Palworld

[PrinceOfFacade]

You can file a lawsuit for, well, a lot. Whether or not you win that lawsuit is a different story. There are plenty of designs that are very clearly Pokemon-inspired, but Pokemon doesn't own the rights to anything that looks vaguely like a cartoon sheep or a mammal with a leaf on its head. There's just enough plausible deniability that I don't think TPC would win a lawsuit in the end.

That being said, TPC doesn't need to win in the end. They've got an army of lawyers at their disposal and can sustain a legal fight a lot longer than some little indie dev can, even with the money Palworld has made off of its launch success. It's in the Palworld developer's best interests to avoid a lawsuit, even if they'd ultimately win as it would probably be a Pyrrhic victory. Winning a lawsuit barely matters if the process bankrupts you.

Let's not even play the 'vague game.' We can easily tell what pokemon these creatures are based on.

It's honestly like they didn't even try to hide it, and I don't understand. It's almost like they wanted the controversy of being a Pokémon ripoff. I mean, I get that it's an easy sell, but damn. It's so lazy and cheap.

 

[Divine Retribution]

Let's not even play the 'vague game.' We can easily tell what pokemon these creatures are based on.

It's honestly like they didn't even try to hide it, and I don't understand. It's almost like they wanted the controversy of being a Pokémon ripoff. I mean, I get that it's an easy sell, but damn. It's so lazy and cheap.

That changes literally nothing about what I said.

 

[ShuckFam]

Any Serebii member that openly admits to playing this game should be reported to Dephender and banned from this forum. I'd go a step further and advocate a system where forum members spy on Palworld players on this site and report them to the relevant authorities.

 

[PrinceOfFacade]

That changes literally nothing about what I said.

Then why mention vagueness if it doesn't mean anything? Obviously it meant something.

Any Serebii member that openly admits to playing this game should be reported to Dephender and banned from this forum. I'd go a step further and advocate a system where forum members spy on Palworld players on this site and report them to the relevant authorities.

You know what? YES! Make it happen. lol

 

[Palamon]

I haven't played it, I refuse to engage with it, and am tired of the constant discourse surrounding it.

 

[Divine Retribution]

Then why mention vagueness if it doesn't mean anything? Obviously it meant something.

Yes, it means something resembling something else in the colloquial sense and something violating someone's intellectual property rights in the legal sense are two wildly different standards, and Palworld probably doesn't pass the latter even if it clearly passes the former. I thought that was fairly obvious to be honest, but I guess if you want to read something into my post that isn't there, you'll do it regardless of whether or not it's, well, there.

 

[PrinceOfFacade]

Yes, it means something resembling something else in the colloquial sense and something violating someone's intellectual property rights in the legal sense are two wildly different standards, and Palworld probably doesn't pass the latter even if it clearly passes the former. I thought that was fairly obvious to be honest, but I guess if you want to read something into my post that isn't there, you'll do it regardless of whether or not it's, well, there.

No offense, but your regard to "seeing the obvious" is a bit ironic in this case.

With that said, The Pokémon Company has already made their statement and has acknowledged the offense. At this point, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. TPC is not pleased.

 

[BettyWisp]

No offense, but your regard to "seeing the obvious" is a bit ironic in this case.

With that said, The Pokémon Company has already made their statement and has acknowledged the offense. At this point, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. TPC is not pleased.

Quick point on the TPC vs. Palworld topic – couldn’t find any recent updates on the issue. It seems like things are still up in the air with no clear action taken yet. The initial buzz has quieted down without much follow-up.

Curious to see how it all plays out, given the complexities of IP law.

 

[PrinceOfFacade]

Quick point on the TPC vs. Palworld topic – couldn’t find any recent updates on the issue. It seems like things are still up in the air with no clear action taken yet. The initial buzz has quieted down without much follow-up.

Curious to see how it all plays out, given the complexities of IP law.

Given the Palworld developers' claim that a single independent person created most of the creature designs, it is likely TPC will have their hands full seeking the entity truly responsible.

However, I do find it interesting that they felt the need to point that out; it almost felt like they were throwing that guy under the bus. Pretty much an "It wasn't us, it was him!" sort of deal.

At any rate it, lawsuits take time, years even, so it could be a few years before a lawsuit is actually filed. Of course, all the money Palworld accrues over that time period will be money potentially owed to TPC, so it is an interesting ordeal.

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

The Honest Trailer made for the game was very informative even if it was meant to be a lot of hilarious satire.

1. Game is very subjective in what you can use to ride on. If it's got four legs, it's a ride. Anything less, it's not.
2. Because of the above, the game has an unhealthy obsession with deer, deer, and more deer.
3. They clearly ripped off Pokemon models (whether they did so directly is a different story). So damn many designs are clearly fusions...and they even ran out of whatever originality they had by ripping off one model and making it entirely separate from another one (so it's not like a Magneton deal or something, because they have two types of Reshiram ripoffs).
4. Seriously, you have a fantasy land where you can enslave monsters and give them freaking guns, but somehow it's impossible to make all of them rides?
5. Some (or all) models seem low-res.

Honestly, it's incredible how this hasn't gotten a lawsuit yet.

 

[Mefista]

As they keep releasing more and more blatant not-even-fusions-but-basically-retypes, I made this meme (with AI, to put in about as much effort)

 

[WishIhadaManafi5]

Palworld dev shares which patents Nintendo and Pokemon are suing over

Palworld developer Pocketpair explains which patents Nintendo and Pokemon have filed a lawsuit over and how much money they could owe.

nintendoeverything.com

They're going after riding on animals, throwing catching objects and such.