Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games

• krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is that surprising to anyone? The specific grounds they’ve chosen for that lawsuit is odd but if any of their legal battles have merit its that one. Palworld is intentionally toeing the line between derivative and blatant ripoff.

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  • kboy101222@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, gaming patents are horse shit from stage one. There’s 0 reason you should be able to patent a method or mechanic in a creative medium other than creepy corporate BS

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    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That was the selling point behind this game “The Medium”. The copy was the most tone-deaf thing, gloating about its one-of-a-kind patented mechanic.

      My first reaction, especially as an aspiring indie dev: “Well, I’m not touching that just on principle.”

      Jerks.

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      • FinalRemix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That was the one where the chick could switch to white hair and swap between “worlds” just like Silent Hill but slightly different?

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    • krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That logic could easily apply to any kind of patent or copyright. That’s not to say you’re wrong but it’s part of a larger discussion than it seemed like was happening here.

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    • jeeva@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Honestly, though - “method or mechanic”, do you think palworld is a pretty blatant copy of Pokémon or not? Like, most of it. Not just a single bit.

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      • kboy101222@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There’s monster collecting and battling, something numerous other games have done.

        That’s where the similarities really end

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