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With the implementation of Patch v0.5.5 this week, we must make yet another compromise. From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals. Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide.

How lame. Japan needs to fix its patent laws, it's ridiculous Nintendo owns the simple concept of using an animal to fly.

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[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

I can get the pokéball, but mounts in games are older than pokémon. That one makes no sense.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

palword wouldve solved some of its problem by not naming it to close to POKEMON names, or gimmicks, or copy verbatim some of its features. they only noticed when things were named exactly like they did in the pokemon consoles.

kinda wierd thing to target, when flying was in WOW for 2 decades before this lawsuit.

-after looking at another post, they also copied the pokemon and changed it very little of the pal-creature, palword needs ot do better to have a stronger case.

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 22 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Copyright and patent laws need to die.

Victims of Stockholm Syndrome always focus on what their abusers provide, but never what they take away.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Adds to the ever growing list of copy-blight examples

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I need to start patenting random game mechanics, apparently.

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Might be cool to have AI come up with a bunch of mechanics to patent.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 47 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

This is why I'll never feel sorry for Nintendo - karma is long overdue for this company. In fact, I'll download a switch emulator right now just to spite them.

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Heck yeah.

Torzu seems to be the logical successor to Yuzu.

[–] anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I started using it last week. It works well so far although I have only played the new donkey Kong. Take note that Torzu has gone to the dark web, so if you want it you need to go through TOR. This is good because this makes take down near impossible.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm still using the latest version of Yuzu (the version shortly before the takedown). How does Torzu compare to that? And is it possible to add Torzu to Emudeck?

[–] anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Torzu is a fork of Yuzu, so essentially the same thing, just being kept updated. I am not familiar with emudeck but I am sure it will be compatible. I know files like saves etc from Yuzu work with Torzu.

[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Nice, please share the link with everyone for ultimate spite (and cos I deleted yuzu once by mistake)

/s

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I was joking, I promise, look I added a /s 😇

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yeah, right... /s

😂

I have a private git copy of every recent open-source Switch emulator. I don't have a use for them, for now at least, but at least their work won't be lost.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Here's hoping Pokemon and Nintendo see disappointing sales. Everytime someone brings up Pokemon, bring up Palworld and how massive of a dick the Pokemon Company/Nintendo was. When people talk about the Switch 2, they bring up all the lawsuits Nintendo brought up on fans, all the YouTubers that dealt with issues because suing people, I'd assume, is Nintendo's main income source at this point..

[–] Odemption@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 hours ago

Worthy cause but a slim hope. Everyone who's been planning to continue supporting Nintendo, and who I have talked about these issues with, most of them echo the sentiments and agree that Nintendo is bad, but go on to say '...but in the end, my favorite franchises are exclusive to Nintendo so...'. I fear nothing can make a dent in the nostalgia abuser that is Nintendo, not like this.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

i doubt it, 10s millions still are pokemon fans, majority are children + they also have the TRADING card game which i heard they are making bank on that too, and then the extra side games like GO, and pocket, only boosts pokemons popularity.

they dint fall in sales when they enshittified sword and shield and beyond. they rightfully sued some research instituition, because naming some of thier stuff after oncogene is bad press.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 62 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is bullshit. Warner Brothers and Nintendo need to lose, hard.

Also, why the hell does Nintendo think they were first when it comes to the concept? Animals and gliding have been a thing for a long time.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

You see, the patent system is based on a “first to file the paperwork” basis, thereby enabling literal legalized theft. Neoliberalism at work, precisely as designed.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 46 points 13 hours ago

Remember they amended the patent after palworld came out

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 34 points 13 hours ago

Fuck Nintendo.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 62 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Palworld did more for the monster-collecting genre in one early access title than Pokémon has in the last decade of AAA titles.

Why does Nintendo deserve these patents when they aren't going to produce anything meaningful with them and simply weaponize them to squash any real threatening competition?

Pokémon is the highest grossing franchise in the world, and 2nd place isn't even close. I think they can give a little ground to an indie developer who makes games that people are actually interested in playing. The patent bullshit is ridiculous.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

hardly call pokemon an AAA title. maybe a solid A+ even before thier enshittification during the SWSH era.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 33 points 13 hours ago

Because that's how Nintendo works. They are the Disney of gaming.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 19 points 12 hours ago

I wonder how hard it would be for an "unofficial" patch to "somehow" be released that restores the previous functionality

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