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Japan Patent Office rejects Nintendo application relevant to Palworld dispute, cites games like ARK as prior art after third-party submission (gamesfray.com)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well, they're Japanese and started in Japan, so... The Dutch? 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The type of playing cards Nintendo used to produce have a high association with the gambling underground. So I presume they mean to insinuate Nintendo is associated with the Yakuza

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I can not remember if this thing I read a long time ago that pretty much confirmed that Nintendo, at one point, had Yakuza members on its board was a real news article or from a fictional book (this is somewhat of a plot point in Lucky Wander Boy)... 🤔

    It's one of those things that's been rumored about since I was a kid, tho.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I saw something similar. I wouldn't be surprised if there still is some Yakuza connection remaining. There's bound to be some rich, influential yakuza members that were like "Nintendo? Neat, i'mma join this" and got a position somewhere. If not by money, by influence.

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