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Palworld ditches Pokéball-style summoning mechanic amid Nintendo legal battle
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Lame. Thanks, Nintendo. Got forbid you actually try to outcompete.
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024
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These primarily cover throwing an object in a specific direction to either summon a battle character or to capture a creature in the field - mechanics Palworld shared with Pokémon at launch.
sounds like a mechanic found in a number of video games.
Like what? I can't think of one off the top of my head.
Interesting, every example people have given you in response is pretty weak. (I'm not saying I agree with Nintendo have any exclusive claim here.)
You could argue against anything involving throwing a net to capture something, like monster hunter for the small fauna. Ark has “cryo pods” that function basically like pokeballs.
in minecraft you throw eggs to hatch chickens
ghostbusters, throwing trap to catch ghosts
The VG made by pocketpair before the patent was issued for one.
Summoning a dedra in skyrim?
You don't throw an object for that, you cast a spell, and I don't remember being able to target it, but then I never really used those spells.
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Does Ghostbusters count?
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That's because it is, Pokemon didn't come up with it, they just made it popular.
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Make it so you launch the ball thing from a sling shot, that's not throwing the object and it fits the universe
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It’s a shame the Wii U didn’t bankrupt Nintendo.
Nintendo could afford to release 10 failed consoles in a row and still keep going, that was the case back when the Wii U released as well
A shame they didn’t
This constantly gets repeated, but I've yet to see proof of it.
They're publically traded, their finances are public, the Wii and Switch secured the company for decades
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I do wonder if the steam deck exists in this alternate timeline you propose
It probably does with detachable controllers.
No, but we do have a proper Nvidia Shield Portable 2.