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  1. "We have no desire to be a media empire," says Palworld publishing head, but Pocketpair would be stupid to let the survival game die out

    piefed.world/c/games/p/975910/

  2. Game Developer: ‘We don’t believe in it:’ Palworld maker Pocketpair won’t publish games that use generative AI. Speaking to Game Developer at Gamescom Asia about the company’s stance on generative AI, Pocketpair communications director and publishing manager John Buckley explained the company simply ‘doesn’t believe’ in the polarizing technology.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/23/we-dont-believe-in-it-palworld-maker-pocketpair-wont-publish-games-that-use-generative-ai-game-developer/

  3. Palworld developers have confirmed they're making major gameplay changes after a legal clash with Nintendo over alleged Pokémon patent infringements. Features like throwing "Pal Balls" and gliding with Pals are being removed or altered to avoid similarities with Pokémon mechanics. More updates are expected as the lawsuit progresses.

    #Palworld #Nintendo #GamingNews #Pokémon #GameUpdate #Lawsuit #Pocketpair #TECHi

    Read Full Article Here :- techi.com/nintendo-lawsuit-for

  4. #News out of #Nintendo's #patent #lawsuit against #PocketPair, alleging the #GameMechanics of #Palworld are too similar to #Pokemon.

    We now know the main #patents, all filed in #Japan earlier this year after PalWorld's release...

    (Reminder that #IAmNotALawyer)

    No. 7493117 involves #collision and #pathfinding, and seems to be mostly related to trainer battles and entering battle by throwing one Pokemon at another. It's not clear to me how this is novel or unique enough for a lawsuit.

    No. 7528390 involves player characters mounting creatures and riding them around. As Pokemon is far from the only, first, or even a game with this mechanic for more than a few years, I don't see how they can claim this.

    No. 7545191 is the #PokeBall thing, which #PalBalls are very similar to, so much I was surprised they did that at the game's release (#Bugsnax at least used a non-spherical trap), but again, I'm not sure how this is unique or innovative enough for a lawsuit.

    #Gaming #GameDev

  5. Thinking more about #Nintendo's #PalWorld #lawsuit, which claims that many of the mechanics, such as the #PalBall, are too similar to #Pokemon's mechanics, like the #PokeBall.

    Wondering if it would be a good idea for #PocketPair to take a cue from #BugSnax, and replace the "ball" with a cyllindrical "trap". Perhaps they can take inspiration from #GhostBusters, and have some sort of energy based trap which opens at the top and sucks the magic monsters in. They should definitely be leaning hard into the #MonsterCollecting genre's roots of #Yokai, #Spirit entities, and #mythological #cryptids.

    They might be able to avoid some damages if they lose this or have to settle in a few years by just changing up a few aesthetics, and I think the game itself would benefit from this: I personally think the Pal Ball looks odd and out of place as a mechanic, like it's just there to copy Pokemon.

    Then again, changing things might be an admission of guilt? I'm not a lawyer.

    #IANAL #law #legal

  6. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International have filed a lawsuit against Palworld's developers, Pocketpair, Inc., for alleged patent violations.

    Read More: technicalbeep.net/nintendo-and

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    #technicalbeep #ideasphere #Nintendo #Pokémon #Palworld #Pocketpair #Lawsuit