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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 week ago (2 children)

These primarily cover throwing an object in a specific direction to either summon a battle character or to capture a creature in the field - mechanics Palworld shared with Pokémon at launch.

sounds like a mechanic found in a number of video games.

[–] JackbyDev 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's the weird thing. It doesn't seem to matter. The patent was filed after PalWorld was released. I'm guessing this is some quirk of Japan's patent system I'm unfamiliar with.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

That's because it is, Pokemon didn't come up with it, they just made it popular.