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[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 148 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (19 children)

Patent No. 7545191

[Patent application date: July 30, 2024]
[Patent registration date: August 27, 2024]
Relates to a player character throwing an item at a character in the field, which triggers combat.

Patent No. 7493117

[Patent application date: February 26, 2024]
[Patent registration date: May 22, 2024]
Basically an extension of the above, relating to being able to capture Pokémon in the wild rather than just in combat like previous generations.

Patent No. 7528390

Note that every single one of these patents was filed after palworld was released, and they're all awfully vague about what they actually cover.

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'll take "shit you shouldn't be able to patent" for 1000 alex.

You could argue GTA violates this patent, I throw bullets at dudes and it "triggers combat" \s

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 14 points 6 days ago

In Morrowind you can throw knives, darts, and shuriken at passive NPCs and creatures to trigger combat.

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