Nintendo lands 'remotely controlled mobile device control' patent

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/wiimoterobot.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/09/nintendo-remotely-controlled-mobile-device-control-patent/)You know those goofy tennis racket peripherals (http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/05/wii-sports-pack-offers-trio-of-wiimote-extensions/) that allow for Wiimote insertion? Or, perhaps more sensibly, those Guitar Hero axes that wouldn't function without a Wiimote planted at the heart (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/wiis-guitar-hero-iii-les-paul-unearthed/)? Looks as if Nintendo's going to do us all one better. Based on a rambling new patent granted to the Big N this week, the company now holds the power to concoct a "remotely controlled mobile device control system." Distilled down, the verbiage describes a Wiimote-type controller being embedded within a "remote controlled toy," which would then be (unsurprisingly) used in conjunction with a game console. Essentially, this opens the door for Honda to develop a new variant of ASIMO (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ASIMO/) that takes commands via an embedded Wii controller... or, for a Wii-infused robot to turn on its owner and commit unspeakable crimes (http://www.engadget.com/tag/robotapocalypse/) against humanity. But hey, it'll probably be pretty cute.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/09/nintendo-remotely-controlled-mobile-device-control-patent/