Palworld V. Nintendo

Palworld, a new game that hit the market on Jan. 19, that is available on PC or Xbox, is being sued by Nintendo for copyright infringement. Controversy is surrounding the new Palworld game by Nintendo stating that it is a blatant copy of their Pokémon game. The game is made by Pocket Pair, Inc. that is inspired by the popular Pokémon franchise. In the game, there are creatures called Pals that the player can get and then use to fight other Pals and even players.

On one hand, the Palworld creators are stating that their Pals may share a similarity to the Pokémon because they are based on the same creatures. However, according to Palworld, they are in no way based on their popular characters themselves.

Nintendo, on the other hand, claims that Palworld is infringing Pokémon copyright by basing most of their designs on the characters the Pokémon designs took inspiration from. They also have had a record of taking down fan games with even a hint of the Pokémon franchise.