Jules98 said:
You're kinda answering your own question here. The fact that Palworld uses a ball-shaped object for the catching as opposed to literally anything else (cards, triangles, fidget spinners, etc.) may very well be the sticking point. |
If that’s really what Nintendo are basing their claim on then it seems a very flimsy claim. If its the Pokeball itself then that feels more like a copyright or trademark issue than a patent. A patent around the gameplay mechanic would surely be more concerned with the capturing mechanic rather than the item used for capturing.
An that’s what Mnemneth is saying as well - ‘throwing an object at a creature in the overworld’, not ‘use of a ball-shaped object to catch a creature’. The former would also mean Coromon and TemTem with an issue, whilst Cassette Beasts might get off as you don’t through the cassette to catch in that game.
