This is merely another step in the progression toward:

Wii Siibian.

Eh, Nintendo patents tons of stuff that never sees market. Basically, if their designers go out, get drunk, then start babbling about a crazy idea, if they remember it the next day they'll patent it just in case.

Cue people assuming this will be for the next Zelda game (thus ensuring it'll be yet another uninspired Ocarina remake) in 3... 2... 1....

Zelda, perhaps?

Oh wow... just... wow....

Ah, one step closer to the Wii Japanese High School Girl Blowup Doll. Otherwise known as the Wii-Slutt.

Remember that dibacle of the vibrating HP nimbus 2000's?

@gasstank

Gah, don't say that because then they will patent it too and make more money than ever before thought selling the original and the 20 inevitable sequels.. Plus the 3rd party dating sim games will use it which might actually mean they will start selling them here too.. that's what I want to see at gamestop or something. A dedicated aisle to sex sim dating games... I will laugh till I cry watching all the clearly embarrassed moms of 13 year old boys begging them to get the new wii-slut game.

It's solid gold I tells you. No longer will the perverts and nerds of the world need to feel unloved and hopeless. And it's wireless so you can take her out to dinner and a movie.

It's the same idea with Milo and project Natal. Who needs real friends when you have your best friend at home that lives inside a magic box in your living room.

What if it were just a saddle you could hook the wiimote up to, and then saddle anything or anyone you wished?

Why not offer up your wii with TR stuff in some kind of uber-nerd-contest?

I will continue to keep my awesome Sega Dreamcast at my side until the day I die......or it dies.

where do you stick the wii-mote? I mean there are only so many places this pocket can be on a horse, just throwing that out there.

My blistered thumbs and my PS2 laugh at the stupidity of some people.

So Rob: Since you're pretty much done with it, can I have you Wii? You can come ride Thorse...

I have the lasso, sword, archery, and whip add-ons. But, if you use them wrong you might initiate bronco-mode.

U D U D U D L R L R U D L D U L R L R *CRASH!*

nntendo patening the horse thing for the wi just shows the video game contiuing their ulimate goal of making gamers get so they never ever move without requiring artfical support someday. though the patent for the horse may get turned down since already inflatable animales exist as swimming pool toys

I guess, in some sick way, how is this not similar to hopping on the fake racing bikes on Sega's HangOn in the arcade? Same concept, right? Just call me a Goober if I'm way off track here.

Looking stupid aside, I'd be deathly concerned the damn thing would break when used wrong/too hard/there's a crumb on the ground/etc. For something that'll most likely cost about the same as a wii-mote, I don't want that thing subject to the same manufacturing/shipping-induced defects and tears that plague every other inflatable thing ever made.

I have to admit this would be cool but the chubby nerds of the world will be quite unhappy when the weight limit comes out. Like wii fit. How am I supposed to get fit when my cheeto eatin ass can't stand on the board.

I'm with Geoff and darkmagician66699 on this one. On top of that, let's face it, not every type of game OR peripheral is going to be for everyone.

Frankly, following Nintendogs and some of those Ubisoft PETZ and Barbie's Horse Adventure-type games, I see this as a goldmine for, say, young girls who want a game about horses, including more to riding them than just watching a figure on a screen.

Young girls aside, it may even be marketed more toward kids. I bet if we had this in the days of the original He-man and we could ride Battle Cat, there are people who wouldn't hesitate. But pushing 30, the allure is admittedly lessened.

You'll only look silly if you allow yourself to look silly; no one is forcing anyone to buy every single thing they make. Granted, Nintendo has a certain quality where it can almost feel compelling to do so (and hey, Club Nintendo points), but if you don't want Wii Fit, don't buy Wii Fit, and if you don't want the horse thing (if they even make it), then don't buy it.

All that said, Epona from Zelda seems natural, though if this thing got me a Yoshi's Safari remake/sequel, I'd give it a shot, no question.

I suppose it's also worth noting that the picture used in the article probably helps further illustrate my point as to the potential and perhaps likely target audience for this. Kids play video games, too, you know. No one said Nintendo was trying to make *us* look like idiots.

Ah, video games... such serious business...

Dudes, dudettes...nobody is really thinking here!

OK, two words:

SPEEDER BIKE

yeah? yeah.

@ LBD "Nytetrayn":
It's kinda like Fisher Prices bike for kids that gets hooked up to your TV and they play the video game.

@ Steve Harrison:
That would be soooo awesome! The cool sensation of trees and ferns whisking by you at ungodly speeds all while trying not to get shot down or lose your head from a low lying branch.

Like when you bite into a York peppermint patty. Ya know?

Replace the bouncy horses with some of those Tachikoma prototypes from the other day, VR helmets and a good mech game and I'm IN!

Chocobo!

darkmagician66699: That works.

I'm not even sure there's evidence this sort of thing would support a full-grown adult.

This is the exact reason I will never by a Wii. I had the motion control and stupid pointless gimmicky stuff like this. I look at the backs of some Wii games and it looks like someone just threw a few crappy minigames onto a disk and is selling is for $30-40 or how ever much they charge. There is not a lot of quality looking games that I've seen. Wii is ok when I play a demo in a store, but I can't see playing it a lot.

It's gonna be used to play Quidditch. I just know it is.

OK, I would just bet that if this does come out, you will ABSOLUTELY be riding on an inflatable saddle. I'd just bet.

Wow! Errr... that would definitely make you look stupid. I'm planning to buy Wii Fit plus to loose some weight I achieved from playing online games like WoW and Aion online but there's no way I'm ever going to buy that.