Board games? Ski wax?! Just try and solve the mystery of the Nintendo V-Pocket!
by Ben Striegel 
{ Feb 10th 2005 at 10:10PM }
What is the Nintendo V-Pocket? Well, nothing yet, as far as anyone outside of Nintendo can tell. Here's what we know:
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Nintendo has registered a trademark for something known as a "Nintendo V-Pocket"
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The patent was filed over two months ago, on December 7, 2004
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The trademark covers, among other things, board games, ski wax, LCD game machines, and "adapters that allow for the display of images and audio recorded on memory cards."
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On the same day, Nintendo registered a trademark for something known only as "PCGP"
Just what could this mysterious V-Pocket be, and could it be in any way related to this PCGP? Was it perhaps an early working title for the Play-Yan? Does the "V" stand for "Virtual?" Is it perhaps a 21st century Game 'n Watch? Does it have anything to do with a pair of pants? Is it a floor wax and a dessert topping? And my final question: just what kind of person takes the time out of their lives to go out and search for these kinds of things?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Steve Flack @ Dec 18th 2005 10:05PM
Could it be the American name for the PlayChan? That would explain the whole “adapters that allow for the display of images and audio recorded on memory cards” thing.
mike f @ Dec 18th 2005 10:05PM
PCGP sounds like it could be Personal Computer Gameboy Player, maybe that plugs into a usb port. thats a streach but it was the first thing that came into my mind
JVC @ Dec 18th 2005 10:05PM
"adapters that allow for the display of images and audio recorded on memory cards."
Duh! V for 'Video' maybe? Definitely the Play-yan.
eax @ Dec 18th 2005 10:05PM
Hmm...sounds like it could be Virtual Pocket..which would mean that you can keep data files through an adapter for your GBA-SP or DS? Video-Pocket doesn't sound right and they already have that figured out as a product. It could be attempt on Nintendo to create a PDA-OS? Yeah, that's a stretch.