Nintendo secures two more anti-Palworld U.S. patents, might file multi-patent U.S. lawsuit against Pocketpair in a matter of months
now
It's about the smooth switching from a flying object to an object that rides on the ground
a patent attorney representing Nintendo requested an interview with the examiner.
they just couldn't let it go. nintèndrones will support this
i unironically dont support this.
Nobody is supporting this anon, but what are you gonna do not buy a switch, lol nothing else is worth buying.
Get angry at states for allowing this sort of bullshit.
nintendo deserves to have their shit burned like kyoani
palshills lost
That's what you get for being all smug about your stolen trash, literal pokemon clones have been allowed to exist with zero problems because they stay on their lane
The best part is that they called it on themselves
people happily playing the game
notice that some look like Pokemon
absolutely fly off the handle
people start actually getting curious because of the unusual negative reaction
full damage control pestering Nintendo to sue if it was real on their social media accounts
Nintendo actually looks and finds something that have to address
Pocket Pair thought they were the righteous underdogs that would win out and finally smash the Jap Goliath
they hired a budget legal team
BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT NINTENDO
fucking pathetic
Oh yeah, I forgot about the months of people going
If anything was wrong Nintendo would sue lmao
who are you quoting?
Pocket Pair thought they were the righteous underdogs
No they didn't, lol. They are consciously grifting off of other IPs and have no shame about it.
Stop making shit up.
Nah, he's right. Pocket pair did try to pull the small indie developer card and this was after getting paid megabucks from Sony and MS.
pocketpair.jp
This line is the best though
However, we will do our utmost for our fans, and to ensure that indie game developers are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas.
They're saying this as if they aren't hindering developers by being filthy thieves.
Nah dog.
There's a HUGE difference between
thought they were the righteous underdogs
and pretending to be the righteous underdogs.
Pocketpair are so actively in the business of creating ripoffs, they literally updated that BOTW clone to be more like TOTK.
I'm not sure how that's relevant to nintendo patenting game mechanics like "holding the leg of a bird to glide" and "switching from a flying object to an object that rides on the ground".
That last one means you can't have a flying car that turns into a regular car, like in FFXV
tendies defending gameplay mechanic patents
the only time i've ever seen anyone defend this shit
If you're competing against us and you're smaller WE WILL USE THE LAW AGAINST YOU
Interesting precedent Nintendo.
POSTED IT AGAIN AWARD
Competing with nintendo in a genre they didn't even make is stealing
I thought piracy was stealing anon
Nah, not how patents work.
They only own THEIR version, you can still have other versions.
people happily playing the game
notice that some look like Pokemon
absolutely fly off the handle
But enough about pokefags. We're talking about a game Nintendo didn't have anything to sue over until they spent millions in patent attorney fees creating patents to fuck with the game on.
They only own THEIR version,
And their version say "smooth switching from a flying object to an object that rides on the ground"
How exactly does that not apply for any game that has a flying vehicle to ground vehicle transition?
They only own THEIR version, you can still have other versions.
clearly they don't because they're forcing Palworld to change something they didn't even make. Grabbing something and flying through the air has been a thing since FF3. It's been a thing in 3D games since Wow.
Literally nothing about it is unique.
And their version say "smooth switching from a flying object to an object that rides on the ground"
problem: Nintendo's version changes upon contact with the ground
solution: have it change just before it contacts the ground
And boom, you have a unique mechanic that does the same thing that won't get you sued.
clearly they don't because they're forcing Palworld to change something they didn't even make.
NTA but no one forced pocket pair to remove it, they could have just slightly altered it and then it would have been fine.
They don't care about setting that precedent. They already have enough simps willing to defend them over anything
I don't think you quite understand what I'm saying anon. I'm saying that being able to patent something as fucking vague as "an object smoothly switching fron flying to ground movement" is absolute nonsense. It is not in any way "unique" or precise enough.
This absolutely give them legal ground to sue anyone who gets even remotely close to the patent.
