Nintendo Wii Phone Rumor: Pure Unicorn Fantasy,but what a Photochop

T3 found a patent for a Nintendo gaming phone. Could it be a voip channel on the Wii using the Wiimote as a handset? Maybe. I'm not getting my feathers riled up on this one, though. What is getting me randy is that photochop job on the left, based on the patent art. Me likey! -Brian Lam

Here is the patent info:

Patent Watch: Nintendo Gaming Phone Found!

Forget Bejeweled or BrickBreaker, in 2001 Nintendo knew what was up with mobile gaming because they filed a patent for a gaming phone. Oddly enough, the patent was not issued until June 27, 2006, over four-and-a-half years later. I highly doubt Nintendo is planning on pursuing a phone like this, especially given that the patent is that old and their extreme success with all forms of the Gameboy and DS portable devices, but it is still neat to see unique gems like this one. Maybe Apple should team up with Nintendo to make the WiiPhone. I can already see the Nintendo and Apple fanboys coming together to form an ultimate fanboy capable of crushing everything Sony or Microsoft related. -Travis Hudson

If you care to see the actual patent summary goHERE!

here's the link also: http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT7...44&num=100

This story is old. Isnt it? But I like the Wiimote/phone edit.

Yeah I saw this picture a long time before even Wii's release. it would be cool though

Yea it is from last year I think. I never saw it. And I couldn't find it anywhere posted here. So I figured I would share. No big deal, if its old news one of the mods can just delete this thread.

Never saw it before but its kinda cool.

very cool i wish they were real

I hope the speaker is better than the one in the Wiimote...

Anyway, its a cool idea, but you can see that the drawing is a bit dated. It's like apple, they get new patents all the time, but don't always use them. It's what they think they might be able to make a patent from and make a good product, not what they're planning on making.

lol how fake

They would have said something at E3.

No.

lol

No...

just... NO....

Ok fine....

yucky

nice find though

Even if this was real I wouldnt buy it. Whats up with all the spam? Is it going to cause for a lock?

Yeah, leave FF alone, he's a good new poster guys, so don't scare him off. Keep it up Frog!

what's with all the f'in frogs around here!?

and if by spam you mean the one word replies, then yes, i thought about it, but instead i'll just say this:
stop the one word replies. please. we've been over it before. it's basically spam. please elaborate on your thoughts when posting

if by spam you mean posting this when [i think] it's old, eh. i don't remember seeing much on it before. seeing the actual patent is kinda cool

I meant it as to the one word posts. As for the Wii phone I havent seen it before so its new to me.

The logical reply to this would simply be, "No," the very one-word reply you're discouraging. You really shouldn't open yourself up to that.

As far as the phone is concerned, there's just no need for it.

I really hope that we DON'T see something like this. Screen is way to small (gameboy micro anyone) anyways.