I'm pretty sure similar things have already been done and it also seems like a silly idea. It's also a patent, it pretty much means nothing until an actual product is shown, otherwise we'd have five threads a month about these weird ideas that usually never come to be. The reason why this patent might gain more traction from a news point of view is because Nintendo have two new consoles out or coming soon, people are going to take every rumour, patent or random phrase and try to use them to define what the future of these new consoles will be.
Nintendo should make a Pokemon game with a similar structure except without the whole 'single player online' thing, that parts stupid.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
