Nintendo's Pokémon Catching-Related Patent Has Been Rejected In Japan

[TheRealSamusAran]

Leynos said:

Shin Megami Tensei predates Pokémon by a decade anyway. Doesn't require throwing anything but I'm sure there are games that do something similar that might predate it in some way. It's a dumb thing to try and lock this down. 

I never bought that comparison, SMT is, by definition, NOT a monster catching game. And I don't support the lawsuit btw, even though Pocket Pair did copy a bunch of Pokémon designs. Still, SMT is not a monster catching game.