Comments on: Nintendo patents in-game assistance idea

By: illegal Hugs

illegal Hugs — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:45:12 +0000

Didn’t that already happen in Prince of Persia and Dead Space? This patent is already meritless.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:54:49 +0000

As in obscure and vague?

By: Truk

Truk — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:44:16 +0000

Don’t patents have to be non-obvious or something?

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:40:14 +0000

I’m fairly certain I’ve seen prior art on this… not that it will ever stop the patent office.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:29:28 +0000

Not to mention that extremely stilted (and boring) boss fight. Talk about rinse repeat.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:28:52 +0000

I would have loved to just tell Baird and the other fat fucks in Gears of War 2 to drive their own boring tank up their own boring mountain and shoot their own boring cannon at boring enemies that sapwn at the same boring places over and over again andthen give me a call once there is a fun shootout.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:14:18 +0000

Seems like a good idea to me. I get stuck in loads of games. If I could choose to skip sections then I’d get a lot more out of many games. Just like I can skip a boring passage in a book or film.

What I don’t like is when stuff like this is patented.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:45 +0000

If games get any easier they may as well just play themselves.