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DEATH BATTLE! Discussion Thread (All-time Death Battle Spoilers Alert)

DaReaperMan said:
Question is: Is it not legal in JAPAN to claim a patent on something you didn't invent?
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Hmm... Japanese laws are much more pro-creator. Of course, if it's only Japan and not US, they can only sue Japanese IP. Disney still worked with Square though, and seeing Nintendo clash with Disney would be funny. Honestly though, I doubt it'll happen. Disney is struggling with a lot of their IP at the moment, and I'm not sure they'll bother suing over Kingdom Hearts.
 
Random-Helper323 said:
Hmm... Japanese laws are much more pro-creator. Of course, if it's only Japan and not US, they can only sue Japanese IP. Disney still worked with Square though, and seeing Nintendo clash with Disney would be funny. Honestly though, I doubt it'll happen. Disney is struggling with a lot of their IP at the moment, and I'm not sure they'll bother suing over Kingdom Hearts.
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The corpo wars are coming. Which side will you take normie? Burgerstan or Loliconia?
 
Theglassman12 said:
@TartaChocholate You know it's even more stupid with this Patent when SMT did the monster summoning thing before Pokemon exists and Nintendo has the gall to try and sue other companies for doing something they didn't even invent.
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It's the issue when you're too successful, it gets to your head in a very ugly way. The whole thing with Palworld really struck a nerve.
Like Weekly mentioned, aside from SMT since the friggin 80s, Dragon Quest V used monster taming in 1992, and if you want to stretch things like Nintendo is, Final Fantasy has been using Summons since FFIII in 1990, among other examples.
WeeklyBattles said:
Yeah but that's not the patent people are currently freaking out over. The current one effectively bans the use of summoning in any game that isnt nintendo, a mechanic that has been a thing since almost the beginning of games. Soulsborne, final fantasy, elder scrolls, smt/persona, basically any rpg. People are lowkey hoping that this causes Disney to go after Nintendo because it would drastically affect Kingdom Hearts.
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They would probably buy Nintendo and keep the lawsuit, honestly.
 
If it means anything in regards to the patent: it being awarded to Nintendo doesn't mean that it can't be challenged for however it's in effect until it expires. So from how I understand it, the ones responsible for approving parents in the United States is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and anyone can request the USPTO to either reexamine the patent or it can be challenged in court if need be.

And to be honest? I think that's exactly what Nintendo wants to happen. Franchises like Digimon, Persona, or Dragon Quest have the resources to afford any legal action while indie developers like those behind Palworld don't have such luxuries. So in my opinion, I think this summoning patent is just a scare tactic by Nintendo to dissuade indie developers from encroaching on Pokemon's turf.
 
Theglassman12 said:
@TartaChocholate You know it's even more stupid with this Patent when SMT did the monster summoning thing before Pokemon exists and Nintendo has the gall to try and sue other companies for doing something they didn't even invent.
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It's worse than that, the idea came from Ultraseven a show from 1967
Outright confirmed by Tajiri too, not just super obvious speculation
 
The_Unknown_Warrior1 said:
If it means anything in regards to the patent: it being awarded to Nintendo doesn't mean that it can't be challenged for however it's in effect until it expires. So from how I understand it, the ones responsible for approving parents in the United States is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and anyone can request the USPTO to either reexamine the patent or it can be challenged in court if need be.

And to be honest? I think that's exactly what Nintendo wants to happen. Franchises like Digimon, Persona, or Dragon Quest have the resources to afford any legal action while indie developers like those behind Palworld don't have such luxuries. So in my opinion, I think this summoning patent is just a scare tactic by Nintendo to dissuade indie developers from encroaching on Pokemon's turf.
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Who would’ve thunk that the company that worked with the mafia in its hay day was scummy
 


Be white bro
You want spirituality in your life or some bullshit idk
Decide to go to Nepal
Here there are troubles there with the government
Decided to attend student rally
Decide to shitpost a bit
"Lol maybe you should overthrow the government or something"
...
...
They overthrow the government
Document the entire thing
8/10 would go again
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My uncle who works at Nintendo says they're making a patent on "criticizing Nintendo," so youse guys better knock it off before you get sued, too!

Jokes aside, we all miss Iwata, even if some of this nonsense started under his helm. Start off when your yakuza funders don't really micromanage you, then had that sweet period where a fellow programmer ran things, now the Disney -- or Disney, ah, post-Disney -- era of Nintendo coasting on brand recognition. Not that they can't still make a good game every now & then, but I ain't putting up with their crap now. And we gotta say controversial things so we can make it to 900 pages soon.
 
