Nintendo Acquires 27% of Panasonic’s PUX Technology, Which Includes Voice Recognition

This is interesting. We'll see where this goes.

I can tell a new Ds is coming out....HERE WE GO AGAIN even though we don't need one

So we can all have Max Headroom like Mii's now?

I used that Wii U photo ability to make my Mii but it's really useless. I just deleted it and went back to using my ported 6 year old Wii version, it looks more like me. Well except now my hair is about half gray. Not enough for me to change it to gray on my Mii though. They need a "salt & pepper" hair color option.

@kereke12 you do know that Nintendo has a R&D department that is constantly working on new products for the next generation? As they should unless you want the company to fail when the current platforms stop selling.

Maybe this is the begining steps to smellovision! Just think about the possibilities when the Great Poo sings and flings his song on Conkers Bad Fur Day!

Heh, detecting objects? Remember when Microsoft was first revealing the Kinect, and having it do things like scan in skateboards? Maybe Nintendo is going to show them how it's done properly?

I'm surprised thay didn't own anything like this for sometime now,

Very cool move, Nintendo! Stepping up!

@rjejr I second that! Haha

Always gotta be thinking about the future. Wii U & 3DS won't be around forever, and its never too early to start planning on what comes next.

maybe this is for app related stuff? some phones use voice recognition right?idk just random though course would be cool to hear about it later on

@kareke12 like @Mk_II says, Nintendo finish a console and a team is working on the next gen. they reveal that a long time a go.

@mercurio2054
Right. On a similar note it always alarms me how so many people view games and even hardware as something a company puts together over the weekend. There's so little awareness of the amount of intense planning, management, and day to day work that goes into it.

I guess the consumer perspective changes when there are so many inexpensive games and devices that seem cheaper because of subsidies. The value of these things doesn't seem to be felt as much as it was at the dawn of home gaming.

and one of the characteristic of nintendo consoles are that they have long lasting life than other devices (consoles, cellphones, etc.).

I'm pretty excited about this news. It'd be neat to see the 2D to 3D conversion technology in Nintendo's next home console.

Interesting indeed

@kereke12 The 3DS has all of that already.

Great to hear! At least this should silence some of those that say Nintendo does not show a desire to up their tech. capabilities.

@ChessboardMan LOL. Wouldn't that be something?! XD

This will make sure they sell for more than Blackberry did.

@aaronsullivan Not to mention all the testing they need to go through to check they don't go and fry themselves within a couple months, something that Microsoft hopefully learned their lesson about last Generation.
On an unrelated note, I doubt I'll be touching a XboxOne any time soon… A first edition 360 red ring-ing twice and the replacement being broken out of the box, will do that to people.
With Nintendo, I've only ever Had to replace a 3DS… that I took out in a snow storm. (I got the most amazing 3D photos and video, BTW)

Nintendo and Panasonic...I've never understood it but hopefully it pans out to something good.
Remember the Japanese exclusive Panasonic Q.

I'm interested in what will come of this... Quite intriguing indeeeeeeed.
I've always liked Panasonic's products better than Sony's, anyway...

I'm interested in what will come of this... Quite intriguing indeeeeeeed.
I've always liked Panasonic's products better than Sony's, anyway...

@MrWalkieTalkie Agreed. As I read this article, all I began thinking about was what Nintendo might have in store for Wii U's eventual successor.

@tsm7 If I'm not mistaken Panasonic was the company that Nintendo partnered with to develop the GameCube optical discs and drive. This, after the failed attempts to switch from cartridge to optical media with Sony and Philips in 90's, as we all know, was crucial to Nintendo. Hence, Japan got the Panasonic Q DVD player/ GameCube console which proved to be a commercial failure but a wonderful collector's item I would kill to have, and I believe they still work together for Wii and Wii U.
So whatever Nintendo and Panasonic are cooking together now, I hope we get a tasty slice of it soon.

Nintendo and Panasonic deal... What if Nintendo backs out at the last minute, only for there to be a Panasonic GameStation???

At least it aint Phillips...

Very interesting move. Wonder what will be made from this...

This deal sounds like it will make the Wii U alot better. If you have a 3D TV(and actually like 3D), the 2D to 3D conversion software mentioned in the article should be good news.

This deal sounds like it will improve Nintendo's UI and software as a whole.

Its good that Nintendo and Panasonic still retains a healthy relationship. The Wii-U does use a Panasonic disc drive and other components. Maybe we'll see Nintendo's future systems influenced by Panasonic's tech and style. I mean, they do have a common enemy-Sony.

Wait a minute! I have a hobby of imagining consoles, and then drawing it out and writing out their details so that I will never forget how it's like. My current imaginary handheld's called 3DS Pro(3DSpro), and apart from having tablet-y design(ahem 2DS. And I got my 3DS Pro idea in the past few years, a decent amount of time before they announced 2DS), it's 3D screen has a nifty feature I call 'Magifingers' which allows the screen to detect fingers/stylus above it, without touching the screen at all. Does it look like I can predict the future?

Anyway, though. This sounds like a nice deal. Maybe they could even implement these on the Wii U and 3DS. It'll be nice to see where this goes.

Wait a minute! I have a hobby of imagining consoles, and then drawing it out and writing out their details so that I will never forget how it's like. My current imaginary handheld's called 3DS Pro(3DSpro), and apart from having tablet-y design(ahem 2DS. And I got my 3DS Pro idea in the past few years, a decent amount of time before they announced 2DS), it's 3D screen has a nifty feature I call 'Magifingers' which allows the screen to detect fingers/stylus above it, without touching the screen at all. Does it look like I can predict the future?

Anyway, though. This sounds like a nice deal. Maybe they could even implement these on the Wii U and 3DS. It'll be nice to see where this goes.

Nintendo is starting to make smarter moves this stuff may be utilized to save the Wii U from flopping.

Soooo what have they used PUX for?
Edit: I know that I am replying to a decade old article. No shame in that

@veeflames I guess they did nothing with PUX

@King47 Nowhere I guess

@Samurai_Goroh Nothing ever seemed to work until the Wii (and then they made the Wii underpowered, cutting off third parties)

@ChessboardMan Or do nothing at all. What have they done, really?