Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition

I want to put out there the thing a lot of people aren’t looking at, and it’s a fair thing not to notice, but bare with me as i go through all this.
The patent in question is basically the pokeball mechanic, and the thing you should be more mad at is the timing, not the patent itself. I’ll explain why to both, but first i want to say one thing. THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMPETITION. Palworld ISN’T competition to Nintendo. If you think so, you haven’t seen Nintendo in the last 10+ years. Nintendo are not on PC, and never will be. They are not on Xbox, and never will be. Palworld is NEVER coming to Switch, and if you think Nintendo actively cares what is happening outside of their bubble, then see what i said before - You aren’t looking at Nintendo. They are not that company. They do not care. They do their own thing. Move at their own pace. It’s just not a factor.
The patent - This is for the pokeball gameplay, and i am going to start by saying flat out that this is a both sides being stupid situation, but Nintendo being worse. The Nintendo side that people do not seem to care about is that Pokemon, when it was original created for the Gameboy, stood out for it being a RPG where you captured monsters. That capturing mechanic is their brand. It’s on the back of the cards. It’s the logo for the original anime. The pokeball is the symbol of pokemon. It is THE mechanic. This is not an unfair thing to want to patent IN THEORY, the issue is timing. Let’s get this part of out the way - Nintendo should go to hell for filing a claim 2 weeks before they did this. They should more so go to hell for not doing this years ago if it mattered. “11th hour lawyering” is a AWFUL practise that is done to scare people off of things that you know you do have a claim for. Nintendo, regardless of your feelingss, build an entire empire around the concept of capturing monsters. That patent makes too much sense in their hands for any verdict to me personally. The main thing that hurts them is that this was a case of them doing this so late in the game, that it was motivated by…time to get into the other side.
“Pal Spheres” - Look. You can not say this was done not to rattle sabers with Nintetndo. Im sorry. You’re stupid if you think this. A lot of the choices in palworld are directly to be aggressive, needling, and sometimes hostile in their commentary towards Nintendo, and if you don’t like Nintendo for making lazy games, you don’t poke a company like this and thing “Teehee, im a little scamp, you can’t hurt me” without getting slapped. As i said before, Nintendo are still awful for their timing, but Pal Sphere is so blatently a coat-tail riding term that you can even find proof, and this is where streamers are going to be mad. The amount of streamers who did massive streams of Pal World, and made the pokemon comparison is pretty mch everyone, but more to the point - The Sphere’s all got the “Oh. It’s pokeballs”. You can get away with monster mechanics being “you capture monsters”. DQ does it very easily. This is about the clear exact wording, phrasing, and way it’s portraited. It’s basically copying and filing the serial numbers off. You can’t pretend otherwise, and it has enough evidence of people linking the two products by virtue of those streams i said alone to prove that everyone didn’t suddenly say “Oh. I get it. It’s a capture device”…tehy said it was a pokeball. If Nintendo had filled this patent 20 yeras ago, this would of been less a shit move because no one would really question it. It’s just they weirdly decided to do this so late, and i think it’s because the Palworld devs pretty openly fucking hate Nintendo, and spit in the face of the Pokemon games by being as actively close to breeching copyright as possible. If they had just made a better game, without on purposefully trying to get in the face of Nintendo, i HEAVILY doubt Nintendo would of made this move. They are such a actively lazy company, that they only time they notice the outside world is when something gets pointed out to them. You see it with indie games getting suddenly popular enough that idiot journalists talk about it publicly, this is that situatiton. Palworld isn’t getting slapped for being a competitor, because again…different systems, Nintendo aren’t like that. But they are going to tell people not do take the shit that they are known for. if you removed the capture mechancis from pokemon, you don’t have pokemon anymore. That is where this lawsuit is going. It’s very clear, and if it wasn’t for them filing this in 2 weeks, id of thought this would of been open and shut - but malicous filing of patents gets really frowned on universally.
Im only writing all this because the amount of people automatically assuming this is a big guy vs little guy sitiation is kinda stupid. Hate nintendo, please PLEASE do. They are a company that have caused issues universally for the industry, but do so for at least the right reasons, and don’t think the Palworld devs are guilt-free. They are are just as god damn stupid in all of this.

I want to put out there the thing a lot of people aren’t looking at, and it’s a fair thing not to notice, but bare with me as i go through all this.
The patent in question is basically the pokeball mechanic, and the thing you should be more mad at is the timing, not the patent itself. I’ll explain why to both, but first i want to say one thing. THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMPETITION. Palworld ISN’T competition to Nintendo. If you think so, you haven’t seen Nintendo in the last 10+ years. Nintendo are not on PC, and never will be. They are not on Xbox, and never will be. Palworld is NEVER coming to Switch, and if you think Nintendo actively cares what is happening outside of their bubble, then see what i said before - You aren’t looking at Nintendo. They are not that company. They do not care. They do their own thing. Move at their own pace. It’s just not a factor.
The patent - This is for the pokeball gameplay, and i am going to start by saying flat out that this is a both sides being stupid situation, but Nintendo being worse. The Nintendo side that people do not seem to care about is that Pokemon, when it was original created for the Gameboy, stood out for it being a RPG where you captured monsters. That capturing mechanic is their brand. It’s on the back of the cards. It’s the logo for the original anime. The pokeball is the symbol of pokemon. It is THE mechanic. This is not an unfair thing to want to patent IN THEORY, the issue is timing. Let’s get this part of out the way - Nintendo should go to hell for filing a claim 2 weeks before they did this. They should more so go to hell for not doing this years ago if it mattered. “11th hour lawyering” is a AWFUL practise that is done to scare people off of things that you know you do have a claim for. Nintendo, regardless of your feelingss, build an entire empire around the concept of capturing monsters. That patent makes too much sense in their hands for any verdict to me personally. The main thing that hurts them is that this was a case of them doing this so late in the game, that it was motivated by…time to get into the other side.
“Pal Spheres” - Look. You can not say this was done not to rattle sabers with Nintetndo. Im sorry. You’re stupid if you think this. A lot of the choices in palworld are directly to be aggressive, needling, and sometimes hostile in their commentary towards Nintendo, and if you don’t like Nintendo for making lazy games, you don’t poke a company like this and thing “Teehee, im a little scamp, you can’t hurt me” without getting slapped. As i said before, Nintendo are still awful for their timing, but Pal Sphere is so blatently a coat-tail riding term that you can even find proof, and this is where streamers are going to be mad. The amount of streamers who did massive streams of Pal World, and made the pokemon comparison is pretty mch everyone, but more to the point - The Sphere’s all got the “Oh. It’s pokeballs”. You can get away with monster mechanics being “you capture monsters”. DQ does it very easily. This is about the clear exact wording, phrasing, and way it’s portraited. It’s basically copying and filing the serial numbers off. You can’t pretend otherwise, and it has enough evidence of people linking the two products by virtue of those streams i said alone to prove that everyone didn’t suddenly say “Oh. I get it. It’s a capture device”…tehy said it was a pokeball. If Nintendo had filled this patent 20 yeras ago, this would of been less a shit move because no one would really question it. It’s just they weirdly decided to do this so late, and i think it’s because the Palworld devs pretty openly fucking hate Nintendo, and spit in the face of the Pokemon games by being as actively close to breeching copyright as possible. If they had just made a better game, without on purposefully trying to get in the face of Nintendo, i HEAVILY doubt Nintendo would of made this move. They are such a actively lazy company, that they only time they notice the outside world is when something gets pointed out to them. You see it with indie games getting suddenly popular enough that idiot journalists talk about it publicly, this is that situatiton. Palworld isn’t getting slapped for being a competitor, because again…different systems, Nintendo aren’t like that. But they are going to tell people not do take the shit that they are known for. if you removed the capture mechancis from pokemon, you don’t have pokemon anymore. That is where this lawsuit is going. It’s very clear, and if it wasn’t for them filing this in 2 weeks, id of thought this would of been open and shut - but malicous filing of patents gets really frowned on universally.
Im only writing all this because the amount of people automatically assuming this is a big guy vs little guy sitiation is kinda stupid. Hate nintendo, please PLEASE do. They are a company that have caused issues universally for the industry, but do so for at least the right reasons, and don’t think the Palworld devs are guilt-free. They are are just as god damn stupid in all of this.

From here

There, now I’m done for real.

Patent/Copyright or whatsoever

And I’m done posting stuff related to the patent.

Clarification over the Lawsuit Results

Sequel to this

Can anyone explain to me how this creates a doomsday scenario? Warner Bros had a patent for a nemesis system & that didn’t affect the big three.

Also, Nintendo doesn’t control you or the law.

Here’s a comment from one of the redditors.

And here’s a analyst’s thoughts

One more, and a unusual one at that

Why? Here’s a quote:

However, due to how vague the wording in patents is made out to be, should Nintendo win this lawsuit, it basically will allow them to claim a monopoly over the entire video game market. As in, you can basically say goodbye to your Xbox and PlayStation systems, because using them would basically be illegal.

Nintendo, like many companies, has filed numerous patents related to video game technology and concepts. However, the notion that they could “patent the very concept of video games” would not be accurate. Patent law generally does not allow for the broad patenting of abstract ideas or fundamental concepts; it requires that patents be specific to particular inventions or implementations.

Nintendo has patented various specific technologies, methods of gameplay, and interfaces related to video games, but these patents pertain to unique innovations rather than the general concept of what a video game is. The video game industry is highly competitive, and many companies hold patents on different aspects of gaming, but no single entity can claim ownership over the entire concept of video games.

If Nintendo filed a patent infringement on Sony & Microsoft that their PlayStation & Xbox consoles infringe on a patent, would it be illegal to own a PlayStation or Xbox?

If Nintendo were to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Sony or Microsoft regarding their PlayStation or Xbox consoles, it would not make it illegal for individuals to own these consoles. Patent infringement lawsuits typically seek to resolve disputes over the use of patented technology, which can result in various outcomes, such as licensing agreements, damages, or injunctions against further sales of the infringing products.

If a court were to find in favor of Nintendo, it might result in one of the following scenarios:

1. Injunction: The court could order Sony or Microsoft to stop selling the infringing consoles, but that would not retroactively make the consoles owned by individuals illegal to possess.
2. Licensing Agreement: Nintendo and the other companies might come to an agreement that allows them to coexist legally, potentially including royalty payments or licensing terms.
3. Damages: The companies might be ordered to pay damages to Nintendo for past infringement, but this also wouldn’t affect the legality of ownership for consumers.

In short, owning a PlayStation or Xbox would remain legal; the legal issues would primarily involve the companies and their practices regarding the patented technology.