inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAmid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Charactergamerant.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down10
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkAmid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Charactergamerant.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squaremesa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 months agoWelp there goes Coromon, Palworld, and a WHOLE lot of indies. Plus wasnt digimon the first not Nintendo?
minus-squareneon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·3 months agoI think shen megami tensi didn’t before them. Dragon quest might have, but I’m not sure about that one.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoCan confirm, DQ5 (1992) had monster catching. Not sure if I’d call it summoning, but Pokemon took clear inspiration from that game in particular.
Welp there goes Coromon, Palworld, and a WHOLE lot of indies. Plus wasnt digimon the first not Nintendo?
I think shen megami tensi didn’t before them. Dragon quest might have, but I’m not sure about that one.
Can confirm, DQ5 (1992) had monster catching. Not sure if I’d call it summoning, but Pokemon took clear inspiration from that game in particular.