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Nintendo Patent Reveals The Wii Remote Was Originally Made For The Gamecube
siliconera.com - 1/9/2009
Nintendo Patent Reveals The Wii Remote Was Originally Made For The Gamecube
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On March 10, 2006 Nintendo filed a patent for an "Accelerometer-based controller" in Japan, which is now registered on the US Patent and Trademark database. I wont bore you with the technical details because we know what it's for, the…
Nintendo Developing A Direction Sensing DS Card? (Update)
siliconera.com - 1/14/2009
Nintendo Developing A Direction Sensing DS Card? (Update)
— siliconera.com — . January 13, 2009 . 10:57pm dssense A curious trademark popped up in Japan’s trademark database one registered by Nintendo for a “DS Houi Sensor Card”. Houi is Japanese for direction so the trademark is related to a DS card that can detect direction ... (more) Nintendo Developing A Direction Sensing DS Card? (Update)

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Game industry finally notices girls
tulsaworld.com - 1/14/2009
Game industry finally notices girls
— tulsaworld.com — Game industry finally notices girls Design, baby-sitting video games target a growing market By JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT World Scene Writer Published: 1/13/2009 2:22 AM Last Modified: 1/13/2009 3:54 AM Pink for girls, blue for boys. Those are the ... (more) Game industry finally notices girls

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yomiuri.co.jp - 1/8/2009
Nintendo head upbeat about gaming : Business : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
— yomiuri.co.jp — The Yomiuri Shimbun OSAKA--Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata recently shared his views on the Kyoto-based game console giant's future prospects with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Following is an excerpt of the interview. "It seems more and more people are ... (more) Nintendo head upbeat about gaming : Business : DAILY ...

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Kotaku:  Wii-mote Originally Designed For GameCube [Wii]

Joystiq:  Patent reveals Wii Remote began life as GameCube add-on

Joystiq [Nintendo]:  Patent shows Wiimote was originally a GameCube peripheral

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Wii-mote Originally Designed For GameCube [Wii]
Kotaku — ... to the GameCube console, which would interface with the wand remote. There appears to be two separate sensors points on the television. The wand remote in the patent drawings looks surprisingly similar to the finalized Wii-mote. [image] There is also a patent drawing for a tennis game which includes a drawing of Mario. Early shades of Wii Tennis , no doubt. So somewhere along the line, Nintendo decided to turn this add-on into the impetus for the console we now call the Wii. Nintendo Patent Reveals [Siliconera]

Nintendo Patents Show Wii-mote Originally Designed For GameCube [Update] [Wii]
Kotaku — ... of the Wii before. This newly released patent simply confirms earlier suspicions. Nintendo Patent Reveals [Siliconera]

Patent reveals Wii Remote began life as GameCube add-on
Joystiq — ... the time Shigeru Miyamoto admitted, "[Wii] is based on GC." Now we know its controller was, too, by way of the US Patent and Trademark Office's database, which also contains related drawings. One shows what this line-art person is playing (a tennis game with Mario) and the other is the proverbial smoking gun: a Wii remote and receiver connected to a GameCube, which is, in turn, connected to a TV with sensors attached. Check them out after the break. [Via Siliconera] ...

Patent shows Wiimote was originally a GameCube peripheral
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... Gallery: Wii remote peripheral diagrams [Via Siliconera] Patent shows Wiimote was originally a GameCube peripheral originally appeared ...

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