New Nintendo patent could banish summons in FFXIV

[ViinaS]

Tbh all that patent grabbing from Nintendo is just pure bullshit.
They were not the first one to do something they claim patent over. Like for none of them.

The fact it was approved just shows you can patent stuff you don't own with enough money decades later.
All to try and keep competition down while the Pokemon games nowadays range from boring and cheap garbage to broken and unplayable garbage.

Not to mention how video game mechanics shouldn't be patentable, full stop.
Sadly bribes, corruption and probably people working at the patent office that never saw a Video Game do a lot of damage.

Tho if SE could stop pushing out cash shop items, throw money at failing projects and instead sue Nintendo for that patent, as summoning was a key part of FF and Dragon Quest way before Pokemon even existed...