Revolution's Virtual Console Patent Revealed?

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According to the Patent, the Virtual Console bookmarks games via the characters featured in the games, or via the franchises related to them, and not boomarks games via their respective consoles, at least, not primarily.

The idea behind different character selection stems from Fig. 20, stating this:

This basically means Nintendo is allowed to rip the 'graphics data' (aka textures, models, worlds, etc), and manipulate or replace them without much hassle, and the replacements can be made at will via the Character Selection Screen shown here. Its a rather ingenious idea, I mean, allowing you to chose games via their respective games franchises and characters.

Read more here

I seriously encourage you guys to read the rest, trust me, its worth it

I read it all, and it both looks and sounds great. It reminds me of my modded Xbox.

Sounds kinda bull... got a source?

Originally Posted by Mystic Link

Sounds kinda bull... got a source?

how in the world does that sound bull? It's not really saying anything that computers of the 19...80's couldn't do. All it's saying is that the games a categorized in a way that is more effecient for gaming. That's basicly it. That they skipped the "choose system" area of the game selection process.

Amazing read. I'm glad that Sony can't steal this.

Originally Posted by Power Shot

Amazing read. I'm glad that Sony can't steal this.

Its just a matter of time just like the Light Gun (NES), Dance Pad (NES), Rumble Pack (N64), Analog Stick and Wireless (NES).

Originally Posted by Mystic Link

Sounds kinda bull... got a source?

What more of a credible soure do you need then the actual patent listed on the patent website?

Good Gawd :/

Originally Posted by Lord Yoshi

Its just a matter of time just like the Light Gun (NES), Dance Pad (NES), Rumble Pack (N64), Analog Stick and Wireless (NES).

Will people stop saying the Sony stole this and that from Nintendo? Sony didn't steal the light gun, the dance pad, the Rumble Pack or the Analog Stick, okay! The Analog stick came out, way before Nintendo was into gaming. What those sticks on old arcardes like Pac-Man? Those are analog stick! Sony didn't rip-off the Dance Pad, Konami made Dance Dance Revoution, of course you are going to need a dancing pad for a dancing game. Some aracdes shooting games had light guns, before Nintendo came out with their own light gun.

The Rumble Pack came out way before the days of the Nintendo 64. Ever went to an aracade and play those racing games or the games with rowboats or jetboats? Thoses had huge, masstive rumble packs inside the manchines. Ever play with those RC Cars, aren't those controllers wireless? RC cars came out before Gamecube's Wavebird Wireless controller. If you don't get what I saying, I'm simply saying that Sony never ripped-off anyone. Saying Sony rip-ed off Nintendo shows that you don't know the history of video games that well, and you just being a fanboy, always thinking that Sony always will rip-offed Nintendo, no mater what.

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

Will people stop saying the Sony stole this and that from Nintendo? Sony didn't steal the light gun, the dance pad, the Rumble Pack or the Analog Stick, okay! The Analog stick came out, way before Nintendo was into gaming. What those sticks on old arcardes like Pac-Man? Those are analog stick! Sony didn't rip-off the Dance Pad, Konami made Dance Dance Revoution, of course you are going to need a dancing pad for a dancing game. Some aracdes shooting games had light guns, before Nintendo came out with their own light gun.

The Rumble Pack came out way before the days of the Nintendo 64. Ever went to an aracade and play those racing games or the games with rowboats or jetboats? Thoses had huge, masstive rumble packs inside the manchines. Ever play with those RC Cars, aren't those controllers wireless? RC cars came out before Gamecube's Wavebird Wireless controller. If you don't get what I saying, I'm simply saying that Sony never ripped-off anyone. Saying Sony rip-ed off Nintendo shows that you don't know the history of video games that well, and you just being a fanboy, always thinking that Sony always will rip-offed Nintendo, no mater what.

You described a joystick. Analog is for the thumb. Nintendo came out with the light gun before arcade games had them. The rumble pak thing might be true, but Nintendo minimized it and put it inside a controller. DON'T ARGUE, NINTENDO CAME UP WITH EVERYTHING, EVEN ONLINE.

Sound to me like you're the fanboy here.

Originally Posted by Kokiri_Boy64

You described a joystick. Analog is for the thumb. Nintendo came out with the light gun before arcade games had them. The rumble pak thing might be true, but Nintendo minimized it and put it inside a controller. DON'T ARGUE, NINTENDO CAME UP WITH EVERYTHING, EVEN ONLINE.

Sound to me like you're the fanboy here.

Um. No. You're the only one shouting about how Nintendo is so great in your eyes.

While Nintendo came up with a couple of ideas, most of the time, it was the other companies who actually put it to good use, instead of just being gimicky. Look at the next generation PS3 and PSP. Sony has already stated that there will be some level of connectivity between the two. But unlike the GBA, it'll be used for far more practical reasons than unlocking things and being used for certain games as a controller. Supposedly you'll be able to transfer files back and forth between the two devices. And since the PS3 is supposedly a functioning computer with the HDD, I can almost guarntee there will be some level of specail capabilities with transfering of media files.

Nintendo had online gaming on the NES or SNES. (Can't remember which.) Too bad most people don't even know about it though, since it was horrible. Nintendo tried it, and failed. It wasn't till Xbox Live that Online gaming was truely realized.

Nintendo DIDN'T invent the Rumble Motor for games, as mentioned above. Though it utilized it first in the mainstream. Just like I said before though, Sony saw the Rumble Pak and made it way more streamlined by making it built in in their controllers, with two motors for better feedback, and more support from games.

And Nintendo streamlined too. Look at the GCN controller. Nintendo pretty much looked at the Playstation controller, realized it worked pretty well, added the C stick instead of the second analog Joy Sticks, and made the L and R buttons analog. I remember a magazine I read which really summed this up well: "The GCN controller, which practically is the bastard child of the PSone and N64 controller..."

Give it a rest. Who cares. This is totally off topic, and the arguement can never be won with fanboys around. Notice how I'm not a fanboy. Try that sometime. I think you'll like it.

Originally Posted by Tjalian

What more of a credible soure do you need then the actual patent listed on the patent website?

Good Gawd :/

That isn't even an official Revolution website... until I see some credible source as to where it comes from, I can say its bull all I want

What Sony is doing is not thievery, they're simply adapting themselves to the market standard. Calling it thievery is just plain stupid.

Enough with that, seriously!

Originally Posted by Stuit

What Sony is doing is not thievery, they're simply adapting themselves to the market standard. Calling it thievery is just plain stupid.

Enough with that, seriously!

*sniff* *sniff* I think I smell Playstation fanboy-ism in the room...

W00t to Nintendo, I remember when the N64 came out with its joystick, then after that Playstation and Xbox just magically happened to get it on their controller. At least Microsoft and Sony can't steal this.

Okay, I started this, so please end it.

Yes, it was a joke. Nintendo did make all those things first, but that's not what this thread is for.

Originally Posted by Power Shot

Okay, I started this, so please end it.

Yes, it was a joke. Nintendo did make all those things first, but that's not what this thread is for.

Congrats, you stopped the spam! Here's a cookie!

But anyway, yeah, the point is, sony couldn't steal it, even if you don't think they stole the other things, which they did, so stop fanboying it up and get on topic.

This will be an interesting addition to gaming, and another reason to get a Revolution.

~Ganon not gannon