You acting like nintendo had a patent on the rumble packs... they didn't own it matter of fact the og n64 controller had NO vibration!!! n64 didnt invent the joystick controller if you want to keep it 100 give that to atari...
The rumble pack itself was patented, Sony and others just copied the idea. It came out with StarFox. I had the game . Pretty sure that was the first controller with vibrations, and now it's a standard.
As for the joystick...Atari made it a hot line, Nintendo made it a hot song . It became a standard for 3D games after they brought it back