Homebrew Does Nintendo have a patent for 3DS circle pad?

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Well not the circle pad per se but completely flat sticks that sit flush with the chassis. I ask because I'm yet to see something like the 3ds' circle pad and IMO it's a pretty good design to not be used by other companies
 

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My guess is there are not a lot of new portable consoles that would use it, since the Circle Pad is just a more compact version of a joystick and for places where you don't need the joystick to be compact (like on home consoles) they use full-sized ones.
 

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