Japanese & Western Fanbases Have a Very Conflicting Opinion on the Palworld vs Nintendo Lawsuit

TNS: "Palworld developer's readiness to take on Nintendo's lawsuit is met with a mixed response -- mostly from the Japanese side of the player base."

[TheNamelessOne]

My opinion it it's another BS lawsuit on Nintendo's part.

[Vits]

Well, the good news is that this shows Japanese Twitter users are just as dumb as Western ones. It’s not a copyright-based lawsuit; if it were, things wouldn’t be as dire and concerning as they are. Nintendo is suing them for patent infringement, which should be a huge red flag for anyone who enjoys gaming, as Nintendo holds numerous patents over game mechanics that could significantly impact the market if they start enforcing them.

Seriously, they hold patents for features like fast travel and summoning companions or creatures to help you battle enemies. That’s the level of nonsense we’re dealing with here. So even if you’re a huge Nintendo b*tch, if you care about gaming at all, you shouldn’t be happy - let alone support them in this situation.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I honestly hope this lawsuit just gets thrown out of court, having a patent on game mechanics just shouldn't be a thing, especially when those mechanics are present in many games. If this goes through, imagine the hell on earth we'd go through as everyone starts tossing lawsuits around like missiles.

[northpaws]

Sure, they are suing for patent, but it all started because pocketpair copy pokemon designs, otherwise Nintendo couldn't care less.

[JunonZanon]

Nintendo is only suing because Palworld has been massively sucessful.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Nintendo decided that the Palworld developers needed to be sued. Realized they had no case for copyright infringement so went into their bag of tricks (patents) to see what they could stick em with.

[victorMaje]

Totally agree.
Nobody should own gameplay mechanic patents.
If Nintendo wins it’ll open Pandora’s box. The ones who will truly lose will be gamers everywhere.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

No offense to japanese but supporting nintendo here is dumb.

[gold_drake]

nintendo needs to chill

[northpaws]

I do think Nintendo needs to chill on some smaller projects, but in this case, it is a company purposely copying pokemon designs and promoting it as Pokemon with guns, then sell it for money and even try to sell merchandises (according to the articles), I don't think that is acceptable.

And sure, disagree with me, so you can act like you fight for the small guys and feel awesome or whatever.

[Lionsguard]

Oh look another one who just THINKS they know what the issue is without actually reading into what is actually happening. Maybe read and come back so you can actually be up to speed on what the lawsuit is even about.

[porkChop]

This lawsuit is really putting into perspective just how little people actually read the news. They just read headlines and fill in the rest with their own assumptions. This is why short form content is becoming so popular. People only have the mental capacity to digest bite sized pieces of information.

[The_Blue]

That's some simple minded logic

[NotoriousWhiz]

"it is a company purposely copying pokemon designs and promoting it as Pokemon with guns"

This entire statement is false.

[OldDuffer]

You appear to not know the difference between copyright or patent.
You might feel that ripping off pokeman is not ok, but they are legally in the clear on that which is why Nintendo are not able to take legal action under copyright law.
Trying to sue them based on patent law however is rediculous, you absolutely should never be allowed to patent game mechanics like nintendo have with things like 'fast travel' and i hope they make very little headway with this. If you care abiut the future of this business, you would acknowledge the difference and not be shilling for Nintendo.

[northpaws]

I fully aware that Nintendo is sueing them for patent law, not copyright. And I know Nintendo explored sueing them for copyright but couldn't build a strong case (according to some articles). But it all started because they copy pokemon designs, if those monsters looked nothing like pokemon, Nintendo wouldn't careless. It is not that I didn't read the article, it is you guys that naively think Nintendo cared about a game mechanic more than the image of the Pokemon franchise.

Anyways, I am not on Nintendo side, I am just discussing this one particular case. When they took down fan made projects, I was mad too, and they do love to sue a lot. Just I hate Palworld because I hate lazy devs that build on other people's success.

[NotoriousWhiz]

If they're so lazy, why does their game run better than scarlet/violet?

[Kneetos]

Patents on game mechanics are bad no one should have them

[H9]

Nintendo needs a good slap to the face every once in a while, Rare W for the westerners

[fsfsxii]

One day nintendo is gonna sue the wrong person, and they’re gonna regret it.

[Deeeeznuuuts]

Another day, another Nintendo lawsuit

[Michiel1989]

You can say what you want about Sony and MS, but nintendo is actually just a malicious company. The devs there deserve better leadership with how much great games they produce

and don't forget that during covid they tried to take down a mod for Smash Bros Melee that made them be able to play online against eachother. They're a fucking disgrace

[OneLove]

Reminds me of when WB patented the nemesis system.

[PRIMORDUS]

But having a torrent of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom + Update 1.0.1 [XCI] | 6GB leak early is fine LOL. Actually, this is happening often, and while Nintendo can take down sites that have it, torrent/usenet nothing can be done.😎 I bought the game because I want a physical copy, got it from QVC with a $25 off code. So leaks have no affect on me at all.

[Psychonaut85]

Granted this one is a little dicey. But given that Japan has no fair use it’s to be expected that culturally they feel a bit differently about it. But yes, Nintendo is an incredibly regressive company from an operations standpoint.

[isarai]

What's funny is the patent is just for player throwing object which is so incredibly vague. That alone is probably going to make this lawsuit go away. Not only that, they made this Patent way after pal world released

[Valkyrye]

I hope they crush Pocketpair to dust