Good, if they were awarded that patent it could completely fuck the entire gaming industry since it could apply to so many game mechanics. They should stop being so butt-hurt that Palworld beat them to the game that Nintendo SHOULD have made a decade ago. Archive: https://archive.today/henoB From the post: >>Nintendo's efforts to patent the idea of summoning a videogame character and letting it fight another character have suffered a significant reversal in the USA, even as the Mario makers continue a copyright infringement lawsuit against Palworld developers Pocketpair in Japan. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has now revoked the character-summoning patent in question, though their decision is "non-final". Nintendo have two months to respond and argue their case.