With the implementation of Patch v0.5.5 this week, we must make yet another compromise. From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals. Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide.

How lame. Japan needs to fix its patent laws, it's ridiculous Nintendo owns the simple concept of using an animal to fly.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 62 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Palworld did more for the monster-collecting genre in one early access title than Pokémon has in the last decade of AAA titles.

Why does Nintendo deserve these patents when they aren't going to produce anything meaningful with them and simply weaponize them to squash any real threatening competition?

Pokémon is the highest grossing franchise in the world, and 2nd place isn't even close. I think they can give a little ground to an indie developer who makes games that people are actually interested in playing. The patent bullshit is ridiculous.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 33 points 14 hours ago

Because that's how Nintendo works. They are the Disney of gaming.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

hardly call pokemon an AAA title. maybe a solid A+ even before thier enshittification during the SWSH era.