The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters

While it likely won't affect the ongoing Japan lawsuit between Nintendo / Pokemon and Pocketpair / Palworld, it is at least good news for game devs elsewhere.

GamingOnLinux
@gamingonlinux As a former Lord of the Rings Online player it's wild to me Nintendo tried to patent the Lore Master.

When I watched my brother play Pokémon Legends ZA, I told him I had literally played this exact game 13 years ago.