Touch! Monsters in Miyamoto's patented RPG design

Shigeru Miyamoto still thinks about games that aren't about exercise, as evidenced by this patent for an unused DS RPG discovered by Siliconera. The concept is simple, but sounds like a lot of fun: it's your basic RPG with random battles, but the combat is all touch-controlled.

In this patented game design, monsters move around on the screen, and you poke them with the stylus to cause damage. Jab a weak point for massive damage (of course), and less damage results from missing or hitting more armored areas.

There's only one aspect of this design that confuses us: why it isn't a game yet. We'd love to see Miyamoto's take on the classic turn-based RPG.