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Palworld ditches Pokéball-style summoning mechanic amid Nintendo legal battle
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this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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Not a lawyer, but it seems like changing the ball throwing mechanic is an admission that they are taking ideas from Nintendo. Maybe they are trying to minimize the damage but still seems like they are weakening their position.
Yeah doesn't seem like a good tactic to me.
Honestly this whole thing is gonna set precedence and simple game mechanics are gonna get copyrighted in ways that will only make gaming as a whole even worse than it already is.
Your video game has characters collecting in-game coins.
We have a patent for commercial mechanics existing in games, pay us.
I bet with their sales Palworld can afford actual lawyers