The US Patent and Trademark Office has approved patent #6,769,989 for Nintendo. The decription of the the device is "an existing video game system…modified to include additional communication and storage capability via a modem and hard disk drive." The technology would allow "downloading from the Internet of entire games." Though rumor has been running wild that this is Nintendo's version of an Internet-based game system, Gamespot points out that the patent actually appears to be, well…you have to read it to believe it. You have to love us gaming fans. We get riled up like no one else.
