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[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 28 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Aren't they being sued by Nintendo rn? That's some balls from both sides lol.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 63 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That lawsuit might take years, and the requested damages from Nintendo are only $66,000. Palworld isn't going to be shut down anytime soon, even if they lose the case.

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The request includes a term to shutdown Palworld IIRC

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was a request to halt sales until the specific mechanics were removed, with the mechanics being throwing pokeball like items and riding monsters.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Trying do ban riding fictional animals is a tall order

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fuck it, have Nintendo sue blizzard whole they're at it. I want to see a nerd bloodbath.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago

Blizzard of course can't sue anyone because that would require an original idea to copyright.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ackshually 🤓

One of the patents was for seamlessly transitioning from one type of ride to another, as it happens in Legends Arceus, ie: jumping into the water while riding the stag will automatically change to the giant piranha. The irony here is that palworld lacks anything like that, you never transition between 2 different mounts without player input. The closest to that is using some pals as gliders, but you'll just get back on your feet once you touch the ground or water.

Another patent was for throwing stuff at enemies in order to begin combat. They're all hard reads, mostly because they read like they're describing how Legends Arceus works in minute detail.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Another patent was for throwing stuff at enemies in order to begin combat.

Are Nintendo suing reality now? I must admit, it would be very on brand for them.

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I looked through a few articles but couldn't find anything about a term that would shutdown Palworld just because Nintendo won the lawsuit.

The worst case scenario would be something like Palworld having to change their "Pal Spheres" into "Pal Cubes" or prisms, or something similar.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The Palnoctahedron. "It's a totally different shape and it's just the fact that it's very small, and we enabled smooth shading, that makes it look like we haven't done anything to it."

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In Japan.

With the money they've made already, they could move the team to US, where none of this would fly.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago

They would still have to face the courts in Japan if they want to sell in Japan.

Your line of thinking is the same thing that X fell for with Brazil. Just because you don't have your HQ in a particular country doesn't mean the legal system can be ignored. Otherwise the EU wouldn't be gifting fines to Google and Apple every 15 minutes.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago

The suit is effectively not about the money at all. It’s about setting a precedent in Japanese court to basically allow Nintendo to patent whatever they want, whenever they want, so they can go after and shut down competitors with ease. Pirate Software has a decent and short breakdown on their youtube channel iirc

[–] cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 7 months ago

The patents were filed after the features were already in their other game, Craftopia.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Does that mean they should stop functioning because Nintendo is suing them?