Kombo writes: "At Nintendo's Fall Media Summit in San Francisco last week, we chatted with Charlie Scibetta, Senior Director of Corporate Communications for Nintendo, about a number of topics. At the very end of our interview, we decided to drop perhaps the most important question of them all."
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.
That's the thing, this is why we're now seeing more serious competitors in the genre. Game Freak has just been coasting by, doing the bare minimum in innovation for the last 20+ years. They need to get with the times. Hire more devs, give more dev time to foster creativity, etc. But now that they can't get away with that bare minimum they're trying to sue their competitors out of existence. It's disgusting.
been saying this since sun and moon.
gamefreak just isnt used to, still isnt used to, the console market. they did well on the handheld space but as a complete 3d developer z they fail miserable
the last two pkmn gens look like gamecube games. not to mention the bugs at launch.
but uve seen the ridiculous anount of copies sold at launch too.
Realistically though palworld Pokemon with guns featured so many themes and concepts that Nintendont
There's no way they would make a game where you could use realistic weapons or have pals slaving away.
They're not the same genre at all they just feature similar characters
I pretty much agree, two editions of the same game shouldn't even been a thing at this point. The foundations are solid, but the lack of content and having a lived in world really let the latest games down.
why would they do that when the fanbase is still willing to buy whatever low-effort and low-cost crap they are churning out? they are out to make as much money as possible with as little investment as possible and say what you want but GF is excellent at that front mainly because the fanbase allows them to. Nintendo is saying nothing because they are making money.
The article is actually Gamesradar's. MSN just used their page like a URL shortened link.
It's straight up bullying with mooney and using the government laws as a tool to do so. They should be fined.
Where does the time go?
Xbox discusses the brand licensing strategies connecting iconic video game franchises with the world’s most diverse fan base.
We asked MS, why are you so amazing and how do you come up with the ideas for creating such titles as Call of Duty and Elder Scrolls?
Important question of them all, huh? Strange, I bet 80% of Nintendo wii owners don't even know what Kid Icarus is or was. I bet they don't even know it had a follow up either.
Kid Icarus was nintendo's least favorite franchise, that's why you never seen it after the Gameboy release. It didn't sell and it was kind of unappealing to the mass market. I loved the game and I actually, believe it or not, went back and played through it all again about 2 months ago. Some of the best music ever made for a video game and way ahead of its time, keeping in mind the year it came out.
But I know they'll find some way to destroy the serious by making it all mature, cause nintendo wants to break their Disnkey like image so bad.
Just unveil it Nintendo.Everybody knows about it already.No point in holding it.Besides build up some hype with an early announcement so you can snag much attention before release
dont know why this is news....ign already slipped the tongue and said it was coming.
Ign was even shocked when e3 had no Kid.
Nintendo is getting really good at not saying anything. You know, they could be saving these titles for their next console. Just a thought.
I WANT!!! BADLY!!!
Pit has the potential to be huge