Nintendo Is Trying To Patent Some Really Broad Tears Of The Kingdom Mechanics

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-is-trying-to-patent-some-really-broad-tears-of-1850730637

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Conyak@lemmy.tf · 42 pts · 3y

Honestly, fuck Nintendo. This is ridiculous and terrible for the gaming community.

ImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.dev · 41 pts · 3y (4 replies)
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skulblaka@kbin.social · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The article also mentions

Some of them are specific to Link’s latest adventure, including things like Riju’s lightning ability, which lets the player target enemies with a bow and bring down a lighting strike wherever the arrow lands.

Which isn't even unique to Zelda, Minecraft did it a decade ago.

These are a stretch, even for Nintendo, and I'll be surprised if any of them stick. But, then again, I was also surprised (and very upset) by Bamco successfully patenting loading screen mini games (and then hardly ever even using them) back when that happened. So who knows.

vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 3y

it is also known by the more common term "calling in an airstrike"

ImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.dev · 13 pts · 3y
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Trebach@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

I can only think of one game that doesn't do that and that's because it's intentional to launch the driver out of the vehicle: Rekkaturvat (Truck Dismount).

ImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.dev · 19 pts · 3y
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amio@kbin.social · 13 pts · 3y

Great... so first they basically wrench their own arm out of the socket trying to pat themselves on the back for being "original" and "not taking any inspiration from other games", and now this. Feeling better and better about not having bought a Nintendo game in years.

FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y

Man I like totk but jeebus creebus

loffiz@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 3y

I'm thinking more and more that patents are stupid