Games

I need to start patenting random game mechanics, apparently.

I don't play Palworld, but still hate firms that behaves like this. Not buying Nintendo anymore 🥳 Emulators from here on :)

Patenting common stuff like this is just stupid! Think I read somewhere that Apple patented squares with rounded corners 😂 Hope Nintendo doesn't use rounded corners in any of their in-game menus.

I though patents were ment to protect important original ideas. Stuff with impact.

I wonder how hard it would be for an "unofficial" patch to "somehow" be released that restores the previous functionality

Why is there nothing in place to punish Ninendo for doing shit like this?

Patent law is rigged. Legal monopolies shouldn't exist.

How is it that pokemon has a hold on things like animals allowing flight, but gliders allowing flight isn't under patent?

Like, whoever did gliders first needs to sue Nintendo to change breath of the wild, no gliders allowed anymore.

Glide with a glider in your inventory like Zelda? Is that patented?

Wouldn't a game mechanic/animation like that be equivalent to a stunt in a movie?

Like, imagine if a film director wanted to blow up a car in his movie, but was getting sued by Paramount because Michael Bay already blew up a car in Transformers.

Shit like this is why I haven't bought a Nintendo product in many years.

They might think it's keeping their profits up, but it's hurting their business, as a lot more people than me feel the exact same way.