Yesterday, Gamesfray spotted that as of last week, Nintendo had secured US Patent 12,403,397 , a patent that protects the game mechanic of " causing a sub-character to appear ," or in other words, summoning a character, and " controlling a battle between the sub-character and the enemy character ." Which is a long way of describing a classic Pokémon battle. You could also call it another patent in Nintendo's arsenal in its legal battle against Palworld maker, PocketPair .

It's also not the only patent that Nintendo has acquired, as it also secured US Patent 12,409,387 , which protects mechanics around player characters riding other in-game " objects ," which is another patent that fits right in its fight against PocketPair and Palworld.

No matter who is doing it, whether it

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