I know I keep ripping on Nintendo for this shit, but honestly… fuck ’em for their history of litigious nonsense. It has legitimately colored how I view them as a company now.
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“… and the color red, like in our logo. Looking at you, Adobe reader.”
Eh, totally worth it if that means they bring down Oracle.
Someone said the O word! Time for an audit!
… And mushrooms. Our lawyers are scouring through forest to deliver cease and desist orders to any fly agaric they find.
Part of me doesn’t get where this comes from, they had no issue with platformers or competing 3d ones. But tho throw a ball at an animal is too much? never mind that Digimon has almost equal vlaim on Palworld… I shouldn’t have said that out loud…
Quite simply, it’s because Palworld finally gave people what they’ve been begging for from Pokemon for decades, to pretty amazing effect. Open world, real time battling in a world that isn’t a bland pile of shite, a huge map to explore that actually has interesting stuff going on, base building that isn’t just some tired gimmick, and a progression system that feels impactful. That’s to say nothing of the utter hilarity of giving a tiny monkey a machine gun and letting them have at it against the bad guys. It was and still is a breath of fresh air, and… Read more »
Also, Pokemon has been making Nintendo and GameFreak huge truckloads of money, in significant part because they had no real competition in the video game space. Palworld changed that, and Nintendo and Gamefreak want to stop it.
As much as what they’re doing sucks, I’m glad people are seeing that: yes, Nintendo is just another corpo.
Yeah, if people would stop idolizing corporations, that would be good. They only have a backbone if it fits into their image and if it pays better than not having one.
Oooh, Nintendo vs Lego, that could be an interesting litigation battle
Ninteno can legally (or illegally) go fuck themselves. I’m not supporting them any more.
It’s easier for them to sue smaller companies for crap than creating good games.
You think Nintendo is bad? Check out the Games Workshop legal offensive from earlier this year. They sued hundreds of folks who dared to come too close to their IP’s. Admitantly, some were really pirating their IP to sell knock off products. Some however were selling things completely unrelated – like somebody who was selling something for a Warhammer battlemech from Battletech game.
they noped out of going after ice for the pokemon recruiting video
Pretty much same way I feel about them.
Nintendo lost me when they announced Switch 2 and told me I’d have to rebuy my copies of Zelda BotW to play on the “new” console. It’s sad I have to let Zelda and Metroid go but I’ll get over it.
Not to mention the “just because you bought your console doesn’t mean you OWN your console” BS.
You don’t have to rebuy them. You just buy the upgrade pack or get it for free with the subscription…
They’ve definitely overstepped all reasonable boundaries at this point
At this point, companies like Nintendo have dispelled all pretense that patent and copyright exists to protect the economic stability of artists and other creators. Patent and copyright only exists as a means to own the hard work of artists and prevent them from being able to function without the support of publishers.
And more importantly, as a means to bully smaller companies out of business before they can potentially become competitors and steal any of that market share. That’s what patent and copyright law is about anymore. While the fundamental purpose of protecting creative works still functions, to an extent, the primary use of IP law these days is to squash any potential competitors.
You know that big rule in aviation? Aviate, navigate, communicate? I think I can guess what similar logic Nintendo uses. Spoilers: it involves the word “litigate”, a lot.
No. Bad Nintedo. That won’t solve Japan’s birthrate issues it’ll just make them worse.