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00:00What's up everybody, Damon here and in today's gaming news, the Nintendo Switch 2 continues

00:04to be a huge hit, but the company seems increasingly likely to lose its patent lawsuit against

00:09PAL World.

00:10This is your daily fix.

00:21Nintendo Switch 2 has sold an astonishing 10.4 million units, a record-breaking amount

00:25that sees the platform continue its run as the biggest console launch ever.

00:29In its latest financial results, Nintendo raised its hardware forecast for the year in response

00:33to the Switch 2's spectacular performance.

00:35It now expects to move 19 million units of its new console before the end of March 2026.

00:39To put Switch 2's success into perspective, Nintendo has doubled the launch sales of Switch

00:431, which sold 4.7 million units in its first six months back in 2017, and is also well ahead

00:49of the PlayStation 5's own impressive arrival, which sold 7.8 million units back in November

00:532020, though was limited by stock availability.

00:56Mario Kart World, the Switch 2's flagship launch game, has now sold 9.6 million copies, with

01:018.1 million of that total from the console's bundle.

01:04So yes, more than a million people paid $80 to buy it separately.

01:08Nintendo's second biggest Switch 2 title, Donkey Kong Bonanza, has notched up 3.5 million

01:12sales since its July debut.

01:14Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo Switch 2 edition, meanwhile, has sold 1.2 million.

01:19Note that Pokemon Legends ZA arrived too recently to be included.

01:23Interestingly, sales of Switch 1 game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, continue to remain strong with

01:27another 1.4 million units sold over the last six months.

01:31The original Switch now stands at 154 million units, meaning it is this close, this close

01:36to overtaking Nintendo's current best-selling device, the DS.

01:39But can the aging console shift another 6 million units to finally dethrone the best-selling

01:44console ever, the PlayStation 2.

01:46Nintendo says it expects Switch 1 to have reached a lifetime total of 156 million by

01:50the end of March 2026, so it will come close.

01:54Moving on, the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office has ordered a

01:58re-examination of Nintendo's controversial Summon Character and Let It Fight Pokemon patent.

02:03In September, IP lawyers criticized the USPTO after Nintendo was awarded a Pokemon patent

02:08that revolves around summoning a character and letting it fight.

02:11James Frey reported that patent number 12,403,397, dubbed the 397 patent, was granted by the

02:18USPTO, without any objection, to Nintendo, which is embroiled in ongoing litigation with

02:22Pocket Pairs Palworld.

02:24While the patent sums up how Pokemon games work, in that you summon Pokemon to battle other

02:28Pokemon in the hope of adding them to your collection, there are countless other games

02:31that use similar mechanics, such as Persona, Digimon, and even Elden Ring, depending upon how

02:36the patent is interpreted.

02:37IP expert Florian Mueller says Nintendo should never have received a Summon Character and

02:41Let It Fight patent in the first place, while video game patent lawyer Kirk Sigmund told

02:45PC Gamer these claims were in no way allowable.

02:49Now Games Frey has reported that John A. Squires, who became director of the USPTO in September,

02:54has personally ordered a re-examination after he, quote, determined that substantial new questions

02:58of patentability have arisen.

03:00In his order, Squires pointed to two US patent applications, one filed by Konami in 2002,

03:06the other by Nintendo itself in 2019, as prior art references.

03:10Both, Squires said, would be important in deciding whether the claims are patentable.

03:14While this re-examination isn't a revocation order, Florian Mueller insists it is now highly

03:19likely that the USPTO will revoke Nintendo's 397 patent.

03:23Nintendo has two months to respond.

03:25This is the latest legal blow for Nintendo in its battle against PAL World.

03:29Last month, one of the Nintendo patents related to monster capture filed last year was rejected

03:33by the Japan Patent Office for lacking originality.

03:36Pocket Payer has made changes to PAL World's disputed mechanics.

03:39The November 2024 patch removed the ability to summon PALs by throwing Pokeball-like PALspheres.

03:44Now PALs just materialize next to you when summoned.

03:47So what happens next?

03:48Mueller said there may not be any further developments this calendar year relating to Nintendo's lawsuit

03:52against Pocket Payer or patents that are related to it, but decisions are expected next year.

03:57It is ever more likely that Nintendo will lose, Mueller said.

04:02And finally today, Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass November Wave 1 lineup of

04:06games, headlined by Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

04:08As a Microsoft-owned game, Black Ops 7 launches straight into Game Pass day one on November 14th.

04:14That's for Ultimate and PC subscribers only.

04:16But there are a number of games hitting Game Pass before Treyarch and Raven's first-person

04:20shooter arrives.

04:21On November 5th, Dead Static Drive arrives on Ultimate and PC as another day one release.

04:25It's an indie survival horror game about a nightmarish road trip across 1980s America.

04:30Also on November 5th is Rebellion's Sniper Elite Resistance.

04:33The shooter's full campaign can be played in co-op.

04:35On November 6th, Egging On hits Ultimate and PC as the day one launch.

04:39The day one launches continue with Whiskerwood, also on November 6th.

04:42November 7th sees Void Train launch across Ultimate, PC, and Premium.

04:46November 11th sees Great God Grove, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and Pigeon Simulator.

04:52November 12th welcomes Relic Hunter's Legend and the day one release of Winter Burrow.

04:56And of course, Wave 1 ends with the big one, Black Ops 7 on November 14th.

05:01Note that today is the day the price of Game Pass Ultimate increases by 50% for current

05:05subscribers.

05:06And that's your daily fix for Tuesday, November 4th.

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