Nintendo Turns Touch Screen Into Steering Wheel

[SnootyEnglishman]

No...i'm sorry this is just an abomination to the D-Pad pure and simple. They should stick to what's worked for them for years and years.

 

[orangeapples]

This just in: "Nintendo wants to use DSi touch screen like DSi touch screen"

next they're going to file a patent that will allow the Wii remote's actions be represented in Wii games.

 

[Sabretoothpanda]

Is it just me, or does the wheel in that patent drawing take up a ridiculous proportion of the screen?

Yeah, and you hand will take up the rest. Good thing the DS has two screens.

 

[AceDiamond]

if ridge racer havent than ya sure they can.

Since it has to be nonobvious/original, and since prior art precludes it being nonobvious/original, no, they can't. They'll likely be granted the patent anyway, because the people who work our patent offices are drop-dead morons.

Like I said it's probably a code implementation that will allow for it to be better or more precise than coding it from scratch like the Ri(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)dge Racer guys did.

I didn't know you could patent lines of code though

 

[cloudwolf616]

if ridge racer havent than ya sure they can.

Since it has to be nonobvious/original, and since prior art precludes it being nonobvious/original, no, they can't. They'll likely be granted the patent anyway, because the people who work our patent offices are drop-dead morons.

Really thats madness what if the guys at ridge racer want it for themselves? Legal battle?

 

[RvLeshrac]

if ridge racer havent than ya sure they can.

Since it has to be nonobvious/original, and since prior art precludes it being nonobvious/original, no, they can't. They'll likely be granted the patent anyway, because the people who work our patent offices are drop-dead morons.

Like I said it's probably a code implementation that will allow for it to be better or more precise than coding it from scratch like the Ri(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)dge Racer guys did.

I didn't know you could patent lines of code though

You can only patent a generalized implementation of a specific idea.

 

[Zer_]

*Snip*

iPod touch racing games already have this. Nintendo is a bit late.

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

This will handle like a hippo on crack...why not use, you know, an analog stick which the DS could have easily had? Much smoother.
Or at least give us the option!