alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 23 hours agoPalworld ditches Pokéball-style summoning mechanic amid Nintendo legal battlewww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13cross-posted to: games
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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down4·22 hours agoLike what? I can’t think of one off the top of my head.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoInteresting, every example people have given you in response is pretty weak. (I’m not saying I agree with Nintendo have any exclusive claim here.)
minus-squareStrawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 hours agoRatchet and Clank’s glove of doom fits the bill
minus-squarebane_killgrind@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·16 hours agoBulma keeps machinery in tiny capsules
minus-squareiheartneopets@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·16 hours agoThey should go after Rockstar for the mechanic of throwing a rope at an animal to catch it, if this is the criteria. Ridiculous.
minus-squarestinky@redlemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down2·21 hours agoin minecraft you throw eggs to hatch chickens ghostbusters, throwing trap to catch ghosts
minus-squareShiggleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·22 hours agoYou could argue against anything involving throwing a net to capture something, like monster hunter for the small fauna. Ark has “cryo pods” that function basically like pokeballs.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·21 hours agoThe VG made by pocketpair before the patent was issued for one.
minus-squarefigjam@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·22 hours agoSummoning a dedra in skyrim?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agoYou don’t throw an object for that, you cast a spell, and I don’t remember being able to target it, but then I never really used those spells.
minus-squarefigjam@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoIt is a spell but iirc the animation is a little ball that goes where you point it.
Like what? I can’t think of one off the top of my head.
Interesting, every example people have given you in response is pretty weak. (I’m not saying I agree with Nintendo have any exclusive claim here.)
Ratchet and Clank’s glove of doom fits the bill
Bulma keeps machinery in tiny capsules
They should go after Rockstar for the mechanic of throwing a rope at an animal to catch it, if this is the criteria. Ridiculous.
in minecraft you throw eggs to hatch chickens
ghostbusters, throwing trap to catch ghosts
You could argue against anything involving throwing a net to capture something, like monster hunter for the small fauna. Ark has “cryo pods” that function basically like pokeballs.
The VG made by pocketpair before the patent was issued for one.
Summoning a dedra in skyrim?
You don’t throw an object for that, you cast a spell, and I don’t remember being able to target it, but then I never really used those spells.
It is a spell but iirc the animation is a little ball that goes where you point it.
Does Ghostbusters count?