Nearly 6 months later, Palworld devs confirm Nintendo never drew so much as an inch of its legal sword over bootleg Pokémon allegations
Nearly 6 months later, Palworld devs confirm Nintendo never drew so much as an inch of its legal sword over bootleg Pokémon allegations
Of course not. The plagiarism comparisons were overblown and no one can copyright the basic idea anyways.
They are also just a fad and generally a boring game with a lot of faults. They aren't a threat.
39generally a boring game
I and lots of other people like it quite a lot.
18no one can copyright the basic idea anyways
I can think of a couple companies that would try anyway :P
8Agree that the actual monster designs looked dull. Funnily enough in a "new pokemon" kind of way. Other monster collecting games like SMT and Digimon seem to manage to produce more interesting monsters/pals/demons.
6Why did you so casually dismiss it? Just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's boring with a lot of faults. The game was at 20k players average on steam last month, putting it above valheim, bdo, rimworld, risk of rain 2. That doesn't really speak to me as a boring game.
4They weren't just overblown. They were literally made up.
4My opinion, but I like Palworld more than any of the 3D Pokémon games since X/Y. It's not really the same style of game when you really get into it, but the things that make Palworld different make it outright better to me. I don't plan to buy Pokémon games at all anymore, and Palworld is a significant reason why not. It's a little dismissive to suggest they aren't a threat.
3They wouldn't have a leg to stand on legally, but it puts me off that a lot of the designs are just blatantly copycats. There are great monster catching games out there with actual original designs that would kill for 5% of the attention Palworld got.
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