fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoNintendo goes after the Palworld Pokémon modderwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down16
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minus-square佐藤カズマ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·2 years agoI’ll be shocked if they don’t DMCA the game itself soon.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoIt’s an original game with original content. Nothing about the mechanics in it are patented by Nintendo or anything.
minus-square佐藤カズマ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·2 years agoNintendo are incredibly litigation-happy, though. They’ll at least try. Calling it now.
minus-squareprofoundninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoI heard on the radio that the 3d mesh of pals and mons were identical.
minus-squareMysticKetchup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-22 years 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
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