Always remember:
Fuck Copyright
Hello yes I would like to patent a character jumping to another platform in a game. Yes, I know that’s insane, but I am Nintendo. Do as I say, patent bitch.
What aboutl an “NPC” ? Patented.
Existing game industry patents already mention NPCs off-hand as an existing concept. Not that it would stop the US Patent Office.
If you can pay the patent and bribe the right people I’m sure you could
What’s crazy is that they can patent stuff decades after the fact, during which time many other games released have used the same mechanics. There should be tons of prior art but the patent officers are either overworked, over-pressured, or just lazy. Nintendo could also just have the patent office by the balls as is normal in the US of A.
Okay I’ll put a patent on the C major chord
That’s copyright, and yes, people are selling MIDI chord packs. See this video by Tantacrul, major Audacity and MuseScore designer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50m2Q7wPUFg
