Nintendo Patents an Upgrading thing.

[Kipkip]

https://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=6852
Nintendo has patent some kind of

communication and storage capability via a modem and hard disk drive

This device also allows people to watch tv while playing a game or logging on the Internet. The hard drive also allows to download entire games and this device will plug into a video game console. This is very exciting to me. Nintendo has something very interesting up their sleves. I can't wait to find out.

EDIT: The patent is right here:
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...ND&d=ptxt&s1=nintendo&OS=nintendo&RS=nintendo

 

[Kenny_C.002]

Okay! Time to work out the pirating details!

*sigh*

 

[samu]

Okay! Time to work out the pirating details!

*sigh*

yep! Paying for things suck. =D

I'd hope they'd come out with some sort of HD Loader type thing.. like the PS2 has. :3

 

[ash ketchup dood]

yay free games ^__^ go free stuff

 

[parallelzero]

yay free games ^__^ go free stuff

I don't think the games will be free. They'll probably be a fee for them.

 

[samu]

not with a computer, bittorrent, the proper connecting cables and the harddrive. XD!

 

[TRIFORCE89]

Well, we've known that Nintendo was goign to be providing "upgrades" for it's current systems. They talked about addons and such, once before. It says this is for an exsisting system. Although if successful, it'll probably be brought over to the Revolution.

But this downloading part, seems similar to the iQue player. Many (including myself) felt that the iQue player was a testing product for the idea.

EDIT: We're all wrong. The site now says, "Gamespot have contacted Nintendo and Nintendo have confirmed that this patent is for the 64DD and it has just been update, it is not for the GameCube."

 

[Kenny_C.002]

Awwwww.....now they'll have to rip N64 games instead. No business here! *they don't do anything*