Analyze Ninendo Patents for Revolution:

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nintendo adds to their "Haptic feedback" patent, i still believe this to be the revolution controller: all they say is now with force feedback touchpads will now be directionally sensitive:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...do&RS=nintendo

These sensations allow for a much greater variety of sensations in these types of haptic devices, allowing the experience of playing a game or interacting with other types of computer applications to be more fulfilling for the user.

here is another one that is quite interesting, poker online between countries with built in translator? (obviously for DS):

A computerized wagering gaming system and method is disclosed. The system includes a universal computerized game system operable to control a computerized wagering game, including a controller interface and a universal controller for processing an operating system instructions. The system includes game system devices and a game translator system for translating game events between the game system devices and the universal game control system. The controller interface operates as an interface between the universal controller and the game translator system. a selection from among a number of games such as is provided on multi-game video programs or on video wagering games in casinos

Nintendo files more patents relating to their Nintendonline service


http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...do&RS=nintendo

The present invention relates to computer graphics, and more particularly to interactive graphics systems such as home video game platforms. Still more particularly this invention relates to synchronization between a graphics pipeline and a graphics command producer using variable content synchronization tokens.

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Hype is defined by getting people's hopes up. You never know if Nintendo's stepping up technology, or doing something new. Either way, it's a blind they are willing to bet. They will either force people to learn something new and force third party support to stride the other way, or they will convince people to try their new gig and hop on the bandwagon.

We can't predict the tides of people's interests.