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Palworld ditches Pokéball-style summoning mechanic amid Nintendo legal battle
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sounds like a mechanic found in a number of video games.
That's the weird thing. It doesn't seem to matter. The patent was filed after PalWorld was released. I'm guessing this is some quirk of Japan's patent system I'm unfamiliar with.
Like what? I can't think of one off the top of my head.
You could argue against anything involving throwing a net to capture something, like monster hunter for the small fauna. Ark has “cryo pods” that function basically like pokeballs.
in minecraft you throw eggs to hatch chickens
ghostbusters, throwing trap to catch ghosts
Bulma keeps machinery in tiny capsules
Helldivers has this, I believe. if a teammate dies then you have to throw an object to summon down a drop pod at a specific location
They should go after Rockstar for the mechanic of throwing a rope at an animal to catch it, if this is the criteria. Ridiculous.
Ratchet and Clank's glove of doom fits the bill
The VG made by pocketpair before the patent was issued for one.
Summoning a dedra in skyrim?
You don't throw an object for that, you cast a spell, and I don't remember being able to target it, but then I never really used those spells.
It is a spell but iirc the animation is a little ball that goes where you point it.
Uh, nets IRL for starters, but there are shitloads of games with capture and summon mechanics ranging from Ghost Busters to ARK to Ratchet and Clank to fucking Skyrim.
Edit: Downvote all you want, but don't ask the question if you don't want the answer.
Does Ghostbusters count?
Interesting, every example people have given you in response is pretty weak. (I'm not saying I agree with Nintendo have any exclusive claim here.)
That's because it is, Pokemon didn't come up with it, they just made it popular.