I’m sorry, it’s mostly humanoid furries now with the starter Pokémon…
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NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Anybody who’s played palworld knows the game is nothing like pokemon. What’s next, are they going to claim they are the only company who can make games with 4 legged animals?
GuillaumeGus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
olafurp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nintendo is making a case that the use of capsules to capture and carry creatures is their IP.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dragon Ball was using capsules to store things long before Pokemon did. And Dragon Ball Z, which ended in Japan in '96 had already done storing 'creatures in capsules. Saibamen for one. And after the Saiyan saga Bulma puts her dead friends in coffin capsules.
So Akira Toriyama did it before Pokemon.
olafurp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, they should absolutely argue that storing things, alive or not, in capsules has been used in numerous movies and shows and that the patent is invalid. Big corporations make tons of patents all the time just in case and then see if they hold up in court later, such as Nintendo with their pokeballs in this case. They still don’t know whether Palworld is an infringement or not
frezik@midwest.social 1 month ago
Also, Iron Bands of Bilarro in DnD 5e, but I’m not sure how far back the history of that item goes. DnD 3.5 had Iron Flask that works kinda the same.
JustZ@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Does patent mean something else there?
june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
They said patent violations, not copyright, so it is about some sort of mechanic or system and not the pals or any specific designs. I’m guessing the thrown ball capture system, since it seems no other developers have published anything using that specifically.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Actually ARK does this with cryopods.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 month ago
World of Warcraft’s pet capture system was actually very similar to Pokemon, including better traps with better chances of success.