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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:55AM (Unverified) said

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They've said multiple times that they are working on Zelda. What is with this 'WHAT ABOUT MEEEEEE!!!' crap I've been hearing about recently? Stop whining when they file something as simple as a patent.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:45PM Mr Khan said

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Because they need something to whine about. They'll whine about the lack of Zelda titles until they reveal the Zelda title, then they'll find something to bitch about in the Zelda title.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 1:38PM Danthok said

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Never!
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 2:43PM EDay said

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@ChromeAlchemist : Uhh...sounding out words is exactly how you tell if something is spelled wrong. And sounding out words is how you learn to say new ones.

Phonetics is great. If you had been taught using the whole word method, you'd be lost when it comes to trying to say a new word you never saw before.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:09AM TreyIM2 said

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I pretty much fell out of my own seat laughing at this one but what do I know? I didn't think the Wii would do that well but guess what? Lol?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:11AM baby sea tuna said

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Jesus fuck, enough with the peripherals already!

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:11AM CaptainProtonX said

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Are we sure that controller port is connected to the cushion?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 9:39PM Baalzak said

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"Nintendo patents Wii-mote catheter attachment - you know, for... ah hell, we give up."
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:16AM Nexas said

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This isn't all that surprising. Aren't jockey sims big in Japan?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:19AM Omega Aero said

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Next Zelda game confirmed for terrible horseriding

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:45PM baby sea tuna said

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Eh, it can't be any worse than the bow & arrow in the first one.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:21AM oOWallaceOo said

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Riding Yoshi Minigame in Galaxy 2 confirmed ?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:21AM mrmobius said

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How would they sell this if they released it?

I'm confused:

1) Is Nintendo releasing this for the casual market as a haemorrhoid cushion?

or

2) Is Nintendo releasing this for the casual posh market as a polo and dressage simulator.

3) Is Nintendo releasing this for a hardcore market (not hardcore gamer market) as a sex simulator? Wii Fit XXX?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:25AM RobS the 3rd said

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I think they are never seriously releasing this, they just filed a patent for it. Companies like Nintendo file hundreds of patents for stuff, most of which they never use. I bet Sony and Micorsoft have a few patents for stuff just as ridiculous.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:28AM KaBob799 said

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Yeah I doubt we will ever see it. Patents like this are just so companies can claim they came up with something first, which works best with weird stuff like this.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:28AM mrmobius said

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I'm aware that they will patent anything that has the slightest hint of being useful and unique, but I'm hypothesising. Doesn't seem any crazier than the vitality sensor.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 6:21PM krash411 said

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YES! I knew that picture was somehow pornographic! Pornographwii!! Or Wii Sports a woody? How about ninten do me?
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:22AM Mabui said

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Nightmares.. so many nightmares.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:13PM benheck said

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I tried to warn people YEARS ago that the Wii's popularity would be a bad thing in the end, but nobody listened!

It's gonna suck for MS and Sony... spending so much time on their own waggle junk and by time it comes out the fad will be over.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:49PM Mr Khan said

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lol. You keep thinking it's a fad.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:29AM KungfuSheep said

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wearing all-in-one 'jammies'? haha, my apologies!

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:48AM jhowlett said

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another way to play with your butt, wii fit being the other.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:56AM Chibi Chaingun said

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Soon Nintendo will just sell a new console that plays Mario Pong and then they will offer 50 different kinds of controllers to alter the gaming experience each strapping on to a different part of your body.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:59AM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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Oh for fucks sake Nintendo...

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:07AM koehler83 said

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I'd like to see them manage a 300lbs weight limit with this Next-Gen Whoopie Cushion.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:15AM User Formerly Known as Dave said

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What Wii fan doesn't like horsies?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:42AM ceetheman said

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It's for a new title :

Chaps! The ass-rider!

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 7:17PM Brendan H said

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Ironically, that title chaps my ass.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:48AM (Unverified) said

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WTF

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:55AM RyanS said

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This is the start of the end of a species.

Wives everywhere will stop jumping on their husband's controllers.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:57AM RyanS said

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Really that should be women, dont need to be a wife to be a mum. Dont need to be a husband to be a dad.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:11PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, even Nintendo isn't stupid enough to release a peripheral that has such a limited amount of uses....

Oh wait.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:31PM rexkwondochamp said

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Looks like he's about to stick his finger up the horses ass. Maybe that's where the vitality sensor comes in.....?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:31PM Nigeria said

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This seems like the evolution of Super Hang-On or Manx TT cabinets. Maybe evolution isn't the right word, but I wouldn't dismiss this 'cushion' as outright absurd or some sort of sacrilege on gaming, or something.

I'm expecting that horse to revel himself as Horstachio for some reason.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:40PM Bentzero said

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How long before we have the AO game that simulates a different kind of riding?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 2:16PM (Unverified) said

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Why dont you just sit on the balance board?

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:52PM Mr Khan said

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I give this one a big 'ol wtf too. I mean, they always say that they're always experimenting with new control schemes, but you never quite grasp just how out there their R&D department is

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 3:53PM beatmonkey said

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Out there? Okay, so they're led by a man who made his name by creating an italian plumber who gets his rage-on eating mushrooms and rides dragons...

Oh wait...
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:54PM Shagittarius said

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Whoopii Cushon Resort

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 1:54PM Xylon Uxkid said

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My god...What gaming has become.

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 3:49PM beatmonkey said

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It comes bundled with a copy of 'Mario Shark Jumping'

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 3:58PM beatmonkey said

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I hope that this is compatible with the vitality sensors so that the ambulance gets called automatically when grandpa gets owned by level 8-3...

blip... blip... blipblipblipblipblip..... blip.... bnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

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NEEEEEEE NAAAAAA NEEEEE NAAAAAAA!

Posted: Aug 13th 2009 11:06AM (Unverified) said

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Looks like Mxyzptlk has fallen on hard times since Superfriends went off the air. At least Nintendo's keeping him gainfully employed posing for patent applications. Get on the ball, Nintendo! If you've got Mxyzptlk on your payroll, can't you at least magic up something like, DS-to-Wii connectivity, or playing games online without friend codes?

Posted: Aug 12th 2009 4:26AM (Unverified) said

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if this becomes true then WE MUST HAVE A NEW VERSION OF TOOBIN

Posted: Aug 12th 2009 4:44AM (Unverified) said

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Actually, after some thinking, this could be the ultimate killer app for the market segment of 2-9 year olds.
It could be bigger than motion plus.

Posted: Aug 12th 2009 10:27AM MeAndTheFanboy said

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I spent all day yesterday trying to think of some...ANY way to defend this.

I honestly can't.

Fuck you, Nintendo.

Posted: Aug 12th 2009 6:25PM (Unverified) said

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I want to see the instruction booklet on this one.



1.- Blow it
2.- Insert Wii
3.- Ride it!!

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