00:00Nintendo just took a big legal hit.
00:02The US Patent Office has revoked their patent on summoning characters to fight for you.
00:08Basically, we are talking about mechanics like Pokemon battles.
00:10And the reason is that the older patents already did similar things, some going back over 20 years.
00:16So the US PTO rejected all 27 claims.
00:19However, this isn't over yet because Nintendo can still respond,
00:23appeal the decision and try to save parts of the patent.
00:25This is a huge news because people were worried Nintendo could start suing other games for using similar mechanics.
00:32And let me tell you folks, gameplay mechanics should never be patentable because it's so fucking dumb.
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