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Reading the article explains that it's not that their aesthetic is shared, it's that some of the models are extremely similar to S/V models, beyond the likelihood of coincidence, and Nintendo plans to investigate if it's coincidence or actual asset theft.

Yeah, if one of the most litigious gaming companies out there hasn't filed a suit against them, then I think they might be ok, unless they can somehow prove parts of assets were used.

The closest Nintendo has gotten to legal stuff was against a modder for Palworld who used Pokemon and put the mod behind a paywall and I'm pretty sure if they didn't charge they might have been left alone maybe.

Nintendo does, GameFreak and The Pokemon Company on the other hand..

They fucking DCMA'd themselves for fucks sake

Oh, I want to hear the story behind this.

Right!? Palworld is just the game players have been begging for for a decade.

It takes weeks until they see any of that Steam money from a game they just released in early access. Though a bank might likely give them a hefty loan now for a proper defense. But let‘s not pretend Japan copyright and trademark laws are lenient or reasonable and Nintendo is basically a national treasure. If Pocketpair was based in any other country it would be different but here we really do not know how it could go.

Pretty much yeah. Mostly just "Yes, we know." If they had any real chance of killing it off, they'd have done so before the game even launched. They'll make a big show of looking into it, then grumpily admit there wasn't technically any wrongdoing and, while they don't support Palworld, they can't actually stop it.

You seem to think they would put any value in appeasing fans of Palworld. They're not even interested in appeasing their own fans. If they could publicly behead Palworld for all it's fans to see they'd do it just to send a message.

Which would be fine, frankly. With all the money Palworld got, they can aford to redesign some creatures. The number of them that actually look like imitations in practice is much smaller than critics make it to be.

Your DMCA notice is in the mail, buddy!

I think its a good game that you play with friends. It has a lot of minecraft (get resources and build shit) mechanics, so it is better played with others. I dont think you must play it now. Even if a lot of playes stop playing long the line, you can still enjoy the game with friends.

It's like when Rust first came out but with less dong. Think I'll pass.

I decided that I will check it out when it's fully released (if/whenever that happened).

From what i’ve seen of the landscapes while playing, it looks beautiful. For example, was an area that reminded me of Yosemite National Park, very enchanting.

Wth it looks fantastic and runs good even on lower systems, unreal engine doing some work there.