“You saved the entire industry”: The 13-year-old video of a Pokemon fan game now cited in the rejection of a Nintendo patent is being celebrated by fans happy to see creative freedom win

In May 2013, YouTuber JolteonPlays uploaded a video showcasing the rough prototype for an unofficial “3D indie Pokemon” game called Pokemon: Generations. To this day, it occasionally comes up among Pokemon fans dreaming about what new games in the series might look like. Today, recent comments on that 13-year-old video have been flooded with praise…