Nintendo spent a load of money and resources in a protracted legal battle trying to get the project canned by suing them for everything they could think of. It ended in them forcing Palworld to remove the ball throwing mechanic, because apparently Pokemon has that copyrighted or something.
If memory serves, the plagiarism allegations were doctored. Nintendo tried to find whatever they could sue them for, and it wasn’t plagiarizing monster designs; it was for things like “riding a captured creature” and “catching creatures by throwing a ball at them”. Some aspect of Japanese law allowed for them to make new patents after Palworld came out and then sue them for it retroactively.
I’m not talking about what went into court. Most pals are “legally distinct” monsters, but that’s what brought the game to public awareness, what started the comparisons with Pokémon, and why Nintendo hated their guts. Monster collectors have existed outside of Pokémon for decades and still do, Nintendo only sued Palworld because they copy-pasted their monsters with a different color palette.
Nintendo alleges that they plagiarized their assets.
The thing is, there was a solid argument to be made that some of the meshes for certain Pals were too similar to that of some Pokémon models to be a coincidence, but Nintendo didn’t bring any of that up in the lawsuit. They opted to go for the much more flimsy “riding a character” and “summoning a character by throwing a ball/sphere”.
Honestly pokemon has kinda sucked for a long time now and they deserve the ass kicking they got from pal world. We don’t need game freak anymore…they can’t be bothered to make a good game.
If anyone plagiarized pokemon it would have been tem tem, but that was not a threat to Nintendo so they went after pal world because game freak got lazy with their game dev.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Out ofthe loop here. Why does Nintendo care?
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Nintendo spent a load of money and resources in a protracted legal battle trying to get the project canned by suing them for everything they could think of. It ended in them forcing Palworld to remove the ball throwing mechanic, because apparently Pokemon has that copyrighted or something.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Patented, which is even dumber
Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And the gliding with monsters
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Damn, didn’t know that.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Using a monster as a glider too
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They also tried to patent riding monsters as well, which is insane seeing that horseriding had been a thing for millenia
orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
It kinda looks like the pikachu game
warmaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pikachu Simulator World Cup 64™ ?
Zorque@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Detective Pikachu?
Aielman15@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They plagiarized a bunch of Pokemon and used the publicity generated to bring attention to their game.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If memory serves, the plagiarism allegations were doctored. Nintendo tried to find whatever they could sue them for, and it wasn’t plagiarizing monster designs; it was for things like “riding a captured creature” and “catching creatures by throwing a ball at them”. Some aspect of Japanese law allowed for them to make new patents after Palworld came out and then sue them for it retroactively.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not talking about what went into court. Most pals are “legally distinct” monsters, but that’s what brought the game to public awareness, what started the comparisons with Pokémon, and why Nintendo hated their guts. Monster collectors have existed outside of Pokémon for decades and still do, Nintendo only sued Palworld because they copy-pasted their monsters with a different color palette.
eyes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Actually they’re suing because of these alleged infringement of these weirdly general patents:
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget that these patents (or modifications of existing patents) were made after Palworld released.
Nintendo and their lawyers are scumbags
Furbag@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nintendo alleges that they plagiarized their assets.
The thing is, there was a solid argument to be made that some of the meshes for certain Pals were too similar to that of some Pokémon models to be a coincidence, but Nintendo didn’t bring any of that up in the lawsuit. They opted to go for the much more flimsy “riding a character” and “summoning a character by throwing a ball/sphere”.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
And, somehow, fucking won. They forced Palworld to remove the ball throwing mechanic.
It’s fucking stupid.
Surp@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Honestly pokemon has kinda sucked for a long time now and they deserve the ass kicking they got from pal world. We don’t need game freak anymore…they can’t be bothered to make a good game.
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
If anyone plagiarized pokemon it would have been tem tem, but that was not a threat to Nintendo so they went after pal world because game freak got lazy with their game dev.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I thought GameFreak owned Pokemon.
Zorque@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They own a third of it, along with Nintendo and Creatures