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Palworld Developer Outlines the State of the Nintendo Patent Infringement in Latest Statement | MMOR
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Palworld Developer Outlines the State of the Nintendo Patent Infringement in Latest Statement | MMORPG.com
Pocketpair has addressed what's going on with the patent infringement lawsuit by Nintendo by stating that they won't be addressing the state of the lawsuit.
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
That is complete bullshit; how the frick does one patent a fairly common video game mechanic....?
Also how on earth can someone expect to license/patent the very act of doing something?? That's like some jackass trying to charge someone when they pick up a stray cat and pet it, it's absurd.
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I have been told Nintendo goes after anyone infringing on their IP's, but this does follow the golden law of suing for patent infringement, you wait until it is a success, then you wait till it is a really big success, then you sue.
It just means Nintendo is grasping at straws and stretching it a bit with this lawsuit. It probably won't go anywhere and just settles out of court.
If you look at previous lawsuits and other current more recent ones, like that youtuber. The damages amounts are way higher.
I just see this lawsuit more like a symbolic one, with Nintendo trying to make a statement of some sorts.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
Either way. The AI train cannot be stopped any way. It's coming and you can bet that large Corpo's like EA, Ubisoft and TenCent will be at the forefront to make use of it, if it means they can fire more people and put more cash in their investors pockets.
Maybe with AI we can get game out in less than 15 years with a 5 year EA period and still have bugs
STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
Publication number: 20240367050
Abstract: In a first mode, an aiming direction in a virtual space is determined based on a second operation input, and a player character is caused to launch, in the aiming direction, an item that affects a field character disposed on a field in the virtual space, based on a third operation input. In a second mode, the aiming direction is determined, based on the second operation input, and the player character is caused to launch, in the aiming direction, a fighting character that fights, based on the third operation input.
Type: Application
Filed: July 18, 2024
Publication date: November 7, 2024
Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., The Pokémon Company
Inventor: Kazumasa IWAO
And they only try to file it this year ROFLMAO!
What about the Digimon and Persona games? They go back as far as the earliest Pokemon games.
What about TemTem? There are plenty of other Pokemon copy cats out there.
Is Nintendo now planning to go after all of them? Good luck with that!
Bottom line is. Launching a fighting pet/character in battle is nothing unique.
We can go back as far as First Edition Dungeons and Dragons, which predates the first Pokemon game by 20+ years.
And from that all modern (MMO)RPG's are derived from D&D's RPG system.
Necromancer, Summoner, Hunter, Warlock, etc, etc.
It's seriously one of the most idiotic patents I have seen so far this year.
Persona franchise is also Japanese and even older and the first computer game also launched in 1997.
So Bandai and Sega should also be concerned if Nintendo is able to win with such ridiculous patent.
Especially Digimon most closely resembles Pokemon, with succesful games and trading card games.
I also completely forgot about Yokai Watch, which is a popular franchise in Japan and is also be considered a Pokemon clone, where fighting characters are stored in medals.
So again, even in Japan this patent should not be possible as its so generic, it applies to any RPG game that has a pet class.
Other games get around this by using other geometric shapes and so far haven't been sued by Nintendo.
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
Remember, Palworld releaed in 2023 and this patent was filed by Nintendo just months ago in July 2024.
So it really is, what you could consider, a harassment patent and Palworld studio can use that in their defense. Since Pokemon is 27 years old, so is Digimon and Yokai Watch has also been around for quite a long time as well. TemTem is 5+ years old. So why file the patent now and not many years ago, if Nintendo was so concerned. That should be their defense.
I agree. Game patents are bad and stifle the industry. Also, don't forget Dragon Quest.
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Game mechanics like this should not be allowed to be patented. It's ridiculous and would set a horrible precedent and stifle game development.
Just imagine what would happen when behemoths like TenCent started filing patents like this.
That would pretty much be the end of Indie game development. As no small developer would dare developing a game anymore, out of fear of being sued!
I like Nintendo, but with these sudden patent filings this summer... they are going in a wrong and dark direction in my opinion.
PS. Again, if you look at all the competing games out there, then no one can deny that TemTem would be the worst defender as it literally is a carbon copy of Pokemon, with 3 starters, gym battles, etc.
That game is over 5 years old now and Nintendo didn't bat an eye.