Nintendo patents periscope-esque Wiimote touchpad attachment

by JC Fletcher on Nov 4th 2011 10:28AM

A Nintendo patent shows that Nintendo is, or was, considering the graft of Wii U-like features onto the regular old Wiimote. The company applied for a patent for a device that adds a touch panel to the Wiimote, using an infrared LED and mirrors to feed info about the position of your finger into the Wiimote's IR sensor. The patent describes using it as a mouse pointer or a drawing interface. You know, touch panel stuff.

The tech doesn't exactly emulate the WiiPad, as the touch panel is just for controls, and isn't a screen. It's unclear whether this is something Nintendo is planning for the future -- for enhancing Wiimotes for use on Wii U -- or if it's just an idea someone cooked up.

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[3DS] Nintendo 3DS getting second circle pad attachment... no, this is real

[3DS] Nintendo 3DS getting second circle pad attachment... no, this is real
Earlier today, rumours surfaced that the second circle pad attachment for the Nintendo 3DS was actually coming and that Famitsu had an image. Out of caution we avoided posting it, but it looks like an image has exploded onto the internet.
So yeah, there that is.

As well as that, it seemingly confirms the existence of Monster Hunter Tri Version G will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS. So, according to the image the 3DS will just attach itself to the handheld and function as the second circle pad. I'm not sure how to feel about this, I suppose we'll get to judge when Nintendo start showing it off. It is safe to assume that this will come up at their conference this weekend.

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RE: [3DS] Nintendo 3DS getting second circle pad attachment... no, this is real

Adding more bulk to a handheld?

Are they mad?
That was crap years ago even more so today

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RE: [3DS] Nintendo 3DS getting second circle pad attachment... no, this is real

(Today 04:00 PM)GlueGun18 Wrote:  Yeah that is a monstrous attachment just to add a second circle pad. Should have been part of the original design.

Its not the worst addon thought.

There are some Gameboy ones that are really bad (Solar panels on the underside?)

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