Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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Been boycotting Nintendo since the 3DS days over shit like this and I keep being told basically "don't buy our shit" every year, Indie games stay winning
 
Focken Kiwi said:
Not just pet battles but it also breaks the entire Hunter class as they tame animals and summon them to assist them in fights.

Edit: Forgot about Warlocks, Death Knights and Mages. Those three would be affected too.
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Yup, that's what I mean by classes. Spriests have their shadowfiends as well.
 
R00T said:
It’s crazy how hard Palworld mentally broke these people.
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This more or less, must of really spooked the hell out of them seeing literally anyone out more effort into something than them. If they only put as much true and honest heart into their games as their litigation, they would probably not be in this situation.

I'm really confused as to why the US patent office would approve something like this. First off it is vague and encompasses so many diverse and different Gameplay mechanics. As much as we all (rightly) hate in WB for the Nemesis system patent, it was very constrained and conditional. Secondly, Pokemon Red and Blue came out around 28 or 30 years ago, way over the 20 year lifespan of a patent. I know patents lifespan start upon filing, but 28 years? Thirdly I would bet a silver dollar that Pokemon was not the first video game that did this mechanic, probably from roguelike or RPG had creature summoning on some level.

This seems like gross negligence at the patent office or some boomer was slipped a Wii in a brown paper bag to push this through. I guess the only question is how best to deal. Can this patent be ignored as it's effectively too diffuse and too late to be reasonably enforceable? Can individuals or companies force the patent office to reneg? Can we get Donald Trump to sign executive orders to complete the prophecy of Gamer Gate 4.5?
 
Anti Snigger said:
So would I be justified in interpreting this as nintendo bullied the patent office into compliance?
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The Paranoid Organ said:
This seems like gross negligence at the patent office or some boomer was slipped a Wii in a brown paper bag to push this through.
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Squawking Macaw said:
Is this even allowed? Is the grandfather clause not a thing in Japan?
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Do you faggots really think the 50 year old 250lb negress sitting in the patent office reviewing patents has any fucking clue what video game mechanics are? No. She literally just stamps off on whatever the fuck falls on her desk and you sort it out in litigation. You think she knows what fucking "summonable mounts" or "summonable minions from balls" are? She goes "man y'all Japanese are weird" and rubber stamps it without a second thought. If you think the patent office is any better or different than any other government office, you're all high. They don't know what video game mechanics are. They haven't played one since Pong on Atari in fucking college while drinking rum punch.
 
Party Hat Wurmple said:
Do you faggots really think the 50 year old 250lb negress sitting in the patent office reviewing patents has any fucking clue what video game mechanics are? No. She literally just stamps off on whatever the fuck falls on her desk and you sort it out in litigation. You think she knows what fucking "summonable mounts" or "summonable minions from balls" are? She goes "man y'all Japanese are weird" and rubber stamps it without a second thought. If you think the patent office is any better or different than any other government office, you're all high. They don't know what video game mechanics are. They haven't played one since Pong on Atari in fucking college while drinking rum punch.
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I guess it just seems logical to me that a patent office clerk would research something like this, but perhaps I'm being optimistic
 
Bunny Tracks said:
I can tell you right now that I'd be stunned if Square Enix, and Sega don't try to fight this. This directly fucks with their biggest IPs, especially considering how vague it is.

I mean, going by just patent's wording the fucking Yakuza series is infringing upon it because you can summon characters to do one-time attacks against other characters in the later games.
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dragon quest monsters came out in 1997 and its a game about capturing, breeding, and fighting your monsters in a generic square enix turned-based RPG battle system. its different enough that it didn't warrant a lawsuit in 1997 and there's no way it would warrant a lawsuit now
 
You should not be able to patent a concept, especially retroactively, and especially especially when you didn't even do it first. That's ridiculous.

Look forward to some interesting lolsuits with this one.
 
lol mega-malamar2.webp
 
There should be a sim game where you're a game dev try to rip off Nintendo without being sued to win: Lawsuit Sim or some shit lmao but that game would be sued as well.
 
Celebrate Nite said:
oh no, the horror. It's not like you could take it down by just physically poking it in the face or anything

........ oh wait.
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And it'll have a base 100 defense because of this post
 
Leaf Wage Slave Jr said:
In the most lulwut headline I’ve ever seen - Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have picked up a patent on, and I shit you not, summoning a character and letting it fight another.
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It's actually so much worse because they fucking got the patent. it went all the way to the US patent office and nobody took a moment to think about it before giving the greenlight.

I was promised Trump would fuck Nintendo over, not give them more fucking power over the industry.
 
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