According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn’t just a moment of questionable legal theory. It’s an indictment of American patent law.
“Broadly, I don’t disagree with the many online complaints about these Nintendo patents,” said Sigmon, whose opinions do not represent those of his firm and clients. “They have been an embarrassing failure of the US patent system.”
I’m going to patent electrons passing through a xor gate
You can get a licence from Nintendo if you like.
Someone in the patent office got bribed.
Capcom should start their patent for 2D fighting games and see what happens to Super Smash Bros
I’m surprised that Palworld was even able to release, honestly.
“They have been an embarrassing failure of the US
patent system.“ seems like a trend these daysThe USPTO is notorious for granting insane patents knowing they are invalid or too vague and expect the court system to be the final arbiter. It’s almost as if they like stirring shit up for there own amusement.
An embarrassing failure describes the US quite well actually. Also fuck Nintendo. Don’t give them your money.
I can’t wait to play Elden Ring 2 when it’s made by Nintendo because Elden Ring used summoning and now only runs at 12 fps.
Nintendo also owns the rights to platformers, racing games, and rpgs. Tough luck, that’s just how it is.
Don’t forget alarm clocks
Or ‘love hotels’. You want to rent a room by the hour, Mario gets his cut.
NPC dialogs? Owned by Nintendo too.
Hey listen!
Did you pay for that parent use?
If it was made by Nintendo (not Gamefreak) it would actually be optimized
If by optimized you mean removing most details and adding a cartoon filter over it.
Vs
Terrible legal practices aside.
Nintendo deserves a lot of shit for their business decisions, but not for their art directions. windwaker and sunshine still look good to this day by simply appling higher resolutions and some anti aliasing. No game with “realistic graphics” has ever stood the test of time.
No game with “realistic graphics” has ever stood the test of time.
Hahahahahahaha
Which ones still look good a decade later.
This is why I can’t support Nintendo.
death to intellectual property
*for digital content
nah, death to all intellectual property. it’s not better when it’s physical. in fact, in some cases, it’s much much worse; like with medicine patents
I’m fully stopped. Now what?
Hammer time
The time for “collaborate and listen” has passed. Now, the time for Nintendo to bring down hammer go hammer mc hammer yo hammer and the rest can go and play has arrived.
