PalWorld Update! Nintendo's Lawsuit hits a SNAG!
03-02-2025, 10:54 PM
My response to this news:
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Some important things to note, however. This only applies to the Nintendo Branch in America. The Japanese case last I heard is still ongoing and is somewhat riskier as that is where the devs of Palworld actually live and so does the game.
That said, Nintendo doesn't have a great track record of issuing patents such as this, they only got away with it with their SNES controllers due to that the idea for the time was actually original.
This patent in particular is likely not going to land, they'd also turn a large part of the corporate world against them which is heat Nintendo hardly needs given how much they are starting to fall off.
They do have something of an advantage in the Japanese courts due to proximity and them doing things like this in the past, Nintendo are absolutely fucking bullies and always have been, just like most AAA game industry corporations.
But very few have tried to claim ownership of a mechanic in a video game, especially not one so popular as monster-capturing or the like. This is a powergaming move by a company who thinks it deserves to own ideas, when it can barely fucking come up with original ideas to save its life.
Valve could be petty and patent Garry's mod mechanics and basically fuck over Nintendo on a lawsuit for TOTK but Valve aren't that fucking stupid, pathetic or desperate.
You'll notice Nintendo has widely avoided pissing off other big Triple A studios, reason being they wont pick a fight they think they cant win and that could actively be turned against them, thankfully the community for Palworld is also THEIR community, the community they have endlessly underwhelmed with an unwillingness to innovate, who got tired of their bullshit and found what they were seeking in Palworld.
So more than anything, Nintendo has actively turned a large portion of its community against it and incensed their critics (such as myself) even further.
They really do be speedrunning becoming the worlds most loved video game studio to being one of its most hated.
Think Unity still holds that record but good god do they have competition now!
Some important things to note, however. This only applies to the Nintendo Branch in America. The Japanese case last I heard is still ongoing and is somewhat riskier as that is where the devs of Palworld actually live and so does the game.
That said, Nintendo doesn't have a great track record of issuing patents such as this, they only got away with it with their SNES controllers due to that the idea for the time was actually original.
This patent in particular is likely not going to land, they'd also turn a large part of the corporate world against them which is heat Nintendo hardly needs given how much they are starting to fall off.
They do have something of an advantage in the Japanese courts due to proximity and them doing things like this in the past, Nintendo are absolutely fucking bullies and always have been, just like most AAA game industry corporations.
But very few have tried to claim ownership of a mechanic in a video game, especially not one so popular as monster-capturing or the like. This is a powergaming move by a company who thinks it deserves to own ideas, when it can barely fucking come up with original ideas to save its life.
Valve could be petty and patent Garry's mod mechanics and basically fuck over Nintendo on a lawsuit for TOTK but Valve aren't that fucking stupid, pathetic or desperate.
You'll notice Nintendo has widely avoided pissing off other big Triple A studios, reason being they wont pick a fight they think they cant win and that could actively be turned against them, thankfully the community for Palworld is also THEIR community, the community they have endlessly underwhelmed with an unwillingness to innovate, who got tired of their bullshit and found what they were seeking in Palworld.
So more than anything, Nintendo has actively turned a large portion of its community against it and incensed their critics (such as myself) even further.
They really do be speedrunning becoming the worlds most loved video game studio to being one of its most hated.
Think Unity still holds that record but good god do they have competition now!