Those ingredients suggest widespread blowback may be the driving force. Although Palworld developer Pocketpair is Nintendo's immediate target, it's easy to see the case opening a Pandora's box where ...

Summoners have been a staple of the Final Fantasy series for decades. More often than not, they’re the spiciest magic users in your party, calling forth supernatural entities to dole out splashy ...

On an almost daily basis, thousands of words pour forth from the president’s mouth. Sometimes, he tucks in a wildly revealing insight about the direction he is taking the country. Top military ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The patent is complicated — and dubious. The patent is complicated — and dubious. As first noted by Games Fray ...

Nintendo has secured a U.S. patent for a summoning system in games, prompting debate over how far it reaches and whether it threatens Pokémon‑like mechanics—or not. Here’s the TL;DR… Nintendo’s U.S.

Nintendo has quietly secured a sweeping new US patent covering summoning mechanics in video games, a move that could affect hundreds of titles worldwide. Filed in March 2023 and granted in early ...

The USPTO granted patent 12,403,397 to Nintendo on September 2, 2025. The patent covers scenarios where a summoned character fights, follows, or engages in auto-battles. Critics warn that the patent ...

Nintendo has caught the attention of the gaming world in a different way than usual this week, with a patent that could cause issues for other developers. The patent, designated U.S. Patent No. 12,403 ...

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Nintendo has secured a new patent that protects a common gameplay mechanic wherein an in-game character to summon another sub-character to support it in battle. As noted by Games Fray, the United ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...