Patent US7762893: Difference between revisions

"'''US7762893'''" (also published as EP1716897A2, EP1716897A3, US20060252531) was a design concept for a touch-based strategy game highly resembling the ''[[Pikmin series|Pikmin]]'' series on a device that bears a remarkable resemblance to the [[nwiki:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]]. <ref>[http://kyoto-report.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/release-dates.html The Kyoto Report: Prototype Database]</ref> It was filed as a patent in January 2006 by Yuji Kando and Yutaka Hirameki<ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/7762893 United States Patent: 7762893 - United States Patent and Trademark Office]</ref>, who respectively are the main programmers and level designers for ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 2]]''.

According to the patent, gameplay would involve players controlling [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]-like characters with a "pointing device", with the objective being to guide these units to other objects so that they can interact in certain ways. <ref>[http://uk.gamespot.com/features/patented-game-mechanics-that-might-surprise-you-6369027/?page=11 Patented Game Mechanics That Might Surprise You, Page 11 - GameSpot.com]</ref>