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That said, I'm not going to sit on an inflatable fucking saddle. Do you hear me, Nintendo? I'm just not. From Digital Spy:
Nintendo has filed a European patent application for an inflatable horseback riding-style saddle controller for the Wii, reports Siliconera.
According to technical specifications detailed with the application, the seat works by placing the Wii Remote in a dedicated pocket to sense movement via accelerometers. Gamers then hold the nunchuck up with a raised hand to simulate "bronco riding, a lasso, a sword or other weapon".
If approved, the seat would be made from inflatable material similar to "conventional inflatable exercise balls", with the advantage of being "compact to ship and store".
Nintendo said: "The Wii main unit can display the back of a horse's head and background of a trail, a field, a battlefield or other environment the virtual horse is being ridden through. The image may change in response to detected motion of the user."
Along with horses, the device can also control "bulls, camels, elephants, burros, dolphins, whales", as well as fictional creatures such as "dragons, griffons, unicorns, giant eagles".
It can further be used for simulating various vehicles such as "hang gliders or other aircraft, a magic carpet, a motorcycle, a jet-ski, a land or sea exploration vehicles".
That all sounds pretty fun, actually, if I weren't going to have to sit on an blow-up toy to do so. I've drawn the line at how stupid I'm willing to look while playing videogames, and sitting on inflatable saddles is past it. Way, way past it. Thanks to Snoodle for the tip.
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