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A recently uncovered patent detailing a motion-controlled handheld gaming device appears to suggest that Nintendo will look to replicate aspects of its motion-sensing Wii system when it comes to designing a successor to the DS handheld.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=6731&Itemid=2

So sixaxis portable?.. You would look like a crazy fool in public. :lol

Interestingly, Edge's 'next month' page shows a Nintendo-embossed Wii shaped carrying case hinting at some kind of portability to the Wii, whatever it actually means we'll find out next month.

I had this crazy idea for the next Nintendo handheld. Integrate two of the Warioware Twisted tilt sensors, support multi-touch touchscreens and follow shog's mockup

I think its going to be a DS with motion sensing, dual touch support and dual touchscreens, that would be the ultimate toy for Nintendo to play with.

Not surprised at all, if true.

I'm sure Nintendo will not be looking to simply make a DS with improved graphics, and a motion sensor is probably one of the best logistical options to take.

Originally Posted by ksamedi

I think its going to be a DS with motion sensing, dual touch support and dual touchscreens, that would be the ultimate toy for Nintendo to play with.

Motion sensing and touch screen? Would be hard to pull off well... and how would you keep your eyes focused on the screen when moving the handheld all over the place?

I'll be suprised if this isnt true.

Are we digging through patents again already?

Here's what a little reading can do for your credibility:

Code:

Foreign Application Data
Date	        Code	Application Number
Oct 4, 1999	JP	11-282592
Jun 9, 2000	JP	2000-174573

Originally Posted by «þ»

Not surprised at all, if true.

I'm sure Nintendo will not be looking to simply make a DS with improved graphics, and a motion sensor is probably one of the best logistical options to take.

I agree.That's what I always thought Nintendo's next step would be.

Originally Posted by kay

Motion sensing and touch screen? Would be hard to pull off well... and how would you keep your eyes focused on the screen when moving the handheld all over the place?

You never know what Nintendo comes up with, but you dont have to use them both at the same time.

Originally Posted by sp0rsk

Are we digging through patents again already?

Here's what a little reading can do for your credibility:

Code:

Foreign Application Data
Date	        Code	Application Number
Oct 4, 1999	JP	11-282592
Jun 9, 2000	JP	2000-174573

So oldCat is old?

Didn't the DS already have motion sensors built into it's design, however had them taken out due to battery consumption issues?

I remember reading some interviews about that when the DS was originally announced.

Originally Posted by VOOK

So oldCat is old?

oldCat is angry.

What would be a really cool idea though is a motion controlled stylus :D

I don't see this being true, this device wouldn't be non-gamer friendly and that's their biggest audience these days.

Nintendo have clearly invented some sort of portable time traveling device.

so you can go back and play Super Mario 64 again and again and again...

err, that looks like the pokémon mini.. and it does have a motion sensor.

Look like a more advanced version of that patent http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...RS=AN/Nintendo

which is

When they say portable. They meant a selling a carrying case to carry your Wii around :lol

Originally Posted by pswii60

Interestingly, Edge's 'next month' page shows a Nintendo-embossed Wii shaped carrying case hinting at some kind of portability to the Wii, whatever it actually means we'll find out next month.

Yeah, I was wondering what that was all about. For a second it was thinking Wii Portable, but that's too big of a scoop to give to edge and/or to keep silent.
We'll see at the beginning of september.

A number of people have posited that a fully motion-controlled version of the DS is a great idea, and I'm just not convinced. The number of things you can do with it is going to be severely limited by the fact that the system's LCD is going to be moving around with your motions. It worked OK with WW Twisted, sure, but that was just a tilt sensor. You were twisting the screen, not flinging it back and forth and what not.

Basically, I'm not so sure it's a good idea--but I'm willing to be proven wrong.

:lol at title change. I guess sp0rsk is a bit cranky today.

Originally Posted by adg1034

:lol at title change. I guess sp0rsk is a bit cranky today.

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Originally Posted by sp0rsk

Originally Posted by ksamedi

What would be a really cool idea though is a motion controlled stylus :D

That's not actually as crazy as you might think. My graphics tablet has a pen that recognises tilting, so when you use the Airspray tool it knows which direction to splash out to when you move it about.

Oh, but this is degenerating into a cat thread, so, um...

It seems like trolling the patent database more often then not ends like this. I remember a similar "news" item which turned out to be the 64DD.

Originally Posted by adg1034

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Originally Posted by Jon_Danger

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Originally Posted by adg1034

Originally Posted by Visualante

Nintendo have clearly invented some sort of portable time traveling device.

so you can go back and play Super Mario 64 again and again and again...

HAHA...

something about this post took me back to the days before DS had online. Nintendo filed some patent related to mesh networks or something, and fanboys were speculating that Nintendo had a plan to get every DS connected near 100% of the time simply through proximity to other DSes. It was precious.

But back to the topic, Nintendo would be foolish to do anything undermining the DS right now. I doubt we'll see a DS-successor (not a redesign) before E3 2009.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by shagg_187

EDIT:

Originally Posted by theBishop

HAHA...

something about this post took me back to the days before DS had online. Nintendo filed some patent related to mesh networks or something, and fanboys were speculating that Nintendo had a plan to get every DS connected near 100% of the time simply through proximity to other DSes. It was precious.

But back to the topic, Nintendo would be foolish to do anything undermining the DS right now. I doubt we'll see a DS-successor (not a redesign) before E3 2009.

Ahhh, DemaSked. Those were the days. http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=439

Originally Posted by adg1034

*clever joke about how Wii Portable would be the PSP*

Ha ha ha.

Originally Posted by Buttonbasher

If the screen is on the same device that has motion sensing, it's pretty useless - it'll be rather hard on the eyes except for the rare games where it's appropriate to shift everything on the screen in counter-response to the motion.

Originally Posted by kay

Motion sensing and touch screen? Would be hard to pull off well... and how would you keep your eyes focused on the screen when moving the handheld all over the place?

No more hassle than all the current DS games which make us use both button halves, the touch screen, and microphone simultaneously while watching the top screen.

Dammit. I hate those ****ing cats. I really do.

Originally Posted by Game-Biz

Dammit. I hate those ****ing cats. I really do.

GTFO!

Originally Posted by Zynx

If the screen is on the same device that has motion sensing, it's pretty useless - it'll be rather hard on the eyes except for the rare games where it's appropriate to shift everything on the screen in counter-response to the motion.

Well really, it's not like it would be a first for them. They've done games like that going back to the GBC.

Originally Posted by Game-Biz

Dammit. I hate those ****ing cats. I really do.

Wanna fight ?

Wow. G4TV just reported this bogus patent "news" on tv.

Just saw it 5 minutes ago.

Next-gen might get banned 'round these parts if they keep this up :lol

Originally Posted by kay

So sixaxis portable?.. You would look like a crazy fool in public. :lol

Well right now you can walk around shouting "blue" at your ds.

Originally Posted by adg1034

Originally Posted by aztrex

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