Game news Palworld: While everyone was crying plagiarism, Nintendo is obviously not of the same opinion
Published on 06/29/2024 at 6:45 p.m.
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While everyone expected Palworld to be in trouble, the “Pokémon with guns” likely managed to slip through Nintendo’s cracks.
Palworld remains calm
Against all odds, the game Palworld seems to have avoided any discord with Nintendo. In a recent interview with Game File the CEO of the Pocketpair studio and creator of the game Takuro Mizobe assured that his teams were never contacted by Nintendo, despite the striking resemblance between Palworld and Pokémon.
“We didn’t hear anything. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company never told us anything, said the CEO. A reassuring statement, even more so when we know that The Pokémon Company had stated that it intended to investigate possible intellectual property rights violations shortly after the game’s release.
An assumed plagiarism
Pocketpair has never hidden its inspirations which are obviously transparent with Palworld. The game takes the famous Pokémon formula identically while enriching it and twisting it with gunfighting, crafting and survival elements. The software also flirts dangerously with plagiarism as its creatures resemble those we encounter in Pokémon. In any case, this recipe completely won over players as Palworld distinguished itself by crossing the barrier of 12 million copies sold just a few days after its launch. Recently, the game received its first major update called Sakurajima which adds a new island to explore as well as many new features. In addition, The title should arrive soon on PS5. Hopefully Pocketpair will manage to stay out of reach as Palworld updates.
