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I noticed that Splatoon on the WiiU has a game you play while waiting for a multiplayer match to start, but I guess that skirts the patent because the game isn'
by joezydeco 11y ago
I noticed that Splatoon on the WiiU has a game you play while waiting for a multiplayer match to start, but I guess that skirts the patent because the game isn't "loading" at that point.
- gambiting 11y agoWell, there's plenty of weird edge cases where someone could argue you are on a loading screen. For example: Star Wars Battlefront. When you put the disc in and start the game, you get to play as Darth Vader on a small map, while the game is installing. You cannot get out of this level until the game is fully installed. One could argue that you are playing a game while on an invisible loading screen. It's probably the fact that you don't have a loading bar that stops the game from infringing on the patent.
- CM30 11y agoThere's also the waiting room thing in Super Smash Bros online multiplayer, where you practice by beating up the sandbag in a practice stage.