A *patent* lawsuit? Now I want to see the documents for this, because I’ve never even seen suggestions from anyone that Nintendo had any sort of grounds for such a suit.
I-Am-Baytor
Nintengofuckyourself.
Vice4Life
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Uchihagod53
I’m actually shocked they waited that long
RookAroundYou
So Nintendo waited until Palworld made a bunch of money huh?
new_main_character
When studio ghibli suing them for yellow totoro
DarthShinny
Any legal experts know the difference between this and something like Digimon? You can’t own magic or pets, or any combination of the sorts.
CrawlerSiegfriend
They waited until the popularity died down in order to reduce the backlash. If they had done it at peak popularity they would have had people burning their nintendo consoles.
ElricDarkPrince
Catching mechanic has been around before Pokémon. Just look at Gerbils in a ball 🤷♂️
serrabear1
Make it a triangle. PalPyramids. You’re welcome.
SoftwareOk30
Surprised it took them so long lol
bboy267
2 things.
Is not Nintendo trying to say they own the idea of catching monsters in balls?
Also Pocket pair has Sony and Ms backing them now with vested interests. This will just get settled and Nintendo will get some money and business will resume as normal
Mawgu
Pokémon Go To Court!
Golden-Owl
**PATENT** lawsuit!?
HUH!?!?
That was absolutely not what I expected. This had nothing to do with copying IP, character designs, or other creative property
Patent implies specific tech matters like gameplay code was copied
Pharsti01
Another day, another Nintendo lawsuit.
Let’s see how this one goes.
nuper123
I hope they fucking lose.
Eternal-Raider
What patents does this violate bc i dont think you can patent turn based rpg lol
IceColdCrusade
Any armchair Lawyers in here? Do they have a leg to stand on here?
h3xist
OK this is not the kind of lawsuit that people were expecting. It’s not a trade mark or copyright/infringement like most people would have thought it to be, but a patent lawsuit. That’s VERY different in claims and it’s something that is VERY specific that the game is doing.
No where does it say WHAT those patent infringements are though so it’s hard to say. Depending on what they are this COULD (although extremely unlikely) come back to bite Nintendo if it is found that the patents they are claiming are too broad and overstep the vision of the patent.
Edit: granted this is done in Japanese court so things can be very different.
nakabra
They just waited for the Playstation version to be announced…
PM_ME_Happy_Thinks
Holy shit they actually did it
FrostyMagazine9918
Fuck, this is actually happening. Guess there was a case after all.
Waste-Reception5297
Time to grab the popcorn
xxpinkplasticbagxx
Honey, you got a big storm coming.
Also if anyone is looking for a Pokémon-like game but don’t like animal abuse being depicted you should play Creatures of Ava. It’s on Gamepass.
lKevinOGl
Nintendo jealous because some small studio made a better/looking Pokémon game that stole “throw ball” mechanic
CharacterMountain299
Watch it be because Palworld talked about/decided to do TCG cards and plushies. Lol. Damn the games and the similarities. It’s when they start threatening the life sized plushie market that Pokemon decides enough is enough. XD
KillingTime_ForNow
Fuck Nintendo (not specifically just for this, just in general, but also for this).
Vulgar_Vulture
They can sue competitors but can’t be bothered with making anything of value themselves
rowrin
should be interesting. if i recall correctly, when the RTS genre was still young, I forget exactly who was involved, but one company tried to sue another using a similar justification, and it ended up being ruled that basic game mechanics / genres couldn’t be owned.
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A *patent* lawsuit? Now I want to see the documents for this, because I’ve never even seen suggestions from anyone that Nintendo had any sort of grounds for such a suit.
Nintengofuckyourself.
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I’m actually shocked they waited that long
So Nintendo waited until Palworld made a bunch of money huh?
When studio ghibli suing them for yellow totoro
Any legal experts know the difference between this and something like Digimon? You can’t own magic or pets, or any combination of the sorts.
They waited until the popularity died down in order to reduce the backlash. If they had done it at peak popularity they would have had people burning their nintendo consoles.
Catching mechanic has been around before Pokémon. Just look at Gerbils in a ball 🤷♂️
Make it a triangle. PalPyramids. You’re welcome.
Surprised it took them so long lol
2 things.
Is not Nintendo trying to say they own the idea of catching monsters in balls?
Also Pocket pair has Sony and Ms backing them now with vested interests. This will just get settled and Nintendo will get some money and business will resume as normal
Pokémon Go To Court!
**PATENT** lawsuit!?
HUH!?!?
That was absolutely not what I expected. This had nothing to do with copying IP, character designs, or other creative property
Patent implies specific tech matters like gameplay code was copied
Another day, another Nintendo lawsuit.
Let’s see how this one goes.
I hope they fucking lose.
What patents does this violate bc i dont think you can patent turn based rpg lol
Any armchair Lawyers in here?
Do they have a leg to stand on here?
OK this is not the kind of lawsuit that people were expecting. It’s not a trade mark or copyright/infringement like most people would have thought it to be, but a patent lawsuit. That’s VERY different in claims and it’s something that is VERY specific that the game is doing.
No where does it say WHAT those patent infringements are though so it’s hard to say. Depending on what they are this COULD (although extremely unlikely) come back to bite Nintendo if it is found that the patents they are claiming are too broad and overstep the vision of the patent.
Edit: granted this is done in Japanese court so things can be very different.
They just waited for the Playstation version to be announced…
Holy shit they actually did it
Fuck, this is actually happening. Guess there was a case after all.
Time to grab the popcorn
Honey, you got a big storm coming.
Also if anyone is looking for a Pokémon-like game but don’t like animal abuse being depicted you should play Creatures of Ava. It’s on Gamepass.
Nintendo jealous because some small studio made a better/looking Pokémon game that stole “throw ball” mechanic
Watch it be because Palworld talked about/decided to do TCG cards and plushies. Lol. Damn the games and the similarities. It’s when they start threatening the life sized plushie market that Pokemon decides enough is enough. XD
Fuck Nintendo (not specifically just for this, just in general, but also for this).
They can sue competitors but can’t be bothered with making anything of value themselves
should be interesting. if i recall correctly, when the RTS genre was still young, I forget exactly who was involved, but one company tried to sue another using a similar justification, and it ended up being ruled that basic game mechanics / genres couldn’t be owned.