That lawsuit might take years, and the requested damages from Nintendo are only $66,000. Palworld isn't going to be shut down anytime soon, even if they lose the case.

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

The request includes a term to shutdown Palworld IIRC

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 26 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There was a request to halt sales until the specific mechanics were removed, with the mechanics being throwing pokeball like items and riding monsters.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 39 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Trying do ban riding fictional animals is a tall order

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 14 hours ago

ackshually 🤓

One of the patents was for seamlessly transitioning from one type of ride to another, as it happens in Legends Arceus, ie: jumping into the water while riding the stag will automatically change to the giant piranha. The irony here is that palworld lacks anything like that, you never transition between 2 different mounts without player input. The closest to that is using some pals as gliders, but you'll just get back on your feet once you touch the ground or water.

Another patent was for throwing stuff at enemies in order to begin combat. They're all hard reads, mostly because they read like they're describing how Legends Arceus works in minute detail.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

Fuck it, have Nintendo sue blizzard whole they're at it. I want to see a nerd bloodbath.

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

I looked through a few articles but couldn't find anything about a term that would shutdown Palworld just because Nintendo won the lawsuit.

The worst case scenario would be something like Palworld having to change their "Pal Spheres" into "Pal Cubes" or prisms, or something similar.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

In Japan.

With the money they've made already, they could move the team to US, where none of this would fly.