These patents were filed a long time ago, but they all just showed up on the US Patent site on the 17th, Tuesday:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...0&Query=
isd/5/17/2005+and+nintendo
&d=ptxt
1, 2, 4, and 5 were submitted by Nintendo.
3 was submitted by Immersion Co., but had to have come up relating to Nintendo because 'Nintendo' was in the search...
...that patent sites these references, some of which sound VERY interesting:
"Force-Feedback Cursor Control,"
"Commercially Viable Force Feedback Controller for Individuals w/Neuromotor Disabilities,"
"Evaluation of a Force Feedback (Haptic) Computer pointing Device in Zero Gravity,"
"Implementation of Stiff Virtual Walls in Force-Reflecting Interfaces,"
"Perceptual Design of a Virtual Rigid Surface Contact,"
"The use of force feedback to enhance graphical user interfaces,"
"Application Areas for a Force-Feedback Joystick,"