Current Events > Nintendo and The Pokemon Company has filed a suit against Pocketpair (Palworld)

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patent would be something like how there is a ball for catching water monsters or something

has nothing to do with crafting game or same genre

and ofc who knows what japanese law is about but in general just understanding what patent infringement is about tells us some

someone will probably dig through nintendo patents and figure out what they are suing for explicitly

So basically nintendo will win because japanese law is fucked up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fkhr7a/this_is_the_patent_palworld_is_likely_being_sued/

"Nintendo has basically patented the idea of capturing stuff in balls, throwing out monsters to fight bosses, or throwing out monsters to interact with objects."

Insane.

Palworld just needs to get rid of the capturing pals with balls and replace it with something else. But there's no way Nintendo can get them on the monster battling and interacting. A lot of games have those kinds of mechanics.

Had to wait until they made enough money worth suing lol.

Palworld just needs to get rid of the capturing pals with balls and replace it with something else. But there's no way Nintendo can get them on the monster battling and interacting. A lot of games have those kinds of mechanics.

My immediate thoughts, lol

Well, they also wouldn't do it against a series like SMT or Dragon Quest because they've been using those mechanics for longer than Pokemon has existed.

Also attacking Dragon quest would ensure Japanese riots at their door step.

just an FYI the idea that dragon quest is so super popular it legally has to release on weekends is a myth

I've literally never heard of this before.

just an FYI the idea that dragon quest is so super popular it legally has to release on weekends is a myth

How about dodecahedrons? Thatll piss Ninty and TPC off big time since theyll still be roughly spherical, just not entirely.

Nintendo won't lose, pocket pair is fucked.

It's not over the designs, but let's be real here about the designs.

Some Pals very clearly rip off Pokmon designs.

Pocket Pair needs to make their own original pals that are designed from the ground up.

Can't drop it?

I hate that people would rather support grifters than developers that make their games from scratch. It just sets such a bad precedence. Imagine other devs working disgusting hours just to see something like Pokmon Sword and Shield succeed.

You do realize TPC can reuse their own assets right?

FTFY.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gaY50VUCZr8&pp=ygUmcG9rZW1vbiBzd29yZCBhbmQgc2hpZWxkIHJldXNlZCBtb2RlbHM%3D

That's like saying Sega is ripping off Sega reusing Yakuza assets.

Totally beside the point, bud. TPC are just as lazy and greedy as their apologists are claiming PocketPair of being, yet thats perfectly okay to them in spite of getting increasingly stale and buggy entries like Sw/Sh as well as Scarlet and Violet.

Totally beside the point, bud. TPC are just as lazy and greedy as their apologists are claiming PocketPair of being, yet thats perfectly okay to them in spite of getting increasingly stale and buggy entries like Sw/Sh as well as Scarlet and Violet.

Totally beside the point, bud. TPC are just as lazy and greedy as their apologists are claiming PocketPair of being

Asset reuse is not lazy, it's something literally every dev does, it's smart development.

Scarlet/Violet absolutely had tons of performance issues and those need to be handled by GF, but underneath that is still a solid Pokemon game that's infinitely more enjoyable than generic survival crafting garbage with uninspired and lame monster designs.

It's so weird how aggressive people are about people that still enjoy Pokemon. Calling people apologists just for still enjoying the games is wild.

How so, pal? If Pocketpair did violate someone's patent they're much lazier and greedier than a company reusing it's own assets. Do you have the same level of contempt for From Software for constantly reusing models and animations?

Personal preference noted. Still doesnt explain the lack of innovation nor the myriad of other complaints fans have had with TPC for a while now especially since the asset reuse should have theoretically freed up time and resources for new features as opposed to taking away from them.

Between the pokemon side being weirdly aggro about perceived "plagiarism" and the anti-nintendo/pokemon company side being weirdly aggro over the Pokemon games being poor quality I don't think we'll see the whining stop.

The folks in the "yeah palworld is kinda fun" corner mostly seem to mind their own business

How so, pal? If Pocketpair did violate someone's patent they're much lazier and greedier than a company reusing it's own assets. Do you have the same level of contempt for From Software for constantly reusing models and animations?

Honestly, this. I'm in the "palworld is kinda fun" park, but I'm mostly interested to hearing Nintendo's argument regarding patent. It would be out of character for Nintendo file a lawsuit over something that doesn't have a good chance at winning. This can lead to an interesting precedent if taken to court, even a more interesting case if Nintendo/TPC were to somehow lose.

I do see PocketPair going belly up after the lawsuit, there's no way they can survive a lawsuit from Nintendo.