Hotdog Salesman@programming.dev to Gaming@beehaw.org · 3 months agoNintendo and Pokémon are suing Palworld maker Pocketpairwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkNintendo and Pokémon are suing Palworld maker Pocketpairwww.theverge.comHotdog Salesman@programming.dev to Gaming@beehaw.org · 3 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllNewTypeFacelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoGameplay can be patented. Namco patented the mechanics of Katamari Damacy, for example.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAnd they continue to absolutely sweet fuck all with it in the modern age…(remasters do not count,)
minus-squareAllNewTypeFacelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThey made some shitty tap-the-screen game with collectibles for the iPhone maybe 10 years ago, though the less said about it the better. My guess is that it was a fuck-you to Takahashi-san.
Gameplay can be patented. Namco patented the mechanics of Katamari Damacy, for example.
And they continue to absolutely sweet fuck all with it in the modern age…(remasters do not count,)
They made some shitty tap-the-screen game with collectibles for the iPhone maybe 10 years ago, though the less said about it the better. My guess is that it was a fuck-you to Takahashi-san.