LUFKIN, Texas — Nintendo has been ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.

A federal jury found in favor of Tyler-based Anascape, which sued Nintendo and Microsoft for patent infringement in 2006.

Nintendo says it will appeal the ruling.

Jurors found that Nintendo infringed on Anascape’s patent while designing its Wii Classic, WaveBird and Gamecube controllers.

As for Microsoft, the company said in a statement that terms of a settlement with Anascape were confidential.