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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/PixelProphecy/statuses/113169787876600691">♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (pixelprophecy@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 22:45:23 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@PixelProphecy" title="pixelprophecy@mastodon.gamedev.place"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/158410-48-20240821165538.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇺🇦🇪🇺" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇺🇦🇪🇺</a></section><article><p>Oof! When Nintendo decides to sue you, it will win 😬<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/cold-blooded-business-nintendo-is-patent-trolling-palworld-because-it-got-too-big/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.404media.co/cold-blooded-business-nintendo-is-patent-trolling-palworld-because-it-got-too-big/</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" rel="tag">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/nindento" rel="tag">#nindento</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3700474#notice-7248028">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-09-20T22:45:23+09:00" title="Friday, 20-Sep-2024 22:45:23 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@PixelProphecy/113169787876600691" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.gamedev.place via ActivityPub">mastodon.gamedev.place</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@PixelProphecy/113169787876600691">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3197780">Excerpt from the linked article:You know when devices are sleeping and you want to resume there's a confirmation screen in a lot of games? “Are you sure you want to resume?” And then you tap yes or no. Nintendo has a patent on that, and this game uses it. And then Nintendo said, you know, look, you're using our patent and you cannot do that. You're not paying us any licensing fees. And they had five other ones, including one for isometric, pseudo, 3D games, when the character is hidden behind the tree, the game forms a shadow, so you have a kind of sense for where the character is, even though you don't see the character clearly. Nintendo has a patent on that, and this game uses that technology. And Nintendo said, look, you cannot do this. And this goes on with four other patents, right? </a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/169/785/478/114/888/original/2946cced9c2c4eff.jpg" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/169/785/478/114/888/original/2946cced9c2c4eff.jpg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.404media.co</div><h5><a href="https://www.404media.co/cold-blooded-business-nintendo-is-patent-trolling-palworld-because-it-got-too-big/#gamedev">‘Cold-Blooded Business’: Nintendo Is Patent Trolling Palworld Because It Got Too Big</a></h5><div> from <span>@emanuelmaiberg</span></div></header><div>Japan games industry analyst explains why Nintendo is going after Palworld, and why it’s probably going to win.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (pixelprophecy@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 22:45:23 JST ♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇺🇦🇪🇺
Oof! When Nintendo decides to sue you, it will win 😬
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1. Excerpt from the linked article: You know when devices are sleeping and you want to resume there's a confirmation screen in a lot of games? “Are you sure you want to resume?” And then you tap yes or no. Nintendo has a patent on that, and this game uses it. And then Nintendo said, you know, look, you're using our patent and you cannot do that. You're not paying us any licensing fees. And they had five other ones, including one for isometric, pseudo, 3D games, when the character is hidden behind the tree, the game forms a shadow, so you have a kind of sense for where the character is, even though you don't see the character clearly. Nintendo has a patent on that, and this game uses that technology. And Nintendo said, look, you cannot do this. And this goes on with four other patents, right?
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  ‘Cold-Blooded Business’: Nintendo Is Patent Trolling Palworld Because It Got Too Big
  from @emanuelmaiberg
  Japan games industry analyst explains why Nintendo is going after Palworld, and why it’s probably going to win.

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