The Steam Biology Collection Festival has officially opened, and various games that include combat or domesticated creatures have been launched for discounts or free trials.
Steam Store Biology Collection Festival Event Page
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Recently, this type of game is facing legal turmoil because of Pokémon suing "Palu" for patent infringement.Although the lawsuit is still in the trial stage of Japan, developer Pocketpair has been forced to make multiple changes to the game.According to patent documents, Pokémon's legal actions may not be limited to the Japanese market.
The focus of the controversy is on mechanisms such as throwing balls to summon partners and riding creatures to move.Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, this matter may reshape the entire genre ecology - either to promote Pokémon's monopoly or to promote the development of genre diversity.
Nintendo currently only initiates a patent lawsuit against "Portrait of the Phantom Beast", involving three mechanisms including "Summoning Partners from Throwing Pokémon".As long as other games maintain a "reasonable distance of reference", they can still travel in the gray area - after all, the gameplay concept of bio-collecting has never been the exclusive patent of a company.
Events last until 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on May 19
Quick review of key discounts:
"Slime Ranch 2" ¥63 (-30% off)
"Baoba Revelation" ¥59 (-50% off)
"Palu" ￥81 (-25%off)
"Temtem" ¥46 (-70% off)
"Loddlenaut"¥35.1 (-55%off)
"Animal Bar: Desktop Ranch" ¥17.6 (-20% off)
"Little Fencing Spirit" ¥18.4 (-80% off)
"Dibi Mon World: New Order" ¥39.86 (-84%off)
Final Fantasy World ¥66.4 (-60% off)
"Dinosaur Ranch" ¥61.2 (-60% off)
