But, as Siliconera pointed out, it starts with "Pik," and that makes it not entirely impossible that this trademark is Pikmin-related. Maybe it suggests generating Pikmin environments out of photos! The possibility of a connection to the Pikmin game that Miyamoto confirmed is infinitely more exciting than some random thing nobody knows about.
[Minor update: changed a weird joke to something less weird.]
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8-12-2008 @ 3:41PM
Shogan said...
Making Pikmin landscapes from photos sounds entirely too awesome to be something Nintendo would do this generation.
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8-12-2008 @ 4:06PM
coast19 said...
Awesome yes, this generation? Why not, it would be a great feature to have on the Wii version of Pikmin.
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8-12-2008 @ 5:35PM
Shogan said...
Just saying that so far, software innovation hasn't been all that great. It would be neat though, and I do love Pikmin.
8-12-2008 @ 4:50PM
Leland said...
Perhaps it could be an extra unlockable feature where you can snap photos of gameplay and send to friends via WiFi. However, as fun as it can be to capture the shenanigans you're up to mid-game (I did enjoy it in Metroid Prime 3)...I'd rather this mysterious "Piktura" be something cooler.
Either way, I'd just be happy for it to be related to Pikmin at all!
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8-12-2008 @ 5:11PM
player54 said...
It can be a new generation of pikmin or it can be the world pikmin live on, just throwing out some ideas.
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8-12-2008 @ 6:22PM
Bones3D said...
You wouldn't be suggesting a LittleBigPlanet-like title using Pikmin, would you? (Not that this wouldn't be insanely cool on several levels...)
With enough creative thinking, Pikmin does offer some interesting possibilities on the Wii.
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8-12-2008 @ 8:29PM
Mr Khan said...
For them to trademark it, it would have to be more significant than simple screenshot-taking
However, the "make pictures into Pikmin gardens" is a ludicrous idea, as the technology really isn't there. The Picture-puzzle thing is a standard function on the photo channel, and it would be the stupidest thing since Ping Pals to expect people to pay for a function that's already free on the console
Honestly, i can't see it, but if it were for the new Pikmin game, it would be an integral part of it for them to trademark it
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8-12-2008 @ 9:43PM
Shaq-Fu said...
Pik could also be Pikachu, so it could be a Pokemon Snap! sequel
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8-12-2008 @ 10:22PM
ZombiePikmin said...
Im sad now i saw the picture and thought this was gonna be relevant to Pikmin, but thank you once again NintendoWiiFanboy staff for reporting anything that may concern our video game playing
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8-13-2008 @ 12:51AM
Frankie23 said...
"...to a WiiWare game that makes jigsaw puzzles out of pictures on an SD card..."
You do realize that the Photo Channel pretty much already does this, right?
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8-13-2008 @ 2:30AM
JC Fletcher said...
I was trying to think of the least exciting thing possible.
8-13-2008 @ 12:26PM
Matisyahu Serious said...
jc - it was funny, and people who can read, not just recognize words, got it.
8-13-2008 @ 1:11PM
Frankie23 said...
@Matisyahu Serious - Just because you think it was funny, and I didn't, doesn't mean I can't read. Grow up and get over yourself. If JC had liked it that much, he wouldn't have removed it from the article.
8-13-2008 @ 3:07PM
Matisyahu Serious said...
i apologize frankie...you can indeed read, you just have trouble with comprehension.
are we cool?
8-13-2008 @ 7:35PM
zchry said...
You know what else starts with "Pik"?
Pikachu.
Yeah. Not cool.
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8-13-2008 @ 11:45PM
Zephiel said...
Pikachu resents that statement.
8-14-2008 @ 6:20PM
Abscissa said...
I can just see it now:
Nintendo will announce that the Pikmin game that Miyamoto mentioned was in development is this "Piktura"...And it will be a Pikmin-themed version of Pokemon Snap. Nintendo will insist that it should make the hardcore gamers happy and then becomes utterly perplexed at the resulting backlash.
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