Patent indicates Wii U controller to have built-in memory and more

Based on a patent filed earlier this month, the Wii U controller will contain a magnetometer, an IR port, a speaker, a microphone, and ion battery, and built-in flash memory.

Some of this we were already aware of, and some of this isn’t too surprising – such as the inclusion of flash memory. Wii owners may remember that the Wii controller also featured a bit of memory to carry data such as Mii information.

As far as the magnetometer goes, I’m not quite sure if that’s even worth making a big deal out of yet. I can’t say I know much about the technology, though it’s apparently included in other devices such as the iPhone.

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