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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Patents Button-Customizable Handheld
« on: May 08, 2014, 03:42:32 PM »
I'm surprised nobody knows about this.
Around the time of the 3DS' release, ONM in the UK conducted an interview with Miyamoto. He stated, when talking about the circle pad and D pad, that it was so difficult for Nintendo to decide which should be higher or lower on the unit that they resorted to make removable pieces for each so they could be easily swapped. He said they even considered releasing the unit with this configuration!
This patent seems to cover this idea while also serving as an extension to it. Perhaps it's just a renewal? Or an update to an older one?
Around the time of the 3DS' release, ONM in the UK conducted an interview with Miyamoto. He stated, when talking about the circle pad and D pad, that it was so difficult for Nintendo to decide which should be higher or lower on the unit that they resorted to make removable pieces for each so they could be easily swapped. He said they even considered releasing the unit with this configuration!
This patent seems to cover this idea while also serving as an extension to it. Perhaps it's just a renewal? Or an update to an older one?