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Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have finally geared up to sue Palworld developer Pocketpair, alleging that the game “infringes multiple patent rights.” Palworld launched back in January this year in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview to massive success, drawing over 25 million players in its first month, according to Pocketpair. The monster-collecting survival game has since drawn several comparisons to Pokemon, especially in the designs of its monsters, eventually leading to this lawsuit.
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed the lawsuit yesterday in the Tokyo Court District, seeking an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages “on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights.”
Nintendo mentioned in its statement:
“Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights, including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years.”
While the core gameplay for Palworld places more emphasis on survival and crafting elements rather than collecting monsters to duel other trainers, similarities between Palworld‘s Pals and Pokemon have been made several times, with some allegations even going as far as saying Pocketpair simply used the same animation and design frameworks from Pokemon for its monsters.
However, the lawsuit filed yesterday isn’t necessarily targeting the monster designs as it isn’t a copyright suit but rather a patent suit, meaning Nintendo and The Pokemon Company’s main complaint is aimed at Palworld‘s gameplay. It’s hard to say how far this will go, though there’s no denying that certain gameplay inventions – such as using a portable device to capture monsters and pit them against other monsters in the wild, not to mention Palworld‘s PvP arena – does have similarities.
Shortly after Palworld‘s release in January, The Pokemon Company released a statement saying it was investigating whether the game had infringed on any potential copyrights.
Editor-in-Chief of Nexus Hub, writer at GLITCHED. Former writer at The Gaming Report and All Otaku Online. RPG addict that has wonderful nightmares of Bloodborne 2.
