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"Nintendo may be reaching" in its Palworld lawsuit, according to a lawyer who says it's "hard to imagine what patents" the survival game could have infringed upon(www.gamesradar.com)

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buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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I hate all patents but game mechanic patents are some of the silliest patents there are

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ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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The silliest part is the game ripped off more mechanically from Breath of the Wild than Pokémon

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buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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Their previous game, Craftopia, which I’ve actually played unlike Palworld, ripped off even more from botw but it was still a very different game. Kinda felt like it was trying to be every possible type of game at once.

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Deello@lemm.ee
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Patents are the reason we don’t have mini games during loading screens. The patent is now expired afaik but I guess we just collectively decided we don’t care because nobody does it anymore.

If Nintendo can get a court to side with them, then it is totally worth it for them to own an entire genre. As a consumer/gamer, this sucks. There is a reason this game blew up and it has nothing to do with Nintendo.

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DesertComrade [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Ssds are now common place so loading screens aren’t as long

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vegeta1 [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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Me thinking about patents and the nemesis system

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randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Patents are abused all the time. Here’s a banger from Apple https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rectangle-with-rounded-corners

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AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.net
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I look forward to the inevitable Moon Channel video

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