I don't understand

[The Phantom Gamer]

Pokemon: You throw a ball, you catch a creature - Palworld: You throw a ball, you catch a creature.
Okay, similar. Fine. Splitting hairs imo since in-game lore differs, but whatever.
But people arguing similar designs, does that mean you can't have blonde haired elves because Link exists? He's not an elf, but the things in Palworld aren't Pokeballs and they're still going after it. No more brunette macho men because Chris Redfield? Doesn't matter if ethnicity is different because it's still similar. I don't have the game so I can only go off of screenshots, but I have yet to see these 'Blatant Copies' people are talking about. And 'looking similar' or 'makes me think of X' is not the same as 'Reskinned X'.
Plus, let's go over world building. Pokemon is cutesy/kid-friendly, Palworld literally gives you a gun and says there's no labour laws for Pals. You catch creatures, you battle with them, but that's where the similarities end. Even the battle system is different, from what I've seen.

I'm saying this as someone who grew up with Legend of Zelda as my first and favourite game:
Nintendo NEEDS to lose.
Nintendo NEEDS to actually compete with other games instead of shutting them down.
Nintendo NEEDS to actually put effort into their games.

A win for Nintendo is a loss for creativity and integrity in the gaming industry. Because guess what? Other companies will see this tactic works, and they'll use it. Then they won't have to try anymore. They just slap a patent on something and boom, no more competition. No more needing to actually make a game good because no one else can give that kind of game to you. And when they're done with it? We can kiss that style of game goodbye because no one else can even attempt it without legal repercussions.

I hope Palworld wins. In fact, I hope more people make open world creature-catching games. It's high time Nintendo let go of their building blocks and let others see what they can make with it. AAA Games need a kick in the a$$ that only tough competition will provide.

And if Nintendo wins, and the next pokemon game has nerf guns, I'm gonna remind everybody where we saw that before.

[funewchie]

It's not even about throwing Spheres.

Palworld could have used a net launcher or throwing capture cards with "I ♥ Sony" on them, and it would still be violating Nintendo's overly vague patent.

That's what everyone's upset about, that Nintendo has very broad patents that by all rights should never have been issued, that are illegal even in Japanese law.
"An object that interacts with a creature."
Meaning even CoD and Halo violate that patent, with using frag grenades.

[Naii Starwing]

It's not about patent infringement. Nintendo is big mad their AAA game is being shown up by an indie dev, and they find it cheaper to shut it down in court than to improve their own games. It is as simple as that. A petty act of jealousy from a corporation with too much money and not enough morality. It's a disgrace. No honor. No integrity.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by Naii Starwing:

It's not about patent infringement. Nintendo is big mad their AAA game is being shown up by an indie dev, and they find it cheaper to shut it down in court than to improve their own games. It is as simple as that. A petty act of jealousy from a corporation with too much money and not enough morality.

I know, but so many seem to think it's a copyright suit.
So it needed to be clarified that designs (and spheres) were not part of the lawsuit, but rather patents (which typical involve computer code).

(Admittedly, if after this they did add "We ♥ Sony" to the Spheres, that'd be hilarious! The ultimate middle finger to Nintendo)

[The Phantom Gamer]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Originally posted by Naii Starwing:

It's not about patent infringement. Nintendo is big mad their AAA game is being shown up by an indie dev, and they find it cheaper to shut it down in court than to improve their own games. It is as simple as that. A petty act of jealousy from a corporation with too much money and not enough morality.

I know, but so many seem to think it's a copyright suit.
So it needed to be clarified that designs (and spheres) were not part of the lawsuit, but rather patents (which typical involve computer code).

(Admittedly, if after this they did add "We ♥ Sony" to the Spheres, that'd be hilarious! The ultimate middle finger to Nintendo)

I mean, Sony is (last I heard) planning on porting Palworld for the PS5 so it would fit as a version exclusive cosmetic thing

[funewchie]

Originally posted by The Phantom Gamer:

Originally posted by funewchie:

I know, but so many seem to think it's a copyright suit.
So it needed to be clarified that designs (and spheres) were not part of the lawsuit, but rather patents (which typical involve computer code).

(Admittedly, if after this they did add "We ♥ Sony" to the Spheres, that'd be hilarious! The ultimate middle finger to Nintendo)

I mean, Sony is (last I heard) planning on porting Palworld for the PS5 so it would fit as a version exclusive cosmetic thing

Well that, and Sony have apparently joined up with PocketPair to create a company for Palworld... similar to how Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak created The Pokemon Company.

Sony plans to work with them on things like merchandise, an anime, and so on.

[XIVaplogist]

Nintendo Yakuza set the foundation and we are just looking at the house they built over it, lol.

[The Phantom Gamer]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Originally posted by The Phantom Gamer:

I mean, Sony is (last I heard) planning on porting Palworld for the PS5 so it would fit as a version exclusive cosmetic thing

Well that, and Sony have apparently joined up with PocketPair to create a company for Palworld... similar to how Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak created The Pokemon Company.

Sony plans to work with them on things like merchandise, an anime, and so on.

Oh Hell Yeah!

[Revy]

DONT FEED THE TROLL.

[The Phantom Gamer]

Originally posted by Revy:

DONT FEED THE TROLL.

I'm oblivious, who's being a troll?