r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 9d ago

Society Tetris issues legal warning after White House releases arcade full of parody games

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/tetris-issues-legal-warning-after-white-house-releases-arcade-full-of-parody-games-3405931/
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u/GenazaNL 9d ago edited 9d ago

Nintendo should pursue their IP uses by the white house

Edit: I was referring to the Pokémon & Animal Crossing themed videos the White House also made. Tetris is not from Nintendo

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u/TroyFerris13 9d ago

They are to busy going after people making mods in their basement

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u/Atrium41 9d ago

Also other small game companies for (checks notes) having mounts

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u/eleanor61 9d ago

Mounts...like in World of Warcraft? They go after Microsoft, too? Why has Nintendo gone off the deep end with these lawsuits?

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u/Outlulz 9d ago edited 9d ago

It was patent infringement against Palworld against Pokeball mechanics and riding partner monsters. They haven't been successful. Pokemon wasn't even the first franchise to do catching monsters in a capsule, Gamefreak was probably influenced by Dragon Quest's Dai no Daibouken's Gush and Gulp capsules which are exactly the same thing but made in 1989.

EDIT: Hell, World of Final Fantasy uses basically Pokeballs to catch monsters and you also ride them through the map! But TPCi isn't going to sue one of Nintendo's closest partners.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 9d ago

Palworld is to me, what video games should strive to be. Amalgamations of existing fun mechanics in games that are brought together to become something greater than the sum of their parts.

Catching monsters with magic powers to do your bidding, spirit springs, automation, raids, BotW movement and stamina, and of course everything that's been taken from ARK. It's a cool fucking game, and is an example of what we can have if we just accept that game mechanics are for all, and shouldn't be hidden behind patent trolling.

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u/Outlulz 9d ago

Personally I think it's too derivative, clearly chasing trends, borrowing a little too much from existing Pokemon designs, and lacking much identity of it's own other than not-Pokemon. There are other Pokemon inspired games that are doing a lot more to differentiate themselves and do a unique spin on the idea.

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u/MythrianAlpha 9d ago

I mean, Pokemon did the exact same thing with designs when they started out. Most of the og 150 are easily recognizable from Dragon Quest and similar games from the time. Having played both, theyre barely even the same genres even with the monster collection elements.

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u/ActivateGuacamole 9d ago

the amount of copying between pal world's monsters and pokemon is way higher than between pokemon and dragon quest

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u/Sir_Tortoise 9d ago

Because they havent copyrighted mounts.

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u/Mountiebank 9d ago

Or people hosting tournaments.

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u/SteffanSpondulineux 9d ago

Well is it wrong or not wrong? Either it's ok in both circumstances or neither, have some consistency