With the implementation of Patch v0.5.5 this week, we must make yet another compromise. From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals. Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide.

How lame. Japan needs to fix its patent laws, it's ridiculous Nintendo owns the simple concept of using an animal to fly.

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[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 181 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (24 children)

This lawsuit is so stupid. In my opinion, patenting, copyrighting, or trademarking concepts or mechanics in video games shouldn't be allowed at all. The nemesis system in the Shadow of Mordor games was so cool, but we're never going to see anything like it again. Warner went through the trouble to copyright (or something idk I'm not a lawyer) that system, and then let the series die out.

I'm waiting to see the headlines that any other games with a shooty thing that goes bang is illegal, and the concept of shooting a gun in a video game is going to be owned by either Rockstar/Take Two or the collective mob of Call of Duty developers. If the world is gonna get that stupid, I got my fingers crossed that Bubsy 3D owns the rights to jumping

Edit: Thought about it for 10 more seconds and I have questions. Is it specifically gliding using a creature that Nintendo has a problem with, or is it creature-assisted traversal in general? Can they sue Skyrim since you can ride horses? Palworld made the change so that you need to build a glider to glide around. BOTW and TOTK used gliders. Is Nintendo gonna sue them for that now too? I fucking hate all of this so God damned much

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 57 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

The tried to patent fucking MOUNTS. Someone get square and blizzard on the sue-train and ream Nintendo a new one.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 28 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

Who the hell in their right mind would want to buy a switch after seeing this?

[–] StonerCowboy@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

All the nintendo boot licking neckbearded incels that you see defending the company like if its their own.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 4 hours ago

Even that group is a tiny minority. Most buyers are people who just want to play Nintendo games and don't care about anything else.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Children will, from their parents who don't see these articles or care, just that their kid is entertained.. Don't be an ass.

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