The adventure and survival game Palworldwhich is one of the biggest recent successes in the industry, continues to generate controversy due to comparisons with Pokémon. Now, a former employee of the Nintendo franchise spoke about the case and positioned himself among those who think the title is actually a copy.
O site GameFile got in touch with Don McGowanan expert who acted as head of the Pokémon Company’s legal department between 2008 and 2020. And, according to the lawyer, the accusations against the independent title are indeed valid.
“This seems to me to be a frequent nonsense imitation that I saw thousands of times a year when I was the legal manager for Pokémon. (…) I’m surprised he made it this far“, McGowan affirmation.
To date, Nintendo itself has not yet officially commented on the controversies or the game itself.
The studio side of Palworld
The developer responsible for Palworld is accused of copy facial expressions, looks and elements from Pokémonin addition to the multiple gameplay inspirations.
The community even calls the title “Pokémon with weapons“since the use of machine guns by humans and creatures is one of the most striking aspects of the game.
Capturing Palworld creatures is done with magical spheres.Fonte: Pocketpair
Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe has already released statements regarding accusations of copying Nintendo’s renowned franchise. The executive said he was happy with the “high amount of positive feedback” and rejected the idea of plagiarism.
“I have mixed feelings about this, because Palworld is completely different from Pokémon“, explains Mizobe. His defense is mainly based focus on survival of your titlewith collecting and building elements more focused on games like ARK: Survival Evolved e Craftopiawhich is from the same developer.
Scene from Palworld, the “Pokémon with weapons”.Fonte: Pocketpair
The title sold 5 million copies in just three days, even though it is also available in the catalog for Game Pass subscribers. Furthermore, still in the early access phase and with several limitations, Palworld broke an all-time Steam record: he was second only to PUBG in number of simultaneous players on the platform — surpassing the mark of 1.8 million active users.
Just this week, a video showed a mod that adds visuals of Pokémon characters and creatures on top of Palworld was released — and has already been toppledas it constitutes unauthorized use of Nintendo’s intellectual properties.
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Source: https://www.tecmundo.com.br/voxel/278241-palworld-imitacao-sentido-diz-executivo-pokemon.htm
