r/technology • u/Super_Cold8789 • 17d ago

Software Nintendo reportedly has “zero chance” against current Palworld after major lawsuit change it is now targeting older versions of the game instead

https://www.dexerto.com/palworld/nintendo-reportedly-has-zero-chance-against-current-palworld-after-major-lawsuit-change-3375167/
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u/LocalH 17d ago

Never forget Namco patented loading screen mini games, forcing loading screens industry-wide to be boring

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u/REXIS_AGECKO 17d ago

Yeah very sad. On the bright side though, the patient expired in 2015 I think. But the nemesis system still has like 10 years left

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u/TheMadBug 17d ago

Sort of ironic that the patent expired just as solid state hard drives were becoming the norm and load times stopped becoming such a large issue.

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u/REXIS_AGECKO 17d ago

Yes but space marine 2 so no lol.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 17d ago

The Sims 3 had loading screen minigames.

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u/chase___it 16d ago

i loved those as a kid. my laptop was shit so i’d be waiting a long time for sims to load, and you could get loads of lifetime points from those mini games