01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 3.849.907 / 3.849.907
002. [NDS] Pokemon Black (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 2.604.240 / 2.604.240
003. [NDS] Pokemon White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 2.362.497 / 2.362.497
004. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 1.676.891 / 1.676.891
005. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} – 1.469.092 / 4.177.584
006. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Revelation (Square Enix) {2010.01.28} – 1.343.447 / 1.343.447
007. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) {2010.04.28} – 1.230.487 / 1.230.487
008. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) {2009.06.18} – 1.033.857 / 3.536.227
009. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) {2010.05.27} – 947.540 / 947.540
010. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) {2010.04.29} – 819.158 / 819.158
011. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {2010.10.21} – 803.453 / 803.453
012. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} – 785.222 / 2.205.816
013. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix) {2010.01.09} – 768.721 / 768.721
014. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} – 638.305 / 638.305
015. [PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco) {2010.02.04} – 634.645 / 634.645
016. [PS3] Yakuza 4 (Sega) {2010.03.18} – 577.199 / 577.199
017. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) {2010.11.25} – 563.378 / 563.378
018. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (Koei) {2010.03.25} – 549.316 / 549.316
019. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} – 540.859 / 3.109.566
020. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom) {2010.08.26} – 517.139 / 517.139
I only include the images that actually made sense and didn’t just have a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo in them. You can check out all the images here if you’re one of those “intellectual” types. 😛
Enjoy!
If you’re a patient reader, check out the full PDF here. If you’d rather just get the bulletpoints, here’s what I gather from it:
– ‘Parent’ device and ‘Child’ devices
– ‘Child’ device connects to ‘Parent’ devices to stream data/games
– ‘Child’ device can communicate with multiple ‘Parent’ devices, receive identification date
– A sort of “GBA+Gamecube” without the cords
– ‘Child’ device houses game cartridge, can be detached from ‘Parent’ device
– ‘Child’ device can send requests to ‘Parent’ devices for data transfers
– Multiple ‘Child’ devices meant to be used at the same time in constant communication
– Has a sort of ‘Download Play’ option
– Uses Bluetooth for communication
– Mario Kart and F-Zero are mentioned multiple times throughout the patent
– Uses very confusing language, such as ‘thereby’, ‘wherein’, etc (ie, ‘patent speak’ that makes it real hard to read)
Okay, maybe I sort of just added that last one for kicks. The point here is that we’ve essentially confirmed a lot of the speculation that a 3DS-like device would be used to control Café, and can break off from being just a controller to play games on its own. Note that I got kind of bored reading all of that confusing patent-speak, so if you go through and read it yourself, post any info I missed here!
Of course, take all patents with a grain of salt- just because Nintendo patented it, doesn’t mean it’ll for sure happen! We’ll find out all the details at E3…
Junior Mystery Quest (DS) – E
ATV Xtreme World Challenge (DS) – E
PINBALL Hall of Fame – The Williams Collection 3D (3DS) – E10+
Rival Turf! (Wii) – E10+
Mahjong Cub3D (3DS) – E
Extreme Hangman 2 (DSi) – E10+
Wipeout 2 (DS) – E
Cave Story 3D (3DS) – E10+
Gunslingers (Wii) – T
Sudoku Premier Edition (3DS) – E
Disney Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (DS) – E
Jewel Time Deluxe (DS) – E
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets 2 (DS) – E
Thanks to Rafa L for the tip!
This information comes from Satoru Iwata…
“It became difficult for developers to surprise customers with the current Wii.”
Surprises have always been a big deal for Nintendo. This makes me wonder what surprises they have in store for Project Cafe.
There’s one thing we know about Project Cafe’s release date for sure: it won’t be released in the early part of 2012. Satoru Iwata confirmed that Nintendo will not release Project Cafe until after April of next year. Some rumors have said that the console could ship in mid-October, though the company may very well wait until November. Then again, perhaps Nintendo will surprise everyone and launch the system in the summer.
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Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
