Dear Reader:
New Nintendo patents - score/achievement tracking, GamePad functions and more
Reader Daft Ada has been patent-sifting lately and was nice enough to send some findings our way. Looks like Nintendo has been registering quite a few patents lately! Some are related to the Wii U and others are just general ideas. Now remember, there's nothing here that confirms Nintendo will actually use these ideas. It's just patents protecting ideas that might be implemented into their products in the future. With that said, here are some of the findings.
- Play a game on the TV and use the gamepad to chat to a friend at the same time
- Sharing hi-scores and achievements with friends over a network, including video replays
- Fixed terminal that allows other game systems to connect wirelessly and share data
- Separate processors allowing a device to switch into eco mode