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Nintendo sues Palworld devs over alleged Pokémon-like mechanics, but mid-case patent changes and prior use claims put the case on shaky ground. It's a battle for control, not cash.

#Nintendo #Palworld #Pokémon #GamingLawsuit #PocketPair #GameDev #PatentWar #MonsterCollecting #IPLaw #GamingNews #T#techi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/nintendo-palworld-patent-battle-pokemon-lawsuit/

Finding it amusing in the context of the #Pokemon / #PalWorld lawsuit that #TemTem is currently on sale for the weekend.

#CreatureCollecting #MonsterCollecting #gaming

Another thought about #Nintendo's #PatentInfringement #lawsuit for #Pokemon against #PalWorld, it really feels like it flies in the face of one of the main reasons they give for #copyright and #patent #law: #innovation.

What's happening here is that, for several decades now, Nintendo has sat on what was once a somewhat innovative take on the existing #MonsterCollecting genre, but wasn't really making the interesting changes that people wanted to see, at least not at the rate they were being asked to.

PalWorld comes along with a similar take on the genre, clearly intending to at least have a similar look, and does some really interesting innovations, effectively combining the modern #SurvivalGame / #BaseBuilding genres with classic Monster Collecting mechanics, creating an entirely new, interesting, and apparently highly demanded game.

If this is found to be patent infringement, it is effectively stifling innovation, the opposite of what patent proponents claim they do.

Thinking more about #Nintendo's #PalWorld #lawsuit, which claims that many of the mechanics, such as the #PalBall, are too similar to #Pokemon's mechanics, like the #PokeBall.

Wondering if it would be a good idea for #PocketPair to take a cue from #BugSnax, and replace the "ball" with a cyllindrical "trap". Perhaps they can take inspiration from #GhostBusters, and have some sort of energy based trap which opens at the top and sucks the magic monsters in. They should definitely be leaning hard into the #MonsterCollecting genre's roots of #Yokai, #Spirit entities, and #mythological #cryptids.

They might be able to avoid some damages if they lose this or have to settle in a few years by just changing up a few aesthetics, and I think the game itself would benefit from this: I personally think the Pal Ball looks odd and out of place as a mechanic, like it's just there to copy Pokemon.

Then again, changing things might be an admission of guilt? I'm not a lawyer.

#IANAL #law #legal

I have seen some stuff about the Moonstone Island game and it sounds super appealing… I might start playing it and get sucked in. 😅😅

#gaming #CozyGame #indie #farming #MonsterCollecting