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Nintendo Co.’s controller for the Wii and GameCube hardware may see a retail ban following an unsuccessful bid to overturn a $21 million patent-infringement ruling in favor of Anascape Ltd.

Bloomberg.com on Tues. reported that Nintendo’s request for a new trial was rejected by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark in Lufkin, Texas and that he impose a ban on the sale of the Wii Classic Controller, WaveBird controller and Nintendo GameCube.

Controllers found not to infringe on a patent by Anascape include the Wii Remote controller and the Nunchuck controller.

Anascape’s patent is said to cover certain remote configurations to control six types of motions simultaneously.

Nintendo last week said Wii is the No. 1-selling console in the U.S., selling 10.9 million units to date.

Last week it showcased a new peripheral for the Wii Remote called Wii MotionPlus. The product, developed by InvenSense Inc., will be sold with the spring 2009 title Wii Sports Resort.