New day, new post! Recently The Pokemon Company managed to get a patent for summoning things and letting them fight each other. This means anything like this can be removed by The Pokemon Company. This could have a big effect on games. However, I think this was petty and pretty lame. This is a ridiculous thing to copyright because games were doing it long before Pokemon existed. Not only that, but not everything with a "summon and fight" mechanic is a Pokemon clone. Any number of game companies could dispute this, and likely win; considering this existed before Pokemon did. They should've been more specific about it, since this just opens up the possibility of legal claims and expensive lawsuits. Patenting a game mechanic is already risky. But claiming one as vague as this is like trying to patent gacha mechanics. No one game invented it and no one is going to stop using it. The Pokemon Company and Nintendo have been getting really bold recently. And although I love Pokemon, I kind of do hope someone sues them over this just so they can stop feeling like God for once. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!