i kinda feel like this strong wording is where Nintendo's IP enforcement for old ROMs begins and ends though

yeah i have a pet hate for laws and institutions overriding personal freedom of opinion and common sense. like people who take aspirin, coffee, vodka, viagra and sleeping pills but think 'drugs' are bad mmkay

bring forth the open source revolution

gotta love "The problem is that it's illegal." from that page

"How Come Nintendo Does Not Take Steps Towards Legitimizing Nintendo Emulators?

Emulators developed to play illegally copied Nintendo software promote piracy. That's like asking why doesn't Nintendo legitimize piracy. It doesn't make any business sense. It's that simple and not open to debate. "

From:
http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp

Given that every claim in this application can be invalidated by prior art and given the amount of press coverage about it, I wouldn't worry about it being accepted or standing for very long if it is.

Unless they can think of a unique implementation (they haven't) they won't sneak this through.

With all being key?

Prior art (state of the art or background art), in most systems of patent law, constitutes all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality.

Shouldn't that die instantly due to prior art?

http://www.cnet.com/news/nintendo-files … lator-app/