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    4 months ago

    if patents are meant to protect new inventions, how come Nintendo is asserting patents for which it applied months after Palworld launched?

    The answer, it turns out, is ridiculous legal bullshit that makes no sense. Just like most of patent law.

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        4 months ago

        this is actually the opposite of what I’ve seen. quite a few fanboys are dubious and some are boycotting with sad expressions on their faces.

        that’s how badly nintendo have fucked up. sensible individuals amongst their own fan base are turning on them.

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        3 months ago

        Between my wife and I we own damn near every Nintendo console, including every game boy, most of the DS/3DS versions, and even the Wii U. We bought two Switches because we both wanted to play BotW so badly at the same time lol.

        This is where I draw the line. Palworld is an imperfect but fun game that I really enjoyed, and PocketPair deserves their success. It’s entirely on Nintendo/Game Freak for utterly failing to innovate that they now have such strong competition. They had more than enough money to try something new, get fucked.

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      4 months ago

      I’ll keep playing my N64 and NES, I might even buy some more used games. But I’ll never give them another dollar.

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        4 months ago

        I’m bummed cause I was hype on Mario kart world.

        Hell I was hype on my MacBook and iPhone too.

        But the last 4 months have made it clear: the revolution we need isn’t possible using the devices of our oppressors

        Make no mistake:

        Apple Nintendo Microsoft etc are oppressors.

        Well emulate switch 2 eventually. I’ll play Mario kart world eventually.

        I nurse grudges a long time. I’m patient. And angry.

        These corporations have been conspiring against us and are now openly supporting fascism in my country.

        I will do everything I can to hurt these businesses and ruin the men behind them. Hey fopdoodle / contrarian / fascist who is gonna tell me how pointless my goals are: then why are you scared ? (“lol you think I’m scared” can’t wait to see it)

        Nerd together strong. Angry nerds together is a potential disaster for the techno fascists.

        Stay angry my friends. Everyday we do one thing to work against them we are winning. We will win.

        And then we will have justice. It will be a vengeful justice for all the misdeeds they collectively have visited on every woman, immigrant, trans person or anyone they have chosen to hurt.

        We won’t forget this shit.

        (Corporate encroachment on our rights to the property we own is a symptom of a much bigger problem. This isn’t about video games, it’s the corrupt fascism thst enables the corporate thievery that’s the root. And Nintendo picked a side. The wrong one)

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          3 months ago

          Last time someone told me a game wasn’t for me I never bought any of their titles again. It has been years since that happened. I’m in it to win it on this one too. Eat shit Nintendo.

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      4 months ago

      I buy the consoles, wait for a hack to become available, don’t buy their games but play them all.

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    4 months ago

    The millions of people who bought Palworld should be able to class action lawsuit Nintendo for fucking up the game they paid for.

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    4 months ago

    What a terrible company, good games and unique hardware but this is something else.

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      3 months ago

      I played Twilight princess abd OoT on my Steamdeck then formatted the sd card and removed emudeck. RIP Nintendo. You used to be cool.