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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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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nintendo ownes the IP of hangliders now.

Nintendo will never see another cent from me for this petty bullshit. My kids will play with other toys.

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 117 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean... Patents in general are bullshit just for things like this.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

Japanese ones are particularly worse. In the US a successful defense is prior art, there is no such defense in Japan.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since when is flying on a monster patentable. What a bunch of bullshit. Nintendo has really used up the last of any good will the company had. I will not be giving them a dime from here on out.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck you, Nintendo. Release a fucking decent Pokemon game instead of lawyering the competition that's offering a more desirable product

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[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's lame af. Flying on my dragon dude between my bases was badass.

[–] dodos@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

You can still fly, it's just gliding that got hit by the gaming mafia

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

I don't play Palworld, but still hate firms that behaves like this. Not buying Nintendo anymore 🥳 Emulators from here on :)

Patenting common stuff like this is just stupid! Think I read somewhere that Apple patented squares with rounded corners 😂 Hope Nintendo doesn't use rounded corners in any of their in-game menus.

I though patents were ment to protect important original ideas. Stuff with impact.

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