The Nintendo odyssey

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Nintendo recently had filed a patent for its portable force feedback. The company also adding to the rumours that Nintendo is working on DS successor.

Last month the company made an amendment to a patent that was made in August 2005.

The amendment read: “A game apparatus includes an LCD and a touch panel placed on a top surface of the LCD. The player instructs an enemy character displayed on the LCD with the use of a stick to attack the enemy character. For example, in a case that the enemy character exists at a depth of a game screen, little damage is applied to the enemy character, and a weak vibration is applied to the game apparatus. Conversely, in a case that the enemy character exists at a front of the game screen, much damage is applied to the character, and a strong vibration is applied to the game apparatus. In either case, the vibrations are transmitted to the fingers or hands of the player via the stick.”

Earlier, in 2005, Nintendo added a “Rumble Pak” expansion to its original DS. This supported about forty games, but this is not compatible with the DSi.

The DS was launched originally in March 2005 in the UK. It then went on to become world’s best-selling portable console.

On the other hand the smaller DS Lite was came in June 2006 and in April 2009 was released the DSi.

From March 5, 2010 the DS Lite XL will go on sale.

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