The Pokémon Company has declared that it will investigate any products that infringe on their intellectual property rights subsequent to the release of Pocketpair’s Palworld prior this month. Palworld, a survival game was contrasted to Pokémon with its creators surprised by the comparisons since the game was supposed to have darker themes including exploitation and violence, which made the gameplay far more action-oriented in comparison. While Palworld has sold more than eight million copies since its Early Access release and may well be coming to PlayStation 5 according to PlayStation head of indies Shuhei Yoshida, the former chief legal officer of The Pokémon Company’s Don McGowan, branded the game as a typical ripoff and was surprised at how far it had gotten. Currently, an uncertain future awaits the game as it has been scrutinized and criticized due to the resemblance to the historic anime title, leading to the illegal use of Pokémon intellectual property and assets in the game.
Nintendo issued a copyright strike for an unofficial Pokémon mod that was unveiled for Palworld in the past week causing shockwaves throughout the gaming world; Palworld has since released a statement stating that it hasn’t been granted any permission to use Pokémon intellectual property or assets in its game and that it will take appropriate measures in the future against any organization or product that infringes on intellectual property related to the Pokémon.
With Nintendo announcing that both a Legend Of Zelda concert and a Splatoon concert next month will be streamed, gamers’ excitement appears to have reached its peak. Still, Palworld has been the target of criticism for using similar graphics, gameplay, and characters to the classic anime series. While the game has been popular to some degree, a cloud of uncertainty has now dawned over its future with Pokémon taking a strong stance against illegal use of its properties, leaving the already unclear future of Palworld in limbo
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