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Palworld ditches Pokéball-style summoning mechanic amid Nintendo legal battle

2 years ago by nanoUFO to c/games

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Palworld developer Pocket Pair has released an update for the creature-catching survival game removing the ability to s…
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bert 58 points 2 years ago

the lawsuit is targeting three patents in particular. These primarily cover throwing an object in a specific direction to either summon a battle character or to capture a creature in the field

Better watch out, Ghostbusters. Your ghost trap might be next.

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ImplyingImplications 30 points 2 years ago

No they specifically only target companies that cannot defend themselves. World of Warcraft has battle pets that you can capture by throwing cages at them and then train and fight them against other battle pets. Nintendo isn't about to file a lawsuit against Microsoft.

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p03locke 5 points 2 years ago

World of Warcraft has battle pets that you can capture by throwing cages at them and then train and fight them against other battle pets.

Which is arguable a more realistic representation of what Pokemon represents: slavery.

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Shiggles 9 points 2 years ago

I need it explained to me how this wouldn’t cover “throwing a net”. Don’t see how you can get away with patenting a real life action with an uber vague patent.

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