The average dev ain't gonna go "oh I'll just make it slightly different and hope I don't get sued" they're just no longer gonna implement flying vehicles that turn into ground vehicles.
Didn't they went around the PokeBall one by just making it pyramids? I feel like those parents are only a problem because they can't come up with anything themselves, even the glider solution is just doing BOTW again
over 95% of their "new" patents keep getting rejected
keep trying anyway
why are they so upset
90% of all patents in general get rejected. It's more about trying to secure the rights to as much of literally anything as you can. The more you own, the less your competitors can do.
I'm saying that being able to patent something as fucking vague as "an object smoothly switching fron flying to ground movement" is absolute nonsense. It is not in any way "unique" or precise enough.
Sure it is. You just have to read the patent instead of summing up a several page long document in a single sentence.
The average dev ain't gonna go "oh I'll just make it slightly different and hope I don't get sued"
It's what they've been doing for the last 40 or so years anyway.
It's what they've been doing for the last 40 or so years anyway.
literally nobody does this
Didn't they went around the PokeBall one by just making it pyramids?
You aren't getting it. Changing it from a ball to a pyramid only changes the look, not what it is. I haven't played the game recently to confirm what you've said but it doesn't matter anyway, the point is that they can keep the ball, it doesn't look anything like a pokeball, they just need to change the function.
In PLA it's a two button prompt to enter an aim mode and throw an object to catch a monster.
If they made it a single button toggle then they'd be in the clear.
There have been dozens of games that fit this dating back to the NES if you read this literally. Blaster Master being one such example.
It's what they've been doing for the last 40 or so years anyway.
What the fuck are you on about
name one 3 actual devs doing this
NTA but no one forced pocket pair to remove it, but Nintendo Lawyers will fuck them in teh ass in court if they don't
So they were forced to remove it.
Slightly altering it probably isn't a choice now because then they would have to devote dev time to it and it's clear they're facing financial ruin, they aren't going to devote dev time to fixing it if it's clear Nintendo is out to destroy them over frivolous shit.
Souls fans love it when there are Soulslikes games
Metroid fans love it when there are Metroidvania games
DOOM fans love it when there are Boomer Shooter games
Why can't Pokemon fans simply enjoy the TWO CAKES?
It's so bizarre that they feel THREATENED by innovation made by someone else. not even Digimon made them react like this.
Nintendo is so powerful.
I made a good decision when I chose them to champion for.
Literally everyone does it even without the need of a patent, a good example is Sonic and Mario. Both have jumping on enemies, right? But in Mario you have to land directly on top of the enemy, anything else and you take damage.
With Sonic, he just becomes a hitbox, above, below, left or right, unless the enemy has some gimmick that makes it invincible or you can only hit it in a specific spot you're not going to take damage and you're going to kill it.
It's not that hard
Why can't Pokemon fans simply enjoy the TWO CAKES
Oh they do it's why they don't have beef with other series, talking about it whenever a game release and don't particularly care about Palworld, it's just that no one likes the Palworld fanbase.
How about 1000 other games where you can jump on enemies?
smooth switching from a flying object to an object that rides on the ground
So like any flying mount from an MMO.
Can someone please stop Nintendo from patenting things that already exist?
Tendies are particularly bad. They do the same thing with any kind of smash clone.
It’s a American law problem you people created and it’s your own fault for it.
They probably have their own thing too. Crash Bandicoot for example doesn't work the same when jumping off of enemies I haven't played in a while but I think jumping off of enemies has a fixed height? So no matter how high you jump on them from you're always going to have a dinky jump.
Or at least that's what I remember, it's been a while.
Anon, tendies MAKE the smash clones
america didn't invent patents
Wow really?
The Americans have mostly been telling Nintendo to fuck off over this, it's the fucktarded way the japs wrote their patent laws.
probably
lol
We say the smash clones are shit, we don't say they are plagiarism or anything
Imagine being a Palfag, embarrassing
Yeah, probably. Do you think I've played every platformer to verify either way?
Maybe people wouldn't be searching for alternatives if Gamefreak weren't so incompetent as to essentially create derivative trash versions of their own fucking games
I sort of agree.
