There are many of these, so this is just one example. This first design is one where you can tell which Pokemon inspired the Pal, but it's a wholly original design. You can watch the comparison in the video player above, flip through it in the slideshow below, or keep scrolling to view it as an article. We'll start with some examples of designs that are well within the bounds of good taste, then progress to designs that share more than a few commonalities.Įxperience this piece however you want. The following Pal/Pokémon comparisons are categorized by the nature of their resemblance. For me, it’s all about the designs of the Pokémon themselves – the creatures I’ve spent years of my life getting to know and love, and to see some of many favorites presented in the way they are in Palworld genuinely breaks my heart. Countless games do the same thing and anyone who has played the first 15 minutes of Palworld can plainly see that while it does have monster taming, its survival gameplay, crafting mechanics, and lack of glaring technical issues make it clear it’s otherwise nothing like a Pokémon game. The company made a statement saying, quote, "We intend to investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokémon." Well, lets do our own research and you can be the judge.īefore I get to the comparisons, it’s important to point out I have no issue with the fact Palworld has elements of Pokémon’s gameplay. It’s at least enough to get on The Pokémon Company’s radar. While Pikachu doesn’t appear in Palworld exactly, there’s no denying that many of the designs are strikingly similar, whether it’s elements of different Pokémon thrown together to make a Pal that’s a bit Frankenstien’s monster, to more wholesale similarities. The CEO of Pocketpair, Takuro Mizobe, has denied allegations of plagiarism. What’s more, by not coming up with its own designs, it potentially opened itself up to legal action from The Pokémon Company and, even worse, criticism from rabid Pokémon fans like me. The fact Palworld doesn’t have wholly original designs, for whatever reason, seems wild to me. That literal pile of trash? You get the idea. ![]() See those keys on the counter? That was an actual idea for a new Pokémon. I’m not a game designer but the inspiration for Pokémon comes from all around us. Well I’ve got a bone to pick with you, pal, because making a game with creatures inspired by Pokémon is one thing, but ripping them off – which, as I’ll demonstrate, is the case in some examples – is too much. While the ridiculous concept is good for a laugh, what’s not so much of a laughing matter is how developer Pocketpair has seemingly copied elements of more than a few Pokémon designs when making its own creatures for Palworld, called Pals. The first trailer of what looked like a heavily armed Pokemon Trainer using a terrified little pocket monster as a bullet shield was like a meme come to life. As a lifelong fan of Pokémon, I’m used to seeing other games in the “monster tamer” genre that are clearly inspired by it, from Temtem to Ni no Kuni, but nothing made me do a double take quite like Palworld, aka Pokémon With Guns.
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