When this first showed up on the radar I wasn’t sure if it was real or not. After being force fed the truth that it does indeed exist (as a patent), I had visions of Nintendo’s E3 conference and the Vitality Sensor flash across my brain. Face in palm.
But then, something clicked, and now I can see the potential in this. The Wiimote slides into a pocket in the inflatable seat, where it is free to detect all sorts of bounces and tilts. Another Wiimote or the Nunchuk can then be used as reigns or a sword. Nintendo describes using it to simulate riding everything from “bulls, camels, elephants, burros, dolphins, whales” as well as the more awesome “dragons, griffons, unicorns, [and] giant eagles”. That’s right, Nintendo listed griffons in the patent. More pictures after the break.
