"You saved the entire industry": The 13-year-old video of a Pokemon fan game now cited in the rejection of a Nintendo patent is being celebrated by fans happy to see creative freedom win
A 13-year-old fan-made Pokemon game, Pokemon: Generations, has been cited by the Japanese Patent Office to reject a Nintendo patent for an in-game monster-capturing system. This decision, which argues a lack of "inventive step," has been celebrated by fans as a win for creative freedom and potentially impacts Nintendo's ongoing legal actions against Palworld.
- Entities
- Company: Pocketpair
- Game: Palworld
- Game: Pokemon: Generations
- Platform: PC
- Company: Nintendo
- Topic: Fan Game
- Topic: Patents
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