It’s a Japanese patent. I’m not sure how it would hold up internationally, but Pocketpair is also a Japanese company and this lawsuit is entirely within the Japanese legal system. That probably gives Nintendo a bit of an advantage since they’re such a large and iconic Japanese corporation.
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Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 days ago“moving characters to a virtual field when an event is triggered” (entering a battle)
How is that a legit patent, when there are so many obvious instances of prior art?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Copyright is already cooked, no matter where it’s located. But the way japan acts as if Pokemon invented JRPG battles is simply ridiculous.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
the way japan acts as if Pokemon invented JRPG battles is simply ridiculous.
Am I missing some bit of context? Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy still exist (and came first).
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
That’s what I meant with “prior art”. Nintendo’s second patent basically explains how any old JRPG worked.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 days ago
Even if there weren’t a million examples of prior art, the fact that patents on game mechanics are even allowed is just awful for the industry as a whole, and we as players should absolutely rail against this. Every game borrows from other games’ ideas and mechanics - I’d bet money that there hasn’t been a single fully “original” game in 20+ years. If companies are allowed to patent every little mechanic (even ones they didn’t come up with), the industry as a whole will just become impossible to operate in.
Infynis@midwest.social 4 days ago
It’s not only games, this is just straight-up how art works. Culture develops over time. Of course capitalism had to get a middleman in there lol
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Yes, definetly.