The more esoteric it sounds, the more likely that boomers on the bench will fall for it being some novel thing that must not have been done before. "Oh, so your guy gets to carry another guy in a little capsule thing? Ha ha, what will they think of next?"

I remember that Namco managed to patent "auxiliary games" during loading screens -- such as Bayonetta's training area, to use a non-Namco example -- for years. That patent expired in 2015 iirc, but loading screens are less common these days so they shut the door on those cool little minigames being a thing while they could be. Well, then again, that's one thing Nintendo could reasonably patent considering Switch loading times...
 
The_Unknown_Warrior1 said:
If it means anything in regards to the patent: it being awarded to Nintendo doesn't mean that it can't be challenged for however it's in effect until it expires. So from how I understand it, the ones responsible for approving parents in the United States is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and anyone can request the USPTO to either reexamine the patent or it can be challenged in court if need be.

And to be honest? I think that's exactly what Nintendo wants to happen. Franchises like Digimon, Persona, or Dragon Quest have the resources to afford any legal action while indie developers like those behind Palworld don't have such luxuries. So in my opinion, I think this summoning patent is just a scare tactic by Nintendo to dissuade indie developers from encroaching on Pokemon's turf.
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That's... kinda Mr. Burns level of horrible. It mess the whole thing sound far less absurd and much more petty and messed up.
 
The_Unknown_Warrior1 said:
If it means anything in regards to the patent: it being awarded to Nintendo doesn't mean that it can't be challenged for however it's in effect until it expires. So from how I understand it, the ones responsible for approving parents in the United States is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and anyone can request the USPTO to either reexamine the patent or it can be challenged in court if need be.

And to be honest? I think that's exactly what Nintendo wants to happen. Franchises like Digimon, Persona, or Dragon Quest have the resources to afford any legal action while indie developers like those behind Palworld don't have such luxuries. So in my opinion, I think this summoning patent is just a scare tactic by Nintendo to dissuade indie developers from encroaching on Pokemon's turf.
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To be fair, Palworld is currently backed by Sony, its how theyve managed to afford the battle going on this long
 
WeeklyBattles said:
To be fair, Palworld is currently backed by Sony, its how theyve managed to afford the battle going on this long
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In other words, Palworld is ConOp, and this has all been legislative theatre?

On reflection, I should have seen this coming.
 
Forgot to say this, but I feel there's not enough appreciation for how Madness of the Monster is. It's a really perfect blend of Godzilla's classics themes and a lot of the MCU style theme songs, and I really like how the violins and the horns really add that feeling of tension and suspense present throughout the fight, fitting for both the characters.

I feel you could probably mistake this for a legit Godzilla theme on a first listen, and I mean it in the good way.
 
Darkmon_cns said:
I come back to pray ruby dosen't die.
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She might, given they're making it just as they stop being part of RT anymore.

If they still were, she'd probably either beat Maka so hard it also killed Shinra somehow while an ad banner for RWBY drops down over his and Maka's remains, or she'd have the distinction of "losing" but not even being confirmed to die.

Since her opponent is already Maka, she can't get pitted against a character so weak it's an obvious soft-ball like Blake was.

In short, we'll see. It is interesting that they announced it right after being separated from RT. Although they seemingly still have connection to RWBY since they're apparently getting Lindsay Jones to voice Ruby. I guess it depends on who their financial backers support too.
 
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Follow_Doctor_Freeman said:
The more esoteric it sounds, the more likely that boomers on the bench will fall for it being some novel thing that must not have been done before. "Oh, so your guy gets to carry another guy in a little capsule thing? Ha ha, what will they think of next?"

I remember that Namco managed to patent "auxiliary games" during loading screens -- such as Bayonetta's training area, to use a non-Namco example -- for years. That patent expired in 2015 iirc, but loading screens are less common these days so they shut the door on those cool little minigames being a thing while they could be. Well, then again, that's one thing Nintendo could reasonably patent considering Switch loading times...
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Boomers were a mistake
 
As of an hour ago, we are officially one week away from Ruby Vs Maka. Just seven more days...
a cartoon drawing of a man standing on a balcony with umbrellas and trees in the background .
 
By the way, it's belated, but the Deku vs. Miles match surprised me with its stats. We've seen a huge number of high-balls in the stats and their constant increase (those who were previously building level became citybuster, etc.), but I don't remember seeing a decrease in ratings.

They rated Deku at 362 Gigatons, when in the battle with Asta his much weaker punch was rated at 78 Teratons.

In turn, Miles is rated at 546 Megatons, scaling up to War Machine. But the much weaker version of War Machine in the battle with Genos scaled up to 286 Teratons.
 
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