Nintendo shares rose on Friday to their highest in a month after a smooth debut of Switch, a hybrid console that aims to bring together the worlds of mobile and home gaming.
"The Prague-based (Czech Republic) indie games publisher CINEMAX GAMES and indie games developer KO.DLL (Karel Matejka), today announced with great happinesss and thrill that their beautiful pixel-art platformer "BZZZT" is now available for the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Eshop." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"Studio Cima, via Nintendo of America, is excited to show off an all new trailer announcing the release window for its upcoming story-driven action platformer, "The Perfect Pencil".
Dive into the innermost recesses of the human mind and navigate surreal worlds punctuated by bizarre personalities, intense boss battles and enigmatic secrets when- The Perfect Pencil launches Spring 2025 on Steam and Nintendo Switch." - Studio Cima.
The article discusses a claim by an intellectual property (IP) expert that Nintendo likely does not hold patents strong enough to prevent the game developer Pocketpair from creating Palworld, a game that some believe resembles Pokémon. The expert suggests that Nintendo's legal challenges against Palworld could amount to nothing more than corporate bullying, as the patents Nintendo might be relying on are not robust enough to stand up to legal scrutiny. The situation could be seen as an example of a large corporation trying to exert undue influence over a smaller competitor.
Crazy how far they are willing to go over nothing rather than tell Game Freak to get their shit together and sort the quality of the mainline games out.
Personally I'd drop the two game bullshit, make a full on complete game, and take their time making the best game they can without relying on a silly battle gimmick they'll ditch after one game. Gimmicks out of battle is what they should be focusing on, beauty contests, berry making, secret bases, the underground, Seasons, events during day / night and post game content like travelling to a new location or something.
It's straight up bullying with mooney and using the government laws as a tool to do so. They should be fined.
I said this would happen when n4g attacked Nintendo after the reports of stock decline after the Switch reveal. Switch will bring more profits to Nintendo than even 3DS when it gets steady production. Now release a Pokemon on Switch.