According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn’t just a moment of questionable legal theory. It’s an indictment of American patent law.

“Broadly, I don’t disagree with the many online complaints about these Nintendo patents,” said Sigmon, whose opinions do not represent those of his firm and clients. “They have been an embarrassing failure of the US patent system.”

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    22 hours ago

    If it was made by Nintendo (not Gamefreak) it would actually be optimized

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      22 hours ago

      If by optimized you mean removing most details and adding a cartoon filter over it.

      Vs

      Terrible legal practices aside.

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        17 hours ago

        Nintendo deserves a lot of shit for their business decisions, but not for their art directions. windwaker and sunshine still look good to this day by simply appling higher resolutions and some anti aliasing. No game with “realistic graphics” has ever stood the test of time.