Aiming to “better mini-maps”.
Nintendo is always experimenting with ideas and patents are a very important part of this process. Sometimes it’ll file something to do with hardware and other times it’s more focused on gameplay experiences.
On this occasion, it’s about the gameplay side of things – with the latest filing apparently focused on improving mini-maps. The gist of it according to Axios’ Stephen Totilo is that it’s about making “better mini-maps” for series like Splatoon.
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