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Japan Patent Office rejects Nintendo application relevant to Palworld dispute, cites games like ARK as prior art after third-party submission (gamesfray.com)
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[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never forget how Nintendo made its money.

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Making playing cards? ๐Ÿคจ

[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For whom?

[โ€“] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Gamblers.

Which is pretty weird for a law firm with a gaming side business.

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

The richest gamblers learned that you didn't need to beat the house if you are the house. ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿผ

[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

A pretty specific subset of gamblers.

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, they're Japanese and started in Japan, so... The Dutch? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The type of playing cards Nintendo used to produce have a high association with the gambling underground. So I presume they mean to insinuate Nintendo is associated with the Yakuza

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I can not remember if this thing I read a long time ago that pretty much confirmed that Nintendo, at one point, had Yakuza members on its board was a real news article or from a fictional book (this is somewhat of a plot point in Lucky Wander Boy)... ๐Ÿค”

It's one of those things that's been rumored about since I was a kid, tho.

[โ€“] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I saw something similar. I wouldn't be surprised if there still is some Yakuza connection remaining. There's bound to be some rich, influential yakuza members that were like "Nintendo? Neat, i'mma join this" and got a position somewhere. If not by money, by influence.