Nintendo Files Patent For Game That Plays Itself 152
Kotaku points out a recent patent filed by Nintendo which automates gameplay unless the user specifically chooses to play a particular part of the game. Quoting: "The new system, described in a patent filed by Nintendo Creative Director Shigeru Miyamoto on June 30, 2008, but made public today, looks to solve the issue of casual gamers losing interest in a game before they complete it, while still maintaining the interest of hardcore gamers. The solution would turn a game into a full-length cut scene of sorts, allowing players to jump into and out of the action whenever they wanted. But when played this way, gamers would not be able to save their progress, maintaining the challenge of completing a game without skipping or cheating."
It will never stand. (Score:5, Funny)
itself (Score:2, Funny)
And when the console gets bored? (Score:5, Funny)
Or finds the game too difficult?
I don't want to come home and find my Wii browsing for tech-porn.
Life Imitates Art (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/9/7/new-from-squareenix/ [penny-arcade.com]
Enough said
Prior art! (Score:4, Funny)
I'm fairly sure IBM already patented patenting ideas patenting itself.
And in other news... (Score:3, Funny)
The New York Times Files Patent for Newspaper that Reads Itself and then Complains to Self about it's Left-wing Bias.
Internet Forum Trolls File Patent for Web Browser that Rick Roll's Itself.
Re:And in other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Internet Forum Trolls File Patent for Web Browser that Rick Roll's Itself.
Too late. That one's mine:
"A method of hyperlink substitution, whereby the seemingly intended URL is replaced with that of a cheesy 1980's music video."
Cease and desist or that'll be $1 billion, kthx.