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Patents are the reason we don't have mini games during loading screens. The patent is now expired afaik but I guess we just collectively decided we don't care because nobody does it anymore.
If Nintendo can get a court to side with them, then it is totally worth it for them to own an entire genre. As a consumer/gamer, this sucks. There is a reason this game blew up and it has nothing to do with Nintendo.
Ssds are now common place so loading screens aren't as long