fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoNintendo goes after the Palworld Pokémon modderwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down16
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkNintendo goes after the Palworld Pokémon modderwww.theverge.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squaretheyllneverfindmehere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up85·10 months agoFrom some of the things I read it was behind a paid patreon. This likely brought the hammer down extra fast.
minus-squareSatouKazuma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down5·10 months agoI’ll be shocked if they don’t DMCA the game itself soon.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 months agoIt’s an original game with original content. Nothing about the mechanics in it are patented by Nintendo or anything.
minus-squareSatouKazuma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·10 months agoNintendo are incredibly litigation-happy, though. They’ll at least try. Calling it now.
minus-squareprofoundninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI heard on the radio that the 3d mesh of pals and mons were identical.
minus-squareMysticKetchup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-210 months agoI doubt they can unless Palworld literally stole models from Pokemon. While some of the designs are pretty blatantly copied, if they can’t prove the devs copied directly from them there’s not much of a case
From some of the things I read it was behind a paid patreon. This likely brought the hammer down extra fast.
I’ll be shocked if they don’t DMCA the game itself soon.
It’s an original game with original content. Nothing about the mechanics in it are patented by Nintendo or anything.
Nintendo are incredibly litigation-happy, though. They’ll at least try. Calling it now.
I heard on the radio that the 3d mesh of pals and mons were identical.
I doubt they can unless Palworld literally stole models from Pokemon. While some of the designs are pretty blatantly copied, if they can’t prove the devs copied directly from them there’s not much of a case