By Emma Boyle
Based on its recent console re-release trend, we’re starting to think that gaming is simply a front for Nintendo and that the company has been working on a shrink ray for the past few years. The name for the Wii must have been inspired by something, after all.
Now that we have the NES Classic Mini and the SNES Classic Mini, a trademark has appeared in Japan which suggests the next console being used to test the Nintendo Shrink Ray could be the original Game Boy.
According to Ninten-Switch.com, the trademark application that was tweeted out by a Japanese trademark bot was filed on September 15 and is for “the first Game Boy” , first released in 1989.
Precedent
It covers a variety of use cases including “home video game console” programs as well as “programs for smartphones,” “smartphone cases,” and “smartphone covers.” It also covers less software-learning use cases such as “key holders,” “necklaces,” and “watches.”
A trademark application this broad is, of course, no indication that Nintendo has any plans to release a Classic Mini Game Boy but it’s interesting timing given the recent release of the SNES Classic Mini.
To us, the natural progression would be to continue re-releasing …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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