This is probably a really, really, bad thing. I don't think you should be able to patent a mechanic like this or... well any. I can build it 100k different ways but because it uses the same general GENERIC idea you own it? Fuck you man. I own the idea of generating power from light. Now I own anything related to that technology no matter how you define or execute it even if you have to invent entirely new technology to do it. This shit should be thrown out. Nintendo has been on a hard march to become a patent troll for a long time now, it should be stopped. Archive: https://archive.today/8vOSj From the post: >>Context: Nintendo continues to obtain new or modified patents to use against Pocketpair’s Palworld game, and to deter others in the industry from competing. Nintendo amended one of its Japanese patents-in-suit from the Palworld lawsuit (July 16, 2025 games fray article) in such a way that even HoYoverse’s upcoming Honkai: Nexus Anima game could be accused of infringing (August 29, 2025 games fray article); possibly Bandai Namco’s new Digimon, too (at 1:09 in this trailer). Pocketpair even felt forced to remove a feature from Palworld that it already demoed before Nintendo filed its first patent on gliding (May 11, 2025 games fray article).