Looking up those patents, the first alludes to a system where a player aims and fires an “item” toward a character in a field, and in doing so triggers combat, and then dives into extraordinary intricacies about switching between modes within this. The second is very similar, but seems more directly focused on tweaking previous patents to including being able to capture Pokémon in the wild, rather than only during battle. The third, rather wildly, seems to be trying to claim a modification to the invention of riding creatures in an open world and being able to transition between them easily.

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 72 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ok that third one, come the fuck on.

Like don't even pretend. You could never ride nearly the number of Pokemon you can compared to Pals in Palworld.

That's basically patenting riding a fucking horse

[–] UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

I hope they sue Ubisoft for Assassin's Creed 1 after that /s