If this is really Nintendo’s strategy, they’re going to be hosed, even in Japanese courts. Pokemon isn’t even the first game with these mechanics, Dragon Quest (a Square Enix property) and Shin Megami Tensei (an Atlas property) had the mechanic and came out before Pokemon, plus the original Pokemon released over 20 yeares ago.
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If this is really Nintendo’s strategy, they’re going to be hosed, even in Japanese courts. Pokemon isn’t even the first game with these mechanics, Dragon Quest (a Square Enix property) and Shin Megami Tensei (an Atlas property) had the mechanic and came out before Pokemon, plus the original Pokemon released over 20 yeares ago.
Don’t we tame and capture Yoshi? Heh
By throwing an item at it? Patents are very specific
Where do you catch a Yoshi using an item?
I was just telling you what the patent was
I know the patent, that was why I asked this way up there
You’d be surprised at some of the gargage that sneaks past the patents office
Well, I can’t be surprised about a fact I already know, I guess