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• grayhaze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You obviously haven’t actually played the game.

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    • grayhaze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Obviously not

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    K first of all, the mechanic you’re referencing was already an established mechanic before Pokemon Red/Blue came out. The Pokemon Company didn’t invent the “creature catcher” genre of video games.

    Second of all, as I’ve said already, the catching mechanic in Palworld is absolutely distinct enough to be considered as drawing inspiration from Pokemon, and not copying. If you wanna get into the nitty gritty, I’ll meet you down there, but if you’re just gonna continue to spout meaningless contrarianisms I’ve got better things to do

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    • grayhaze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        but not capturing by weakening the creature and throwing a ball at them.

        If you think “throwing a ball” is a patentable (or even copyrightable) mechanic, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

        Palworld explicitly copies the style of creature design from Pokemon

        Some pals are similar to Pokemon, sure, but a lot are quite distinct. If you have a problem with that though, take it up with The Pokemon Company, because they did it first.

        The developers knew exactly what they were doing, so to claim it wasn’t intentional is disingenuous at best.

        Of course it was intentional to make a game in the same genre as Pokemon, with similar mechanics. That’s how video games in the same genre work. You make them similar to things you know people like, so that there’s a greater chance they’ll like your game too, but you also introduce new, unique things so that you’re not copying. Yes, Palworld did that intentionally.

        None of that is illegal though, or shouldn’t be anyways, unless they’re straight up stealing assets/code from a Pokemon game and using it in Palworld.

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