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Palworld lawsuit nears end with Nintendo reportedly poised to gain almost nothing
(www.videogameschronicle.com)
Eat shit, Nintendo
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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To put the potential $30k settlement into context, Nintendo’s most recent annual report stated that it had made a $40m loss from patent litigation in its last business year.
Hey guys, I think I just figured out why first party Switch 2 games are $80 now.
You think $40 million is a dent in Nintendo?
Patents can be struck void if you don't attempt to defend them. Paying $40 million to have the world once again say "ok Nintendo does have patent on that simple mechanic" is a steal.
Why would Nintendo get anything? They were suing based on mechanics they stole from other games to make Pokemon
Which would be?
Using creatures to battle for you (Shin Megami Tensei), riding on creatures, etc.
The only one they mildly have a claim on is catching the creatures in magic balls, which is predated thousands of years by superstitious beliefs that you could trap evil spirits inside of crystals and other various rituals humans came up with.
Nope. The throw-ball-to-catch-creature, in the specific way it was defined by the patent, already existed in Craftopia (also made by Pocketpair) well before the patent
Creature capturing, battling, and riding weren't directly under contention and are still in the game. The major features that got removed due to the lawsuit were being able to aim where you summon Pals (which Nintendo alleged violated a patent related to using a combination of a control stick and a button to summon a support character) and being able to see some Pals as gliders (which Nintendo alleged violated a patent related to automatically switching mounts or something). I'm sure there was a third patent I'm currently forgetting about, but whatever it was it doesn't seem to cover anything that's still in the game, because Nintendo amended their claim to only cover the time before the changes got made.
Nintendo would dearly love to be able to patent monster battling, etc. but all they've actually managed so far is to chip away at minor features.
And even if SMT demons aren't the same as monsters, I recall DQ5 literally having captured monsters. That's '92.
Good. Those litigious little nerds should get back to making their overpriced crap.
Nearly 10 year old Switch games still having a $59.99 price tag is the real crime.
Last time I checked they were free on PC
Hopefully mods can restore the sphere throwing animations