Everybody's desperate for Switch 2 news, and the leaks and rumors that have been percolating for years feel like they're about to boil over. Now, all the focus is on a patent Nintendo filed for an AI-based upscaling technology, and so many people are trying to take a look that they're crashing the page on the US Patent and Trademark Office website.
The patent concerns "systems and methods for machine learned image conversion," and while it was initially filed on July 13, 2023, it was only just published on December 31, 2024, brought to the gaming world's attention by consultant Laura Kate Dale on Bluesky. (It's worth noting as well that Nintendo's been looking to file similar patents since at least 2020.)
