALLEY, N.Y.

The images of Mario, Luigi and friends have been carved into the fields of an upstate New York farm as part of a corn maze based on Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros.” game series.

ABC News reports it’s the latest installment of an annual themed maze at the Stoughton Farm in Newark Valley. Owner Tom Stoughton says the farm’s mazes typically attract about 10,000 visitors annually.

An aerial photo of the 8-acre maze clearly shows Mario, Luigi and fellow Mario Bros. characters Princess Peach, Toad and Yoshi carved into the cornfield. Stoughton says he created the maze based on a design by a Utah company. He says creating the maze usually takes a few weeks and involves “a lot of math.”

Michigan couple files lawsuit over Pokemon GO

DETROIT

Nintendo says its mission is to “put smiles on people’s faces.”

Scott and Jayme Dodich of St. Clair Shores, northeast of Detroit, aren’t smiling. Pokemon GO, they say, is making them miserable – so they’ve decided to sue the video-game giant and its wildly successful game in federal court.

After weeks of complaining about Pokemon players trampling their landscaping, peering into their windows and even cussing at them, the Dodiches have filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming Pokemon GO developers and owners have made millions of dollars while ruining the quality of life for many Americans.

They claim the so-called Pokestops and gyms – which are actually GPS coordinates for Pokemon hunters looking for virtual creatures – are being placed on or near private property without the permission of owners.

In their case, they live across the street from Wahby Park – a Pokemon hot spot that has a so-called Poke gym and at least seven stops that draw hundreds of players on any given day.

This virtual playground, the Dodiches say in their lawsuit, has turned into a real-life nightmare for their typically quiet neighborhood.

“Nobody gets sleep anymore,” the lawsuit says. “How is this acceptable? They hang out on our lawns, trample landscaping, look in vehicles . We don’t feel safe . I don’t feel safe sitting on our porch.”

The plaintiffs are suing three defendants: Niantic, the San Francisco-based software company that developed and published Pokemon GO; Nintendo, which owns 32 percent in the Pokemon company and receives a percentage of all Pokemon GO revenues; and Pokemon Co., which is headquartered in Tokyo.

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