Game and Watch Handheld Trivia - Printable Version +- VGFacts (https://archive.vgfacts.com) +-- Forum: Main (https://archive.vgfacts.com/forum-1.html) +--- Forum: Trivia Discussion (https://archive.vgfacts.com/forum-17.html) +---- Forum: Trivia Evidence (https://archive.vgfacts.com/forum-16.html) +---- Thread: Game and Watch Handheld Trivia (/thread-1774.html)

Game and Watch Handheld Trivia - Pogue-Mahone - 07-06-2014 These two revolve around the Donkey Kong Game and Watch Handheld. 1. The Donkey Kong Game and Watch handheld was the first Nintendo product to feature the Directional Pad. Not the first system EVER to feature a D-Pad, but the first time Nintendo used their own Directional Pad on a Nintendo Product. They actually have a patent for their D-Pad. Patent US4687200 A - Multi Directional Switch: http://www.google.com/patents/US4687200 Question for Mods: Would Nintendo having a patent on their D-Pad be worth a submission to the site? 2. Nintendo Game Designer Makoto Kano used makeup compacts to help develop the hinge design for the Game and Watch Handhelds. Izushi: We made it folding because it was important that players could play it anywhere. Kano: I went to buy compacts for reference. Iwata: Compacts? Like for makeup? Kano: Yeah. To research a hinge for connecting the lower and upper screens. They're still in my desk drawer! (laughs) Izushi: You've still got those compacts? Kano-san, your ability to keep stuff is astounding! (laughs) Kano: The bottom container parts are gone, but the mirrors are still there. I made the multiscreen using those as reference. Source: http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/4