Palworld: Pokémon with guns

TrojanWhore said:
Saw an article earlier regarding a GTA mod which pre-dates the patents and may serve as a precident (although I think this seems pretty dumb, as the mod is so obviously infringing on Nitendo/Pokemon IP!).

www.ign.com

Palworld Dev May End Up Getting Help From an Unlikely Source in Its Nintendo Patent Lawsuit: An 8-Year-Old GTA 5 Pokémon Mod - IGN

As Palworld developer Pocketpair’s patent battle with Nintendo and The Pokémon company rumbles on, one patent expert has suggested the key to the cause may be found in an old GTA 5 mod.
www.ign.com www.ign.com

It wasn't until reading this earlier that I realised that the patents in question were filed in '22, I'd previously assumed they related to earlier/the original Pokemon games.

As others have pointed out, the broad strokes intepretation of the claims (particularly around mounts) would seem to include many hundreds of other games - I had worried as my main game is Ark, which relies on riding captured creatures, as well as a 'pokeball' type mechanic (cryopods), and with Ark already being on somewhat shaky ground due to their publisher's (Snail games) bad investments I was really hoping it wouldn't be dragged in to this ruling.

Regarding the ~$30k settlements, my understanding is that it would not just be a monetary penalty, but would also prevent full launch of the game (i.e. pulled from sale and never leave early access).
Click to expand...
TBF, Craftopia (their previous game) was released in 2020 and had the same catch a mob mechanic as Palworld looking at the video on the steam store page.
 
LostCorpse said:
store.steampowered.com

Pal♡world! ~More Than Just Pals~ on Steam

What lies inside the mysterious World Tree? An exciting school life filled with cute Pals! Will you remain friends or fall in love? Or dismantle and eat them... Your dream school romance starts here in this Palworld dating sim!
store.steampowered.com store.steampowered.com

i dont think i need to say anything..
Click to expand...

You did by posting it ;)
 
Ooft, more than a year since the last post in here. And in that time, epic failure by Nintendo with their comical case.
1.0 is out tomorrow. Looking forward to starting a fresh save, and seeing what’s changed. It’s been a long time since I’ve played and I know there was already a lot of updates the game.

Anyone else gonna go back to it for the 1.0?
 
Shout out to all the lawyers people who said the game would get taken down because it was “similar”. Confidentially incorrect there lads.

Edit. Yeah I’d likely try it when it hits 1.0 tbf.
 
Last edited:
yep i'll go back to this i need something to play after work and i gave this a little break when it no longer played well on my aging hardware. new PC this year means i can play with out to many issues.
mix it in with a number of other games i have as well.
 
I was talking about giving this ago earlier in the week, didn't even know it was coming out of early access.

As long as I have a dedicated server and can increase the weight carrying limit I should enjoy a resurgence :-D

I have it on PC, I might be tempted to see if I can run a server on PC as a Community Server and then join with the PS5 version, I don't fancy public on PS5 but I can't be bothered sitting at a desk to play.
 
Looking forward to playing this now it is full release. Find myself playing early access games to death, then never playing full release. This time I played a bit then paused to get the full experience. Doing the same with Grounded 2 and Subnautica 2.
 
Emlyn_Dewar said:
Ooft, more than a year since the last post in here. And in that time, epic failure by Nintendo with their comical case.
1.0 is out tomorrow. Looking forward to starting a fresh save, and seeing what’s changed. It’s been a long time since I’ve played and I know there was already a lot of updates the game.

Anyone else gonna go back to it for the 1.0?
Click to expand...

Strange take.

Nintendo sued on the basis of patents protecting specific gameplay elements. Palworld amended their game (particularly summoning and gliding mechanics) to remove those elements. Nintendo have narrowed their claim only to relate to past damages for older versions of the game including those elements. No longer any need for an injunction, presumably because the remaining version of the game no longer includes any elements that could be alleged to infringe.

Nintendo have protected their patents, and arguably have strengthened their future position because by changing their game rather than fighting, Palworld have tweaked their game.

Yes, you can argue that this was futile on Nintendo's part as the game is still up, but we can't know what the commercial drivers here were. If it was to take Palworld further away from Pokemon by getting its devs to change the game slightly, Nintendo have achieved that.
 
BUDFORCE said:
I tried this game, bought it on steam and refunded it.

Not for me.
Click to expand...
I can understand that, I played it when it first came along and it was enjoyable enough but just not a title for me. In terms of survival/builder/crafter games going into 1.0 I've only got my eye on Enshrouded this year and thats only a few months away but I can see the appeal in this title for those people who this clicks with.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom