I'm seeing people saying "RIP Persona, RIP Final Fantasy". No, I don't believe Nintendo will start suing Atlus and Square Enix.
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What if/when they go after small indie games with no money for lawyers?
sep 10, 2025, 11:04 am • 2 0 • view
Why would they? They're going after Palworld because it was an alleged Pokémon rip-off that became an enormous success. Once again, I don't agree with Nintendo owning the patent, but I don't think it's going to use it unless the bear is poked with a sharp enough stick.
sep 10, 2025, 11:14 am • 1 0 • view
Because they are extremely litigious www.suedbynintendo.com You probably know this already so I don't know why you find this hard to believe
sep 10, 2025, 11:20 am • 3 0 • view
Yes, I do know this already. And how many of the lawsuits on that page are for patent infringement, rather than IP-related?
sep 10, 2025, 12:24 pm • 0 0 • view
At least one: screenrant.com/nintendo-law... Also what reason do we have to think they'll stop at palworld? And when the next indie monster catcher starts doing numbers?
sep 10, 2025, 12:43 pm • 1 0 • view
There's a lot of patent cases that are missing from that list. They've used it to keep upstart, potential rival companies down for a LONG time in Japan.
sep 10, 2025, 12:41 pm • 5 0 • view
So what are you saying? Any monster taming game needs to be intentionally wingclipped and kept small so it doesn't upset Nintendo?
sep 10, 2025, 1:37 pm • 1 0 • view
How did you come to that conclusion from what I said? Don’t forget the controversy surrounding Palworld when it released: there’s making a monster-taming game and there’s making a game with character models so similar people were placing them over Pokémon ones to see if they were identical
sep 10, 2025, 1:39 pm • 1 0 • view
"that became an enormous success." That's what you said above. This game really bruised Nintendo's ego. Let's be honest about it. The "controversy" is another mattery entirely, that isn't why they are suing and making absolutely idiotic patents. It's Nintendo being assblasted.
sep 10, 2025, 2:27 pm • 2 0 • view
It became an enormous success but was also quite clearly taking more than a little inspiration from Pokémon. The controversy absolutely is why the lawsuit is happening IMO. They're going about it in a petty way with the patents but I don't think this would have happened had it not been for this
sep 10, 2025, 2:33 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah, but the patent we are discussing is about a generic game mechanics, not character design
sep 10, 2025, 4:56 pm • 0 0 • view
I know that, but I'm saying the initial controversy about the character design was what got Nintendo's attention in the first place, and since then it's been doing everything it can to bring it down. Petty? Absolutely. A sign it'll use the same game mechanic patent on other games? Not necessarily.
sep 10, 2025, 5:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Also, I don't know how a patent NOW will help against palworld, a game released in the past. Is this thing retroactively enforced?
sep 10, 2025, 5:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Apparently so, this sums it up well (though it’s still more complicated than the title suggests!) gamesfray.com/why-nintendo...
sep 10, 2025, 5:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Then let's hope the good Nintendo lawyers never use this new patent against studios we like 😉
sep 10, 2025, 5:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Congratulations? I’m not sure what your point is
sep 10, 2025, 3:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Every 3D artist worth their salt basically dismissed that as tinfoil hat nonsense. Yes, a cartoon wolf is going to have roughly similar proportions if posed in the exact same way. That does not mean it's a stolen model. Just because a lot of people made a lot of noise does not mean it's correct.
sep 10, 2025, 2:53 pm • 0 0 • view
There were accusations that they straight-up ripped assets from Pokemon games that DIDN'T EVEN EXIST YET when the game was deep in development. The paranoia and accusations levelled at it were unhinged and almost entirely bullshit. Come on, man. You're smarter than this.
sep 10, 2025, 2:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Unnecessary comment at the end aside, I didn’t say it did actually plagiarise Pokémon. But enough drama was caused that Nintendo paid attention to it. Was it right to? Maybe not. The only point I’ve been making is that this is why Nintendo will do its patent bullshit with Palword and not Persona.
sep 10, 2025, 3:33 pm • 1 0 • view
No, because they pay licensing fees to develop AAA software on their platforms. What it does place in the crosshairs are any indie developers who dare think they can do better than Pokemon at being Pokemon. Mark my words.
sep 10, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view