You can't glide on your Palworld pets anymore, and we have Nintendo to thank for it
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/palworld-is-forced-to-make-yet-another-compromise-in-its-ongoing-legal-battle-with-nintendo
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sinceasdf@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
Would be cool if Nintendo just made games instead of being a patent troll that rereleases the same 10 games over and over again.
I don't see why anyone buys their shit except for nostalgia at this point.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y
Disney adults = Nintendo adults
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
I really hope that Pocketpair wins their case against Nintendo. It's pretty ridiculous that game mechanics as generic as using a creature for a glider are somehow able to be patented by Nintendo.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
I don’t think it would work in a non-Japan jurisdiction. It’s stupid AF. I’m pretty sure they didn’t even file some of the patents until after Palworld released.
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I think the patents were technically filed before the release, but they weren't approved until after the release.
Cypher@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 1y
how the fuck is "using another creature for transport" patentable? when shit like this is allowed the entire system just has to be removed
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Good point, why isn’t Nintendo trying to shut down RDR2 or WoW?
DrSleepless@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Glad I played when it first came out. Hope Nintendo loses the lawsuit
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
Next Nintendo is going to patent riding horses in video games. Then sleeping to skip time. The concept of food. Light. Dark. And polygons.