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[–] dual_sport_dork 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aren’t they suing because of the 3d models??

No, they're not. The word "patent" is used in every single article about this repeatedly. Patents are not the same as copyrights.

A copyright protects a creative work: A work of fiction, a movie, a character.

A patent protects the method in which the way a thing functions: A machine, a chip, an algorithm, or in Nintendo's assertion certain vague gameplay concepts.