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Nintendo has put out a statement, which says Nintendo Co. Ltd. and the Pokemon Company seek injunction against the creators of Palworld for patent infringement.

Holy shit, it took months but they actually did it. I'm no lawyer so I'm not exactly sure what that patents in question are.

What a disgusting company.

"Against infringement and compensation for damages"

What damages? And what patents?

I heard that the capture balls are one of the patents. It's why Tem-Tem uses cards, as only Pokémon can use capsules to hold monsters. Of course, the idea of monsters in capsules comes from an old tokusatsu show that I cannot recall the name of. It's like Namco's patent on loading screen mini-games.

Basically, The Pokémon Company is angry at the idea that Game Freak may need to actually try to make a good game.

The toku is ultraseven.

Thanks for telling me the name. I would have said Ultraman, but that didn't sound right. Anyway, it's a bit funny that Nintendo is part of this--given its battle with Philips over the Wii remote.

I really DESPISE Japan's copyright laws. And if it turns out it was a prank, we must stop doing this.

Honestly, the only surprising thing is that it's not about the actual model rips

I'm legit curious which patents in question are being claimed to be infringed upon. If it's just the capture balls I can see those being easily changed. If it turns out certain models were directly ripped after all then yeah that'll be harder to defend and Poketpair might need better outside help.

>capture balls
i might be a dumbass to some of you, but this is too stupid of Nintendo to sue PocketPair over that.
That's like if iD Software sued those companies behind boomer shooters for being shooters.