SuperAngelo64
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Analog pad + 12 buttons + Touch screen. Prefect portable MMO machine.
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Nintendo patent application shows portable system with interchangable controls
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Analog pad + 12 buttons + Touch screen. Prefect portable MMO machine.
Not really, the modules would most likely be included in every SKU.
Hello? This is Hailun!
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Like the wonderswan this could be a great shmup platform
Agent Unknown
Member
Like the wonderswan this could be a great shmup platform
I'm ready for Judgment Silversword NX.
maquiladora
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dat bump
WhiteRabbitEXE
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dat bump. why bro.
I thought it could be relevant to the current discussions about NX.
Graphics Horse
Member
Which one?
R
Rösti
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This patent was late last year met by a non-final rejection from USPTO: http://portal.uspto.gov/pair/view/BrowsePdfServlet?objectId=II62HJVKPXXIFW4&lang=DINO
Spyder_Monkey
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Your bump was even more pointless than mine. How is this possible?
Graphics Horse
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I think it's a bit of a messy idea, especially for a portable.
Diablohead
Member
4 d-pads exactly what I need
Lord_Byron28
Member
Well usually they are planning their next handheld and console way in advance. It could be interesting if they did that for their NX Handheld and console. However I hope these aren't cheap buttons, d pads or analog sticks.
Dr. Benton Quest
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Then why not link it in one of those many threads? Bumps like this just confuse and annoy.
This is horseshit bruh.
I will do that next time.
Reading through this again I didn't catch that the modules are all NFC-based the first time around. That might make a big difference in viability of such a thing as I feel part of the reason they don't do it is that the parts aren't durable enough and metal contacts are likely to get scuffed or damaged if they keep sliding in and out.
Hello? This is Hailun!
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Those are on Steam FYI!
madstarr12
Member
I'd like to have something like this. There could be a "standard" layout for developer use, and if we the people wanna switch stuff to a particular place, the only difference is the placement of those buttons, but B will still be B.
More like they brought this one back from the grave.
Candescence
Member
Someone actually proposed an idea similar to this that would be able to work with the free form display patent over in that thread. Read that post and the posts below.
TLDR; attachable button overlays that can take on all sorts of face button control schemes, including legacy control sets, to provide physical button input while enabling customization.
TLDR; attachable button overlays that can take on all sorts of face button control schemes, including legacy control sets, to provide physical button input while enabling customization.
Me too I think that the detachable buttons could go side by side with the free form
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Well Nintendo is flirting with that idea all the time. See 3DS prototype:
This would actually have been a great idea for all the 2D games, especially the Yoshi's Island games. I hope this patent gets applied, because it is the only alternative to the Nintendo 64 configuration that actually is comfortable for both, 2D and 3D. And the N64 configuration certainly is not applicable to a handheld.
Possumowner
Member
Hmm more rumours and guesswork.But I'll be honest,I love the idea of interchangeable controls.
They won't do this because the name is too sexist.
Edit: didn't realize it was old lol. Now I know why people were saying the 3ds is too early to replace.
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