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Can't they just release free DLC with those features worldwide exlcuding Japan where those patents are enforceable ?
That would be a nice "fuck you," but it's probably not worth the extra effort to them.
The spectacle of it would certainly boost sales for a little bit. How much and whether it covers the development time, who knows.
I'd do it on principle alone, but I'm a petty bitch.
It would be neat if modders put all the "patent-infringing" stuff back in.
I'm sure they will.
And as long as none of them try profiting off it, Nintendo has no leg to stand on with their usual C&D bullshit.
Patents should last 10 years instead of 20, and digital patents even less.
I can see why patents are so long when you need to build like a billion dollar factory to make a product and mass produce it.
Digital concepts don't take that much investment and once you have it you don't need to invest in making more, it's just there.
So yes, digital patents should be a fraction of the time that physical patents should be. Like 2 years instead of 20.
Shit like this is why I haven't bought a Nintendo product in many years.
They might think it's keeping their profits up, but it's hurting their business, as a lot more people than me feel the exact same way.
Make it so that you can give the glider pal skins.
Wouldn't a game mechanic/animation like that be equivalent to a stunt in a movie?
Like, imagine if a film director wanted to blow up a car in his movie, but was getting sued by Paramount because Michael Bay already blew up a car in Transformers.
How is it that pokemon has a hold on things like animals allowing flight, but gliders allowing flight isn't under patent?
Like, whoever did gliders first needs to sue Nintendo to change breath of the wild, no gliders allowed anymore.
Glide with a glider in your inventory like Zelda? Is that patented?