“Link and the objects he rides on move together at the same speed, rather than Link being technically stationary on top of a moving object as is common in the physics of other games.”
Nintendo filed 32 patents from Tears of the Kingdom. One covers a character riding a moving vehicle. Another covers the map animation on a fast-travel loading screen. Games have let you stand on moving platforms for decades. Nintendo isn’t protecting an invention here. It’s planting landmines for every studio that ships a game with a moving platform.