What's crazy is that they can patent stuff decades after the fact, during which time many other games released have used the same mechanics. There should be tons of prior art but the patent officers are either overworked, over-pressured, or just lazy. Nintendo could also just have the patent office by the balls as is normal in the US of A.
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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Okay I’ll put a patent on the C major chord
That's copyright, and yes, people are selling MIDI chord packs. See this video by Tantacrul, major Audacity and MuseScore designer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50m2Q7wPUFg