This is why more games should openly embrace modding.
A “we’re legally not allowed to do this gameplay mechanic” writeup and let the community unofficially provide it.
Make game open source
What do now Nintendo?
The same thing they’ve done with lots of emulators, tell whoever is hosting the source to cease and desist or face a lawsuit.
Once it’s out in the wild there’s not much they can do
I wish the keeper of many fond childhood memories wasn’t a company I fervently wish would die in a fire.
The gulf between Nintendo’s legal/corporate office and the game designers/developers is staggering to me
It’s sad but they’ve been like this since the get-go. They sued Galoob for the Game Genie (and lost), and they sued Blockbuster for copying manuals so that people could have the manual to review when they rented games (and won). Nintendo has always been excruciatingly aggressive about protecting and policing their copyrights and IP, even when they’re dead wrong.
This is not an attempt to justify what they’re doing, just to point out that it’s unfortunately nothing new.
Never give Nintendo your money, they are devils with subpar games.
trying to justify thier games as AAA pricing. subtier console with subtier gaming. especially around pokemon games. gen 1-6 were good, but everything after that was just a disaster.
Yeah, post gen-6 is where i stopped. It felt like the games were really dumbed down, and they leaned way too hard into 3d graphics.
It’s finally gotten way out-of-hand, even for me. Gen XI will be the first main series Pokémon games in 30 years I won’t be pre-ordering, let alone even buying. First-party Switch games were already way too expensive, rarely ever going on sale, and now we may be moving to an $80 standard. And it seems the main selling point of the Switch 2 in the latest Direct was a bunch of ports. At that price point, there’s no reason not to just get a Steam Deck and sail the high seas for first-party titles. At least Valve won’t brick my device if I hurt their feelings.
I’m curious how close this guess is, based solely on the generations you mention as good; are you 28?
As for a restoration of throw-to-release pals, there is a mod currently available along those lines, but it doesn’t work exactly as Palworld used to before last year’s patch (it doesn’t include the ball-throwing animation, rather summons the Pal where you’re currently looking).
Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re going full “avoid Nintendo issues” mode and make one mod for spawning, another for throwing animation and potentially potentially a third sacrificial one to make them work together. Iif you don’t make the second compatible with “all” items and don’t use the ball as an example screenshot.
Love it. Just hope big daddy N doesn’t go after them too.
Is Nintendo the new “N-word”?
Reporting for using the N slur
(jk)
