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Nintendo Patents Online Console Gaming

Posted by michael on Friday August 20, 2004 @02:21AM from the mario-will-save-us dept.

MagicDude writes "Nintendo has patented key console online gaming features. Specifically, it has received patents on things such as player league tables, voice communications and online gaming host services. While the article doesn't address how Nintendo will use these patents, it makes you wonder if this is the first step for Nintendo to become a major player in the online gaming market."

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By November? by StevenHenderson · 2004-08-20 02:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Hopefully they will use some of these patents to bring Metroid Prime 2 online in November. 4-player online deathmatch would be the only thing that could make me look forward to the game any more than I already am.