It kinda looks like the pikachu game
Out ofthe loop here. Why does Nintendo care?
orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
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.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What brought the game to court compared to the other monster collectors is that this one made a shit-ton of money, and the other ones didn’t, so Nintendo and The Pokemon Company were, for the first time, threatened.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
If it’s legally not considered copy-pasting their monsters, why do you feel like you can assert that it is plagiarism? I suppose that’s your opinion, and you’re entitled to it, but I also think people have a right to call you out on it for saying it as if it’s a fact when it is not actually a recognized fact. Plenty of people would dispute that, including myself, and certainly Pocketpair would, and evidence suggests the courts probably would’ve agreed with them hence it wasn’t even worth pursuing legally.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Most pals are “legally distinct” monsters
Fuck off which this. Pokemon pulled the same shit when they copied Monster Quest with the first games
Arcadeep@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, as someone who has been playing Pokemon since Pokemon Blue, I don’t see much of a similarity in the monsters from Palworld, other than them having the same inspirations such as a sheep, a cat, an owl and so on. They are “legally distinct” in the same way that the shotgun in Halo is legally distinct from the shotgun in Doom
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
If you dont like that you should see the titan bars I got from Aldi.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah I love Pokemon and everything, but this kind of Nintendo apologism is gross. They don’t have a copyright on dog monster or derpy dragon. These are all based on animals and yokai, so obviously there will be similarities. But the idea that there was plagiarism/re-used assets was complete fabrication from the start. If you want to see an ACTUAL ripoff, watch the trailer for Palworld then watch the Pickmon trailer. I’m certain this game indeed plagiarized Mammorest at least, and the game design is identical.
eyes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Actually they’re suing because of these alleged infringement of these weirdly general patents:
- throwing an item at a character in a field triggering a combat state.
- capturing creatures in the wild, rather than in a battle setting.
- riding creatures in an open world and transitioning between those creatures.
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.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
And, somehow, fucking won.
No, they haven’t won a single patent case yet. And there’s still ball throwing in the game, but only for captures. The summoning via ball throwing was removed so that Nintendo couldn’t file an injuction against Pocketpair to stop their sales during the case.
If Pocketpair wins the court cases, they can undo the removals.
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
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