Patent law was never designed for videogames and if we start enforcing it the way Nintendo wants, the entire game industry will collapse.
Every idea has already been done, so nobody would be able to do anything. Most videogames are a mashup of various ideas that have been around for a long time.
The only saving grace is that a patent can only last 20 years. So theoretically anything invented before 2005 should be safe.
However, that's assuming they actually follow the rules and don't hand out patents retroactively for things that were invented a decade ago.
Patent law was never designed for videogames and if we start enforcing it the way Nintendo wants, the entire game industry will collapse.
My nigga, it's been enforced like that longer than you've been born and nothing happened because ideas aren't finite.
I wish those alternatives weren't just as incompetent, it's like everyone forgot how to make a good pokemon game since the 3DS came out
However, that's assuming they actually follow the rules and don't hand out patents retroactively for things that were invented a decade ago.
You can't get retroactive patents, you have to file for a patent before your product goes public or you can't, period.
Doesn't GTA have this?? And Ark?
How are they allowed to make up such broad bullshit patents?
it's like everyone forgot how to make a good pokemon game since the 3DS came out
You want to know the problem with n this genre? Pokemon landed on the perfect formula too early and v became too popular so every tamer dev thinks they need to stand out from pokemon rather than learning and adopting what it did right
No it hasn't. Videogames have been ripping each other off for my whole life and this is the first time anyone has made a legal fuss.
How many Diablo clones are there now? Like 5? And that's just the most blatant example.
Whole genres are defined by games from different companies ripping each other off. Like fighting games, shooters, RTS, etc. If DOOM patented the concept of the shooter when they made it, the whole genre would never have existed.
someone should tell Nintendo that
Yeah, I usually say that the best Pokemon clone would be the most shameless one, people have to stop trying to reinvent the wheel
You can't get retroactive patents
Nontendo just did
Nintendo already set the precedent when they won against Colopl over touchscreen control
Yeah you and me both, buddy
Fuck you
I like Monster Sanctuary a lot
mods all the removed stuff back into the game an hour after the patch
Problem, jewtendo?
Good
Maybe this will force pocket pair to actually make palworld different than pokemon and ark so that it can actually compete
palworld is very different from pokemon
the similarities are surface level style things nintendo knows they can't sue over
so instead they sue over basic game mechanics that have been around for years because the patent office is incapable of doing their job
They'll just abandon the game instead
Looks right up my alley and it's on sale right now, guess I'll give it a try
80-100 dollar games
500 dollar console while theres a 300 dollar version for themselves
suing everyone they can get their hands on for shit that is ridiculous to lay claim to
It's like they WANT another failed generation cycle.
nintendo won't sue fags forever BTFO
I hope those faggots that spammed Nintendo won't do shit kill themselves. How the fuck do you sit there and think
Nintendo aren't cunts they won't sue they are good boys
lol
LMAO
"Oh my god those new Pokemon games are literally the worst lazy garbage I have ever seen #boycott #votewithyourwallet"
Best selling version ever
Sure dude
probably
risk a million-billion dollar lawsuit on "probably"
I knew tendies were retarded but I didn't think they were THIS retarded.
Total palworld death. Wake me up when Nintendo does this to a game that doesn't suck total ass
It's nothing fucking like Pokemon though?
It's better.
And I am sorry you shouldn't be able to patent game mechanics. Patents should only be used for real world inventions.
Shitty ark but I want to fuck the animals
Dude this is so much better
So it's not a pokemon clone then?
Checkmate
thats exactly what im doing, many people will still support nintendo but i won't, my money is going to the indie scene along with my time, im done with corporate thugs trying to kill its competition im done with nintendo and their litigious bullshit, fuck nintendo, and fuck gamefreak im done for life.
What's with the Japanese obesession with extremely cartoony fantasy/magic and technology, anyway? Almost every time I see something like that, it's super bright and flashy, reminds me a lot of kids' games back in the 2000s
it's fun and positive with no irony tainted garbage