Shouldn’t they have seen this coming from miles away? They’re not even trying to hide the stolen assets.
SuperToxin
It’s interesting its a patent lawsuit not copyright.
Simmumah
Was only a matter of time
SPAREustheCUTTER
Nintendo filing this so late tells me they came in with a winnable plan.
Tetrotheocto
*in a sarcastic voice*
Who could predict this turn of events?
Golden-Owl
Patent lawsuit is what’s unexpected
That implies tech, design, and features. It isn’t “haha we made similar characters”
n813
They’re mad because someone made the game they should have always made and made it right.
cheesemangee
Go to hell, Nintendo.
Samurai_Stewie
Wait till you see how successful your target is, because lawsuits are expensive and it’s only worth pursuing if you can actually profit from it.
rmatherson
It’s honestly so weird there’s a famous Japanese law firm that makes video games on the side
Own-Psychology-5327
God help anyone Nintendo sues
hamzer55
Oh yeah I forgot palworld existed
Haru_023
fuck nintendo
Tvilantini
Nintendo keeps being a clown
RippStudwell
About time. We can finally return to the old tried and true, stale formula for Pokemon Opal or whatever they end up calling it.
Kazzot
Someone made a similar game with actual effort put into it, so they gotta get rid of it. Meanwhile, Scarlet/Violet still runs and looks like dogshit. They put more effort into this lawsuit.
ishsreddit
So they trying to fuck their very own people up. Small indie Japanese team that strived to make a game many of us imagined as a kid, who also chose to not throw mtx, or change it to GaaS, despite the insane amounts of $$$ needed to run the servers and also passionate devs were hired straight out of convenience stores because the industry is harsh.
Seriously nintendo? Can you just not lol.
dolphinvision
The patent 100% has to deal with the ball system of capturing and releasing monsters via said ball. What’s insane to me is – there is 100% games that have had to do what pokemon patented via their 3d games before said 3d games come out. So why did they get a patent for a mechanic that other games have already done? I hope Palword builds a case on all the shit that came before 3d pokemon that used the mechanics first. It’s the only way they win if you ask me. fuck nintendo. God fuck nintendo.
Mechanized1
There were rumors that some models were slightly tweaked takes on existing pokemon, using the model data from one of the games. If that has actual truth behind it this bodes badly for Pocket Pair. Otherwise I can’t see a case, could be just Nintendo’s legal team trying to bully them for money via settlement/damages.
But Nintendo winning any case like this could set a bad precedent.
DeadJango
This doesn’t seem that bad. Mechanics can be changed. Plenty of games just have you target the ground and just summon it. seems like an easy thing to work around. Does this give them any power over past sales? They can’t possibly claim palworld tricked people it was a pokemon game.
itsRobbie_
Pokémon for sure had plans to flesh out the Legends type games and Palworld came out with it first. Thats my bet.
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Fuck, it’s actually happening.
Shouldn’t they have seen this coming from miles away? They’re not even trying to hide the stolen assets.
It’s interesting its a patent lawsuit not copyright.
Was only a matter of time
Nintendo filing this so late tells me they came in with a winnable plan.
*in a sarcastic voice*
Who could predict this turn of events?
Patent lawsuit is what’s unexpected
That implies tech, design, and features. It isn’t “haha we made similar characters”
They’re mad because someone made the game they should have always made and made it right.
Go to hell, Nintendo.
Wait till you see how successful your target is, because lawsuits are expensive and it’s only worth pursuing if you can actually profit from it.
It’s honestly so weird there’s a famous Japanese law firm that makes video games on the side
God help anyone Nintendo sues
Oh yeah I forgot palworld existed
fuck nintendo
Nintendo keeps being a clown
About time. We can finally return to the old tried and true, stale formula for Pokemon Opal or whatever they end up calling it.
Someone made a similar game with actual effort put into it, so they gotta get rid of it. Meanwhile, Scarlet/Violet still runs and looks like dogshit. They put more effort into this lawsuit.
So they trying to fuck their very own people up. Small indie Japanese team that strived to make a game many of us imagined as a kid, who also chose to not throw mtx, or change it to GaaS, despite the insane amounts of $$$ needed to run the servers and also passionate devs were hired straight out of convenience stores because the industry is harsh.
Seriously nintendo? Can you just not lol.
The patent 100% has to deal with the ball system of capturing and releasing monsters via said ball. What’s insane to me is – there is 100% games that have had to do what pokemon patented via their 3d games before said 3d games come out. So why did they get a patent for a mechanic that other games have already done? I hope Palword builds a case on all the shit that came before 3d pokemon that used the mechanics first. It’s the only way they win if you ask me. fuck nintendo. God fuck nintendo.
There were rumors that some models were slightly tweaked takes on existing pokemon, using the model data from one of the games. If that has actual truth behind it this bodes badly for Pocket Pair. Otherwise I can’t see a case, could be just Nintendo’s legal team trying to bully them for money via settlement/damages.
But Nintendo winning any case like this could set a bad precedent.
This doesn’t seem that bad. Mechanics can be changed. Plenty of games just have you target the ground and just summon it. seems like an easy thing to work around. Does this give them any power over past sales? They can’t possibly claim palworld tricked people it was a pokemon game.
Pokémon for sure had plans to flesh out the Legends type games and Palworld came out with it first. Thats my bet.