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Nintendo plans to sue Palworld-maker Pocketpair (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -45 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Fuck Nintendo but they do have a point here. You can only get so far with artistic inspiration until it becomes straight up plagiarism.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

They are suing over a patent though (ie, a technology). What you are talking about is a copyright suit.

Unfortunately we don’t know what patents Nintendo is suing over. And I struggle to think of a patent issue that would generate a good faith claim.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

~~Looks like it's over the game mechanics of 'releasing a creature into a 3d environment and having it perform a contextual task' & 'having a rideable mount switch to a different rideable mount depending on terrain'~~

~~I don't think either of these would work in the US, because you can't protect game mechanics here, but I'm not sure about Japan's take.~~

Edit: I missed that this was still under speculation at the time of the post:

https://bulbagarden.net/threads/nintendo-and-the-pokemon-company-jointly-file-lawsuit-for-patent-infringement-against-palworld-creator-pocketpair-inc-in-the-tokyo-district-court.303354/

Based on searching of Japanese patent databases, initial speculation is that these may include (but is not necessarily limited to) patents relating to game mechanics and gameplay features from Pokémon: Legends Arceus, and may include patents such as one for throwing and using Poké Balls in a 3D space (JP,2023-092953,A); and one for automatically switching between ride Pokémon as a player transitions between different terrain, such as between air and the ground (JP,2023-092954,A).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They haven't actually said what the alleged infringement is yet, so we can't know for sure what excuse they're going to come up with. They haven't even told Pocketpair!