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Nintendo's 'Summon Character To Fight' Patent Rejected By US Patent Office (www.nintendolife.com)
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It's not over yet, but it's inching nearer to the end.

According to Games Fray's Florian Mueller (via VGC), the non-final rejection — meaning Nintendo has two months to respond (or more if it choses) — the USPTO has rejected all 26 claims made in the patent, which essentially revokes it, unless Nintendo chooses to respond.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Switch was unquestionably innovative. So much so that there are many, many imitators now. The Switch 2 is just more of the same.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My four year old Steam Deck is light-years more versatile than the Switch 2.

Nintendo got me back in 2017, but lost me to Valve in 2022.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Same, except they sold me on a Steam Deck after revealing the Switch 2. Glad they did then, since they've been out of stock for months!