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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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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 67 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is bullshit. Warner Brothers and Nintendo need to lose, hard.

Also, why the hell does Nintendo think they were first when it comes to the concept? Animals and gliding have been a thing for a long time.

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[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago

Remember they amended the patent after palworld came out

[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's lame af. Flying on my dragon dude between my bases was badass.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 69 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Palworld did more for the monster-collecting genre in one early access title than Pokémon has in the last decade of AAA titles.

Why does Nintendo deserve these patents when they aren't going to produce anything meaningful with them and simply weaponize them to squash any real threatening competition?

Pokémon is the highest grossing franchise in the world, and 2nd place isn't even close. I think they can give a little ground to an indie developer who makes games that people are actually interested in playing. The patent bullshit is ridiculous.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago

Because that's how Nintendo works. They are the Disney of gaming.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't care about Palworld, but I do hate Nintendo. Enemy of my enemy and all that.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

Not how patents work but whatever, Nintendo has more money so they’re in the right

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 38 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Nintendo are rightly losing their free pass with gamers.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago

That is very true, but the Venn Diagram overlap between Gamers^TM^ and ‘Nintendo gamers’ is a rapidly shrinking area.

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[–] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I wonder how much of this game they can force them to change. I know Steam has a 2 hour limit for returns but at what point does this game become “not the game I bought”?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

point does this game become “not the game I bought”?

Anytime you can’t access the version of a game you spent money on

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, the game is in early access so if you bought it and are now complaining it changed... It's a you problem, not something that should be refundable.

[–] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Nah, not complaining, idly wondering. I made my bed, I’ll sleep in it, I’m just wondering how far a game can go to change a game and still claim it’s the same game.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There’s and endless list of games people have complained about changing during early access. It’s a stupid idea. Don’t preorder games.

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[–] EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Theseus' Game

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