A document published by the European Patent Office has revealed a number of Nintendo's 'interesting' ideas for Wii peripherals, including a baseball bat, a skateboard and a teddy bear.
Take a look at the images of the patents for yourself.
Nintendo filed the patent way back in May of 2006, so we imagine most of the concepts have since been discarded.
However, as exemplified by Shigeru Miyamoto's 20-year obsession with bringing the Mii's to life, the company sometimes just won't let their idea's die.
Interestingly, hidden within the barmy pictures is a Wii Remote charger unit. Hopefully this won't be one thrown out with the rest.
Ye gads.... I thought the Guitar Hero guitar was an unwieldy peripheral (certainly when it comes to storage). Where the hell would I keep a bike???
The goggles one interests me though. It would be HUGE, but could be most intriguing. As long as it wasn't as debilitating as the Virtual Boy <vomits>.
Ninty need to start designing peripherals with the silicone glove in mind too. Am sick of having to 'peel' half of it back to put it in the docking station for starters....
Don't know what's going on with the bike, skateboard and teddy bear
That baseball bat could be used well in a game though. I imagine companies go through so many ideas and rough drawings before getting to the final product.
My thoughts exactly. It looks like it would be a bulky thing, too. Love to see Rockstar integrate that into Bully
What is c&vg's obsession with a wiimote charger? get some ni-mh batteries and a charger for gods sake!
It's my obsession, actually. You know what's cool about the 360? If my controller dies, I can plug it in and not only continue playing, but charge it up at the same time.
The Wii remote, by contrast, just dies. Yes, I could buy more batteries and alternate them like some organised person, but I'm not. I'm lazy. And anything that uses batteries now just seems archaic.
They really seem to have completely lost the whole idea of a "Universal Remote", don't they?
There was me thinking all you needed was the Remote and a bit of imagination. Clearly you don't need imagination when you can just add on a load of cheap tat.
I don't need a gun to imagine that the Remote is a gun. I don't need a bat to imagine the Remote as a bat. And f*ck knows what the teddy is in aid of.
incredible these patents. draw a picture, any picture and draw a wii remote next to it, a teddy bear for instance, then patent it. talk about stab in the dark. some poor guy at sony will invent a teddy bear add on for a me and my pony update and then get sued by nintendo.
My thoughts exactly. It looks like it would be a bulky thing, too. Love to see Rockstar integrate that into Bully
What is c&vg's obsession with a wiimote charger? get some ni-mh batteries and a charger for gods sake!
It's my obsession, actually. You know what's cool about the 360? If my controller dies, I can plug it in and not only continue playing, but charge it up at the same time.
The Wii remote, by contrast, just dies. Yes, I could buy more batteries and alternate them like some organised person, but I'm not. I'm lazy. And anything that uses batteries now just seems archaic.
I just replace my 360 controller batteries with some recharged ones and I am able to play without ruining the whole point of a wireless controller. I also have a hatred of rechargers as I have so many I have to label them as to which device they go with!
Ooh, ooh. I hope the goggles one is there with this (2:30 in) in mind.
Loved some of the others, though. Especially the teddy bear and rocking chair. We might be getting baby and old person simulators for those respective peripherals. The object is the same for each - don't s**t yourself!
All things counted for, the Wii Bike would make people shed more weight than balancing on a board would..
It's my obsession, actually. You know what's cool about the 360? If my controller dies, I can plug it in and not only continue playing, but charge it up at the same time.
The Wii remote, by contrast, just dies. Yes, I could buy more batteries and alternate them like some organised person, but I'm not. I'm lazy. And anything that uses batteries now just seems archaic.
I use this. Okay, it's not official, and you can't use the Wii Remote and charge at the same time; but until Nintendo release a better solution...
(No, I'm not getting paid to advertise Joytech Products )
I just replace my 360 controller batteries with some recharged ones and I am able to play without ruining the whole point of a wireless controller. I also have a hatred of rechargers as I have so many I have to label them as to which device they go with!
Touché I don't mind being wired for a hour, but get your point about rechargers.
The plush toy seems like a good idea. Kids can talk to their teddy and their teddy talks back. All it needs is a microphone and a kid that's not got regional accents.
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