Topic: The Ique is coming to America!

[AdvancedGamer]

You may say I have no proof but Does the U.S. Patent Office lie?

[AdvancedGamer]

Come on Guys this is BIG news. This is the "new and exciting product." Are the forums really this dead?

[The Omen]

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A method of securely operating a video game system having a game processing system for executing a video game program and for accessing the Internet, said video game system including a mass storage device, comprising the steps of: requesting by a user a video game to be downloaded for storage on said mass storage device; transmitting an encrypted game request to a server which uniquely identifies said mass storage device, said request being generated by a mass storage device controller associated with said mass storage device; and downloading said game program in ecrypted form via the Internet to the video game system so as to define the areas of said mass storage device that said game program has permission to access; and writing said downloaded game program to said mass storage device.

Now that sounds like downloadable games to me!

[mouse_clicker]

You're right, this is some huge news. I was beginning to envy China getting the Ique while the rest of the world didn't. Great find, Advanced, seriously- I would never have expected to check the patent office.

[The Omen]

But isnt the Ique some kind of machine where you can only save the game on a card until you get a new one?

[Pikkcuber]

so explain this Ique to me again, you buy it and it has games already programmed on it such as favorites from the nes and snes greats.  If thats it its gonna be great just make sure the final fantasy series isnt left out.

[Bill Aurion]

You can also purchase separate cards(aka whole games) so you don't have to delete your first one...

Now I'm glad I didn't purchase the Chinese one...

[manunited4eva22]

Basically that is it.  China is notorious for pirating, so nintendo basially put a n64 emulator in a controller, which can get some kind of media attachment and super cheap games (under 10 dollars).  The chinese can download the games from certain booths for a few dollars. Looks like they are going to do this off the internet instead of booths.

[The Omen]

I'm pretty sure you have to pay money, albeit a small amount to have the game downloaded to your SD card or something along those lines.  

So the Harddrive is for real as well.  Maybe even classic games online...yes!

RC pro am...online...woo hoo!

[joshnickerson]

Hmmm... this is either very good... or very bad...

[Berny]

This is....unexpected. How far is this Ique gonna dig into our wallets I wonder? This sounds like fun.

[Djunknown]

*Sniff sniff*.... You smell that ?

That's the sweet smell of the cables being used to get Nintendo gamers online at last!

It appears they've omitted a diagram of this potential bombshell.  Guess they knew someone would be looking online,  if you know what I mean. Oh well.  Guess we'll have to wait for confirmation from NOA themselves when the time comes.

EDIT: If your scroll down to the end, they have a images link, but I lack the proper plugin. Didn't think they still use .Tiff files...

[The Omen]

It looks like a N64 .  By the way, this was filed May 15th, 2002.  I dont know about this....

[mouse_clicker]

It's possible NOA was just securing the patent to the Ique in America should they decide to release it. Still, though, that would appear to be a very early patent for a product that was just released.

[Chongman]

thats total BS!!

I refuse to believe that Nintendo's exciting new product is the damn Ique.

Now dont get me wrong, its great that its coming to America, but the Ique CANT be the new product simply because it is not new!!

Really, I refuse to believe it. To me, it would be such a let down. Its a cool gimmick and probably will get some popularity, but it is in no way revolutionary nor is it "new". I know reasons why it cant be the new product have been stated before.

I dont believe its the Ique.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Dare I say, MEGAT0N!

[Berny]

Oh, and about this being Iwata's SHHHH! TOP SECRET!!!! project, according to IGN (I know, consider the source :/) this is not it. They are saying that Iwata said in an interview that it is something unlike the GCN and GBA. He said it will "enable fun and movement not seen before". I wonder what it could be?  

[seven_chaos]

I think the keyword in what Iwata said is MOVEMENT.  The only other Nintendo non-main system to ever grace our hands is the Virtual Boy.  That word movement really makes me believe that this new product is a new kind of Virtual Boy!  If not a VB, then some kind of new Virtual Reality game unit.  I hope this be true.

[Ian Sane]

"I think the keyword in what Iwata said is MOVEMENT."

So it's another power glove!  I love the power glove.  It's SO bad.

[The Omen]

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Really, I refuse to believe it. To me, it would be such a let down. Its a cool gimmick and probably will get some popularity, but it is in no way revolutionary nor is it "new". I know reasons why it cant be the new product have been stated before.

Maybe you should read the patent, or some of the highlights like 'internet', 'harddrive' and 'downloadable games'.  Whats not to like?

[Majexto]

http://www.majexto.com/nintendo/

There are some screen shots of the 41 pictures that were capable of being seen on the website which no one has posted yet.  This item is not the N64, it even mentions the N64 being one of the first 3d capable items being developed at a low cost.  Also on a note if you look at one of the schematic pictures it contains a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.  Interesting, yet on another picture it shows a game system.  I have a feeling the more computer looking diagram was to show as an example of a computer.  oh well I dont know what im talking about just thought id upload some of the pictures and stats of the "system".

Also I dont know if I got a pic of this but here is a little info.

Inventors -
Vinal Parihk
Robert Moore
Howard Cheng

Address -
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
8th Floor
1100 North Globe Road
Arlington VA 22201-4714


Enjoyyyyyyyy

Also one other thought, You guys are thinking in the wrong direction.  Remember how nintendo announced not a next generation console but a new innovative console to be released late 2004, bingo.  There is a lot of internal main memory device or some stuff in there, plus online capabilities etc etc.  Guessing a console where you can download games via broadband.  Simple as that.  I keep adding stuff lol.
 

[S-U-P-E-R]

Two and two together?

[KDR_11k]

That patent could have been filed to prevent patent stealing (US law allows you to patent things that have been invented by someone else in another country and sue them for infringing your patent).
This motion thing doesn't have to be built into a controller or helmet, how about, say, a belt with a motion detector?

[DrZoidberg]

just because it's patented doesn't mean it's going to be constructed right, possibly they are just ensuring they hold the rights to the name out here should they decide to release it, having said that should it come to australia i wouldn't mind (legally) downloading chronotrigger (if it's available) ^_______________^

edit: turns out i didn't check page two, and lo! kdr posted teh same thing great minds think alike and fools seldom differ ^_^

[Chongman]

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Maybe you should read the patent, or some of the highlights like 'internet', 'harddrive' and 'downloadable games'. Whats not to like?

its not that i wouldn't enjoy something like that, but frankly I expect miracles from nintendo. And internet, a hardrive, and downloadable games sound awesome, i'd be more excited if this was a new feature for say, the grba, then for the ique....i just...dont like the ique :-P  It just doesn't seem radical enough for my taste