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Comment on Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit

I wonder what their plan was – step on the toes of the biggest franchise while operating in one of the many countries with broken copyright laws and then hope for the best while raking in early access money based on an idea that legally can’t exist? Was it being naive and hoping they could just make a fun and successful game and Pokemon would be a merciful god?

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shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Nintendo shouldn’t be trying to own mechanics. if someone took their core idea and made it so good people who are Pokemon fans are buying it en masse then maybe they should take a hint and make a game that people want. but instead they’re out there suing devs for “stealing” their idea of holding onto the feet of creatures with wings to glide? they’re clearly unable to take down the game and decided to blindly keep stabbing away at random things trying to bankrupt them with trivial lawsuits. it’s pathetic

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atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
So, Nintendo can file parents after years of not filing them just to fuck with an Indie company after that company put out a product with game mechanics that “infringe said parents”, but not to go after other large gaming companies like Microsoft that also infringe those same patents. Interesting take.

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ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You’re getting down votes from astroturfers, idiots, and kids who can’t handle attacks on their precious favoritist little game, but you’re right, palworld has zero leg to stand on here and they’re lucky their company even still exists with the sheer scale of blatant theft going on. But DAE Nintendo bad hurr hurr?

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- stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Can you list out this sheer scale of theft that Nintendo is suing Pocketpair for.
  
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  - ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Sure, it’s located at letmegooglethat.com/?q=Nintendo+lawsuit+against+p…
    
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    stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨42⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    Ah, so you can’t? The scale of the theft is so big that you can’t even list them out, is it?
    
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