"Revolution Report recently came across a patent filed by Nintendo which may possibly be related to the Virtual Console function of the company's next-generation console, code-named Revolution.
The patent in question is rather long-winded, but a summary of the key points and how they could relate to Virtual Console have been provided below (Note: 'Figures' relate to respective images presented towards bottom):" [more]
This will basically work as an emulator for their classic games to be played on Revolution.