March 10, 2025
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Nintendo Has Renewed Some Trademarks

Image: Nintendo Life As Nintendo gears up for its big Switch 2 Direct broadcast in April, it’s still got plenty of other things as well as its day-to-day operations going on behind the scenes. With this in mind, some trademark renewals have surfaced in Japan including the famous ‘Seal of Quality‘. The trademarks for these

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Avowed’s Inventory System Is Amazing (And More Gaming Takes)

Image: BioWare / Epic / Kotaku Sometimes I think back on the arrival of Achievements, when suddenly every minuscule or major accomplishment in an Xbox 360 game earned you a little congratulatory chime and persistent points to fuel your bragging rights. We didn’t know it then, but it now seems that was a harbinger for

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Nintendo’s Palworld Lawsuit Might Go International As New Patents Land U.S. Approval

Image: Pocketpair We have been following Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit for the best part of six months now, and while we have grown to have a better understanding of the particular patents involved, all of the infringement claims have been tied to Japan. However, in recent months, it seems that Nintendo has been preparing to bring

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Nintendo Switch 2 patent reveals secret feature to play it upside down

The Joy-Cons might be flippable (Nintendo) A Switch 2 patent appears to have confirmed a handy new feature for the console, which adds even more flexibility. The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the console, including its technical specifications, price, and launch date. Nintendo teased

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Digital Foundry Digs Into Switch 2’s 4K Upscaling Potential As Patents Inspire More Speculation

So far, so DLSS. But Digital Foundry explains that the Nintendo patent promises more than Nvidia’s alternative, with references to upscaling via the cloud, single-image upscaling and more. A key difference, Battaglia flags, is how the patent suggests it would be able to switch out DLSS upscaling models in real-time, so even more strenuous sequences

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