GameCube exclusive Eternal Darkness is famous for its patented sanity system - but the rights have now expired. So, could anyone copy it? We asked a lawyer.
  • Jomega@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    15 hours ago

    Tbf, I think Nintendo might have forgotten they even had this one, seeing as they’ve neither used the mechanic nor enforced the patent since filing it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Good call. They couldn’t have been enforcing. Amnesia had a sanity meter, and it came out in 2010.