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Looking up those patents, the first alludes to a system where a player aims and fires an “item” toward a character in a field, and in doing so triggers combat, and then dives into extraordinary intricacies about switching between modes within this. The second is very similar, but seems more directly focused on tweaking previous patents to including being able to capture Pokémon in the wild, rather than only during battle. The third, rather wildly, seems to be trying to claim a modification to the invention of riding creatures in an open world and being able to transition between them easily.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You don't have to pick a side. You have no skin in this beef between big N and legally not Pokemon.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

legally not Pokemon

You mean Digimon? Or Monster Rancher? Or Cassette Beasts? Or Temtem? Or Shin Megami Tensei? Or Kingdom Hearts DDD? Or Ark? Or Yo-kai Watch? Or Telefang?

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 20 minutes ago

Digimon was inspired by Tamagotchis though.