The ability to summon a character and letting it fight another is a core staple in many video games over the years from JRPGs to the Pokemon franchise and lots in-between. Now it has been revealed that Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have recently been granted a patent in the United States that covers just this, leading many on social media to utter disbelief that such a common mechanic has now been patented by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company. With Games Fray stating that “The ‘397 patent poses a fundamental threat to creativity and innovation in the games industry. That question is not specific to Palworld, but to a large number of games that already have that mechanic as well as future releases that will have it.”
