All the SMT games I think have monster raising. The first one came out in like 1987 on the famicom. And I think Dragon Quest 5 also has it. But Pokemon was the first game with the concept to be released internationally, so unless you grew up in Japan, most people on the planet, at least back in 1998, believed Pokemon invented the game mechanic. But they didn'tThere are monster capturing games after Pokemon that didn't get sued like Jade Cacoon.
Doesnt surprise me weve got a few posters in here shilling for Nintendo
Is TPC honestly going to try to claim patent ownership over the concept of catching and raising monsters in video games?I doubt they'd go that far. I'm expecting this to be regarding using balls/spheres as capture devices(which is still absolutely ridiculous, don't get me wrong). Not sure what else they feel like they can sue over
All the SMT games I think have monster raising. The first one came out in like 1987 on the famicom. And I think Dragon Quest 5 also has it. But Pokemon was the first game with the concept to be released internationally, so unless you grew up in Japan, most people on the planet, at least back in 1998, believed Pokemon invented the game mechanic. But they didn'tI doubt they're suing over mechanics, it's almost assuredly the semblance to Pokemon's artstyle.
I'm rooting for Palworld. I haven't even played it. But I don't want Nintendo thinking they own an entire genre, that they didn't even start. A lot of people in the west probably think Pokemon was the first, only because the earlier games didn't originally release outside of Japan back in the day. But Pokemon did not start monster catching and raising
nobody actually thinks they're suing because you capture monsters lolWhat makes you think that when it has nothing to do with designs. It's not a copywrite or trademark suit
unless i'm missing something, it's probably just for some monster designs or something
They probably have them nailed on the designs being directly derivative of their works, them building and testing that case probably explains the time before the lawsuit, but I don't know if they'll be able to successfully argue that their brand was damaged as a result. Japanese patent/Copyright law is a completely different beast though.This has nothing to do with the design of monsters, just read the title and op, it's not hard
Did Palworld ever get a physical release?
You can't copywrite game mechanics, and whether you can patent them is a bit of an open question. Those who think you can generally force you into settling before a judgment by the sheer weight of dollars they bury you under.
Bruh, not to glaze Nintendo here, but last I checked, WB copyrighted the Nemesis system from Shadow of Mordor/War, Bloober Team copyrighted their two worlds at once gimmick they used in a single game and have since let rot, and freaking BioWare copyrighted the dialogue wheel they used for Mass Effect and newer Dragon Age games (though that one thankfully seems to have expired), so yes you can actually copyright game mechanics if theyre deemed innovative enough and you can prove you were the first to come up with them.None of those are copyrights, they are patents.
if this is them trying to claim they own the concept of monster catching yea thats fucked up and im 100000% against it
if this is over the fact several monsters are a clear rip off of existing pokemon then yea that is fair as palworld does blatently steal several pokemon
Nintendo should give whatever legal fees they're gonna throw at this 'patent infringement' to Game Freak so they can make an actual good Pokemon game because the last 10 years of games sucked
ESPECIALLY the most recent generation
Too many people making too many assumptions and then getting angry about it.Because people are either blindly against Nintendo or blindly for Nintendo. Hate makes people irrational but hardly anyone is aware of that for themselves.
Lol
They should have done this before Palworld became successful. Now Palworld has the funds to battle this out, right?yes, but that means they also now have the money to pay out if they lose
I don't think they're going to claim that because Megami Tensei did it a decade earlier and Dragon Quest did it earlier as well. Pretty sure it's the monster designs. I don't know the details but I have heard it claimed some of the 3D models looked to be modified from data ripped from a 3DS game.You can't patent monster designs, and we know their patents, they were already linked in this topic
I doubt they'd go that far. I'm expecting this to be regarding using balls/spheres as capture devices(which is still absolutely ridiculous, don't get me wrong). Not sure what else they feel like they can sue over
You can't patent monster designs, and we know their patents, they were already linked in this topic
They should have done this before Palworld became successful. Now Palworld has the funds to battle this out, right?Not only are they filthy rich now, I think theyve been on record saying they earned so much money they dont know what to do with it
Was there ever anything substantial with those model comparisons? Thats the only thing I would imagine would actually hold up in court if they did just trace over existing models for some of them.
While there were definitely some that are change a few words in a plagiarized paragraph level of creativity, I dont think there are any general designs that would be considered directly ripped off otherwise.
You can't patent a pokemon design, but certain mechanics you can probably do so. Which mechanics they are going to go after palworld remains to be seen.I mean what mechanics can they claim?
I mean what mechanics can they claim?By mechanics they mean "borrowed some code"
Monster catching? Catching monsters in balls specifically? Using monsters in battles? None of them are really specific to pokemon
I mean what mechanics can they claim?Boxes and the way breeding works maybe?
Monster catching? Catching monsters in balls specifically? Using monsters in battles? None of them are really specific to pokemon
Yeah, the person who made those comparisons later turned out to be a complete fraud.I feel like I remember that. He later revealed that he edited pokemon to match things from palworld to make his point or something dumb like that, right?
I mean what mechanics can they claim?
Monster catching? Catching monsters in balls specifically? Using monsters in battles? None of them are really specific to pokemon
Could be design patents for the Pokmon designsNo it cant