Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent
Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent
If only necromancy were real. They could summon and battle Gygax in court.
I don't know what went wrong that such a patent was granted. I absolutely loathe IP people.
I think palworld needs to start filling for ridiculous patents, go on the offensive.
What are we patenting this week Nintendo.
This list will go on.
They can't copyright the legal system. 🤦♂️
Court summons and legal battles.
God there's so many companies that operate in Japan that will have problems with the summoning one alone. Square soft leaps to mind
Shouldn't take them long to patent the concept of "game".
They're going for the jugular. They gonna patent electricity
Shouldn't it be trivially easy to demonstrate "prior art" in this case, making the patent invalid? I guess that requires someone to get into a legal battle with Nintendo... but it's not like this is some niche mechanic. Surely there are other entertainment megacorps who are currently in violation of this "patent" and do have the resources to fight it in court.
Patent laws in Japan don't work the same way as they do in most of the world. And they can only enforce their patent on companies operating in Japan.
The whole Palworld situation was based on patents that Nintendo only applied for after Palworld was already released.
This patent was granted in the US.
My first instinct is Activision. They got Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Skylanders, and to a lesser extent Sekiro
Yeah, Activision was my first thought as well.
They'll ask Nintendo for use and they'll pay for it
I find it doubtful they'll successfully enforce this in court. But you never know.
The fact that this patent was issued is further proof our "intellectual property" laws and such are fucking broken to all hell, in any case.
This feels like it would hit games like: Overlord
I don’t know what went wrong that such a patent was granted. I absolutely loathe IP people.
Someone got paid, guaranteed.
This patent could have a chilling effect, but there's no way it would stand up in court. They can still use it as a bargaining chip. Court cases are expensive. And if you don't have a legal department, they are also a personal drain. But that's small fry. Financially, I don't believe it makes sense for them to resort to criminality to get such a patent. Maybe they hope it will influence their court case in Japan against Palworld?
Final Fantasy VIII, why are you crying?
Someone's about to get chocobo-kicked:
FF3 on the NES had summoning too
Onion Knights, assemble!
Macintosh Chess breaks this patent.
This battle system was in use by final fantasy before pokémon though, wasn't it? Also summoning was used in at least the 4 ff games that I have actually played.
Megaten games are older than that. You even "capture" the demons you're battling