Nintendo and Pokemon company finally suing Rocketpair over Palworld

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This lawsuit, which was filed in the Tokyo District Court, seeks 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 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,” it said in a statement.

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Although the gameplay of Palworld is vastly different from Nintendo’s series, debate swelled around the perceived influence its character designs have taken from Pokémon, and whether it could be interpreted as plagiarism.

There were even some accusations that Palworld’s 3D models were nearly identical to those found in Pokémon games, with two experienced AAA game artists telling VGC that, if this was indeed the case, it would likely indicate that Palworld’s character models were based on Pokémon assets.

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