The patent describes using absolute and relative positioning of a pointer device in relation to two points positioned near a television screen (sound familiar?). According to the patent, this will allow the device to detect the movement of the remote in three dimensions. Apple has a tendency to patent anything and everything that goes through their offices, so odds are this device won't be Steve Jobs' "One More Thing" at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Still, we wonder how Nintendo feels about Apple's cute little idea.
[Via Engadget]
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But if not,its just a mechanics style copy,then its ok specialy considering that Nintendo copyd Apples "look" on many things.
Still,it seems a good control style for a apple tv,good control yet intuitive,like nintendo wanted for the wii,and like apple tends to be.
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Control your TV with the power glove?!
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I wouldn't be surprised to see a handful of games be made available for it, but I doubt Apple is going to try and get into the clusterfuck between Nintendo, Sony and MS.
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*WHOOSH*
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Coming Soon = 3 years and a port
:P
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And every nintendo fanboy gets excited for the new zelda, it's only about a year after they come out they complain about them (recent ones like wind waker and TP)
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So what's your point? Everyone remember what love most.
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I don't know about you, but I'm mentally competent enough to remember Snake, Cloud, Master chief, Ryu, Sonic, Mario, Link, Eve, Ico, Gordan Freeman, Crash, Spyro, Andrew Ryan, Sirrus, Bond, Turok, Tommy Vercetti, Kane, Sub-zero, Pikachu, Kain, Sweet Tooth, Ratchet, Tidus, Kratos, the King of Cosmos, Sly, Daxter, KOS-MOS...
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The last "new" character that stuck with me was Spyro. Everything after has just been some generic fuck fest of inbred super soldiers and yet another chiselled, gruff, intense man on an island.
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