• Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    I don’t see Nintendo/Game Freak doing something about Palword. Due to Palworld’s first trailer release two years ago. So if Nintendo/Game Freak was going to do something about Palworld. They had two years to do it.

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      10 months ago

      They can only demand palworld to not advertise it as “pokemon with gun”, otherwise they have no case against the uninspired monster design.

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          10 months ago

          They didn’t directly take BoTW’s sound track and put it in. The most they did is use very similar concepts. Which is legal.

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          INAL and it’s been ages i studied copyright law and it’s also depend on country(in this case, it’s japan company vs japan company), but plagiarism only catch anything on the surface, they have no reach on the concept or idea or thought itself. The work itself also have to be very, very close to the original artwork, otherwise it can considered derivative and is protected by copyright law. In this case, Palworld have their own idea and twist on their monster even though it looks like the original work they copied, and the gameplay are mostly unfamiliar from the original work. They make it close enough to evoke the same feeling people have toward pokemon, but different enough to get away with it.

          This is why Nintendo did not try anything against Genshin, even though Genshin took BOTW and add some of their idea. And this is also why you can film your own version of lion king, but the character is all bugs or something.

          Personally i think Pokemon Company will not take action, the statement could just be something to make the fans stop bothering them. But i’d like to proven wrong.

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    10 months ago

    I’ve seen pictures over the last few days and just assumed a lot of the random “pals” were pokemon from the new generations.

    Looks entertaining though

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      10 months ago

      Is it the best survival game ever? No

      Is it really fun if you like those sorts of games? For sure. My friends and I are having a blast.

      The worst thing I can say about it is that it feels almost useless to build structures. I made a 2x2 house in my base and it’s a waste of space. Maybe it’ll matter more when we’re level 50 but now…just put your bed on a foundation and give it a roof