Nintendo has filed a patent for a Passive Walking Device

We’ve seen all sorts of Nintendo patents over the years. Most are generally tied to gaming, as you would expect, but the latest one truly comes out of left field.

A Nintendo patent filed for a “Passive Walking Device and Passive Walking Module” was published today. As far as we can tell, there isn’t a ton going on in the filing aside from a device that is capable of walking on its own, sort of like the video below.

Nintendo also uses these drawings, which are background art from a different patent:

So that’s an… interesting and sort of unexpected patent from Nintendo. It’s important to keep in mind that this isn’t necessarily something that will ever be used or reach consumers. Nintendo could just be patenting the idea for some unknown reason. You can read more about the patent here.