• Lil' Bobby Tables@programming.dev
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    Honestly, the idea of patenting a vehicle system that treats the driver as a separate physics body is one of the most egregious things here—because it isn’t a new technique; it’s just choosing not to use another technique. That’s literally the default.

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      The article also mentions

      Some of them are specific to Link’s latest adventure, including things like Riju’s lightning ability, which lets the player target enemies with a bow and bring down a lighting strike wherever the arrow lands.

      Which isn’t even unique to Zelda, Minecraft did it a decade ago.

      These are a stretch, even for Nintendo, and I’ll be surprised if any of them stick. But, then again, I was also surprised (and very upset) by Bamco successfully patenting loading screen mini games (and then hardly ever even using them) back when that happened. So who knows.

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        I am almost certain that there’s a Skyrim mod for that, that’s been around for a decade. It’s trivial.

        Frankly, this is stuff that trademarks exist for, not patents. None of this sounds like an actual invention.

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      I can only think of one game that doesn’t do that and that’s because it’s intentional to launch the driver out of the vehicle: Rekkaturvat (Truck Dismount).