Well S***: Game that stole from others games not allowed to sue people for doing it too

What a freaking day and it’s only 9:27! Woke up to finding out about this lovely little bit of information and I can’t say that I’m not happy about it. Honestly, I’m surprised that corporate America didn’t win, but it turns out the Japanese legal system may have slightly more integrity than our broken a** legal system. You know for a game that in and of itself was a concept stolen from like three other games. I always find it funny when Nintendo decides to litigate on Pokémon‘s behalf, due to either something created by fans or some game that has taken their idea and improved upon it. Let’s be honest Pokémon games really haven’t tried for the last 10 years to innovate or do anything super groundbreaking. They’re incredibly buggy, incredibly rushed, and incredibly broken cash grabs these days. But personal bias aside this is a small win for Indy Devs! Continue reading for more info

EDIT: So after typing this article up I actually did a video, so I came back here....from the future....to inject it into the timeline *cue TERMINATOR THEME* bum bum bummm bumbum *thumbs up into lava*

 Turns out that…….The patent is itself is related to ‘monster catching’  via Pokémon, but according to the article it's not quite the same one filed in the US that was reported on back in Sept of 2025. Seems this one is to be linked to the actual act of throwing and simultaneously aiming objects to either: A. capture an intended creature or B. initiate a battle/confrontation itself. GameFray claims that the patent in question (patent # 2024-031879 to be precise) had been rejected as its application lacks ‘inventive steps’ which  was ‘determined’ after looking at "prior art" …….wow that’s a lot of quotations

Evidence submitted against the application includes a video from ARK of a character throwing a pod-like item at the ground, and at other creatures, and aiming with a blue crosshair, and a list of tools from the survival game that can be used in-game, including an arrow that can be used to stun another creature. Nintendolife.com

 Other games mentioned for comparison are manuals, tutorials, and Wikis for Craftopia, Monster Hunter 4, Pokémon GO, and the free web browser game KanColle (also known as Kantai Collection).

 While the rejection is non-final — meaning Nintendo can resubmit their application with modifcations — it also shares a parent with JP7493117 (which focuses on character movement, collision, interaction, and throwing creatures at one another to initiate battle) and is the parent of JP7545191 (which is the aiming to catch or battle in a virtual space) both of which are crucial to the main Palworld case. -Source via Nintendolife.com