During its E3 2011 press conference, Nintendo revealed that it was working on a new Smash Bros. for both Wii U and 3DS.
Series creator Masahiro Sakurai has since come out and said that games 'shouldn't have been publicly announced' seeing as though development hasn't even begun.
Nintendo and Pokemon Company have filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair Inc., the creators of Palworld, in Tokyo, Japan.
A patent lawsuit? What Pokémon-related patent could Palworld even be infringing that other similar games haven't? This makes no sense. Feels like Nintendo just trying to throw its weight around to bully competitors, just like they do with emulators even though they're legal.
They can't Innovate their own IP, but when others are breaking the ceiling, they run to the courts, gtfo Nintendo/Gamefreak.
Companies' gatekeeping mechanics behind the patent system to stifle innovation, consumers will always pick the better product, it's not the consumer's fault that Gamefreak has sat on their lazy assess for years.
The Palworld has been out since January of 2024 and now Nintendo finally decides to do something. I fail to see how Palworld is like Pokemon besides evolving monsters. There are other games out there as well where you can capture and level up monsters. Tales of Symphonia 2 does that capture monsters and have them fight with you and they evolve when levelling up. The two games might share some similarities but what game doesn't borrow from another game. I could understand if Palworld was just a straight on copy clone of Pokemon but it's not. Nintendo is starting to become a pain in the ass. Going full gung ho with rom sites that I can see, purposely taking down pictures from a strategy guide for Mario 64 the strategy guide never came to North America and Nintendo had the pictures taken down. Where does it every stop with Nintendo?
This feels like a scare tactic more than anything else. There's nothing here dozens of other games haven't already done, they're just mad this game showed people how much the pokemon series has been slackin and are desperately trying to make an example out of them.
How's about instead of spending all that money on court fees and lawyers you invest it into making pokémon better?
Since its launch on 6th September 2024, PS5's Astro Bot has been making waves in the gaming community thanks to its high quality and ingenuity. By taking heavy inspiration from Nintendo (and specifically the Super Mario franchise), developer Team Asobi has undoubtedly crafted one of the finest platformers in recent memory.
One individual who has been spending time with the game is none other than Masahiro Sakurai, the legendary creator behind the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. franchises.
"Team Asobi has undoubtedly crafted one of the finest platformers ever."
Fixed that for you.
Sakurai is awesome, and I like how even though he's contracted to work for Nintendo, he still acknowledges and plays games from other companies and platforms.
"I am truly happy just to be able to send my child out into the world once again" - Hironobu Sakaguchi
Well Nintendo and Squaresoft is where he started. I totally understand why he doesn't want to do FF now. If so I'm happy for either a remaster of Last Story or a new entry/spiritual successor. Loved the battle system of Last Story.
Wish my parents bought me a NES as a kid I would have played the first FF game. But I was lucky to have a SNES I played a bit of FF6 and just went to Chrono Trigger. When the FF collection releases I-VI Collection Anniversary drops I will take my time to play each Final Fantasy.
I mean… this is kinda obvious. The original final fantasy and its early sequels were on…
I agree with him. I guess Nintendo only did it to create hype since they didn't have anything amazing to announce for it. I'm gonna wait, like I am with the 3DS, till good games start coming out for it before I bother with it.
HA...he pretends its not gonna happen xD
oh god nintendo better no rush this game or get someone else other than sakurai to make it then. if nintendo forced the 3ds and wii u connectivity and if it wasn't originally part of sakurai's plan, then man will he be under a lot of pressure to get it working properly and make it somewhat ground breaking. nintendo literally jumped the gun on this. i've questioned a lot on how they revealed the wii u. its just all really confusing.
3DS better not be the lead version :C
How have they not even STARTED on Wii U Smash Bros.???
Brawl came out in early 2008!!!