• @Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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    714 hours ago

    I don’t understand. Everyone, literally EVERYONE was calling this game pokemon with guns when it released, so why are people mad that the makers of pokemon are suing? We all saw it from the start

    • @Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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      3114 hours ago

      The comparison is valid, but doesn’t mean it infringes on any patent.

      Otherwise, FromSoftware would sue the shit out of every soulslike out there.

        • @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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          38 hours ago

          Palworld is an open world survival crafting factory/base building game, that happens to borrow the catching mechanic from Pokemon (who borrowed it from Shin Megami Tensei).

    • @PunchingWood@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      I think it’s understandable why they sue them (I doubt it holds up in court though), it’s just horrible business practice because Nintendo is too lazy to actually innovate and do something creative for a change, instead of sitting on franchises like that and do fuck all with it, only releasing repetitive piss-poor games based on the exact same concept they invented like 30+ years ago.

      The problem is people will still buy Pokemon, even if they’re absolute garbage games. So Nintendo won’t change it either.