⚡️🎮 NEW - Nintendo has patented the mechanic…

⚡️🎮 NEW - Nintendo has patented the mechanic of "summoning creatures and making them fight".

The patent has been granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and allows Nintendo to attack any production that combines :

- a video game executable on a device
- a character who moves in a virtual space
- the possibility of this character summoning a secondary character
- the summoning of this secondary character via an order to fight
- this secondary character can be summoned from a location where there are no enemies
- this secondary character can be summoned in a particular direction to fight automatically.

The patent is causing quite a stir, with some lawyers strongly criticizing its granting.

"In my opinion, none of these patents should ever have been granted. The fact that they were is both shocking and offensive. [...] The USPTO has completely failed in its mission, and this will bring a lot of uncertainty (and, potentially, litigation costs) to undeserving developers and companies."

- Kirk Sigmon, video game patent attorney (itw PC Gamer)