Weird Nintendo Controller Patent Leaked?

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CaptainExplosion said:

Leynos said:

It's patent. Remember the Oval device before Switch was revealed? Nothing came of that either. Patents don't mean much other than they had an idea and made a patent to secure it in case they want to use it. Don't give it much more thought than that.

True, but what if this time it's not gonna be abandoned like the ovular device before the Switch? We may want to listen for anything new that comes from this.

The oval controller was actually a fake mock-up scam prior to the Switch launch.
https://www.polygon.com/2016/3/25/11303690/nintendo-nx-controller-hoax

Patents are "ideas" that are protected under intellectual property laws, they are NOT products... And it would be nice to see this community move on from propagating each and every single rumor, which many people end up believing as fact.