Nintendo has filed a ton of DS and Nintendo DSi-related patents in Japan that were just revealed to the public from the Japanese trademark database. The patents are probably not necessarily representative of actual features that they will be incorporating into the DSi, but rather they are protective copyrights. They are ensuring that they will own the copyright just in case they to go down that path.
You will notice a ton of interesting names including DSiChannel, DSiMovie, DSiMusic, DSiNews, DSiCreator, DSiMobile and a whole lot more.
Nintendo also filed patents for “Friends Collection” which could be the English name of a Japanese DS game (literally translated as “Friend Connection”) in which you interact with Mii versions of famous Nintendo personalities including Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime!
Other trademarks include one for a 3D Picross game, which is probably related to Ritai Picross (translates literally as “Solid Object Picross) which Nintendo will probably be bringing overseas and a mysterious logo for “Ku?o?” spelled out in katakana as “kyubosu”, which is most likely an upcoming WiiWare title.
Here is the full list of trademarks:
Trademarks filed on September 30, 2008
DSiChannel
DSiStation
DSiNews
DSiMovie
DSiMusic
Trademarks filed on October 1, 2008
DSiMail
DSiMode
DSiVision
DSiTsuushin (DSiCommunication)
DSArcade
DSBook
DSCreator
DSClub
DSCommunity
DSCooking
DSDiary
DSeye
DSFamily
DSFriend
DSLife
DSLive
DSLibrary
DSmobile
DSMap
DSNavi
DSNet
DSPhone
DSPlus
DSPoint
DSSchool
DSSpeak
DSShop
DSShopping
DSTrainer
DSTime
DSWalk
DSZone
MyDS
CatchDS
ShotDS