The Pokémon Company has released a statement about this Palworldthe survival game, which is colloquially called “Pokémon With weapons” whose well-known creature designs have been causing controversy long before its January 19 release. Well, we can assume that the statement is… Palworld and the associated allegations of plagiarism and IP theft, as it refers to “another company’s game released in January 2024.”
On January 24th, the Pokémon Company released a statement on its Japanese website written in both Japanese and English. In it, the company states that it will “take appropriate measures to address any actions that infringe intellectual property rights.” While this isn’t a promise to take legal action against Pockepair, it’s clear that The Pokémon Company can’t ignore the rampant comparisons that have surfaced in the aftermath PalworldThe success – it Over seven million copies were sold in less than a week.
The full statement is as follows:
“We have received many inquiries regarding another company’s game released in January 2024. We have not granted permission for its use Pokémon intellectual property or assets in this game. We intend to investigate and take appropriate action against any activity that may violate intellectual property rights in connection with the Pokémon. We will continue to value and promote each and every Pokémon and their world, and work to bring the world together Pokémon in the future.”
Pocketpair has declared that it has met all the necessary requirements to ensure Palworld would not be the subject of a copyright lawsuit, although the game’s monsters were mocked for their resemblance to certain Pokémon. Some have suggested that despite the similarities Palworld would fall under this Parody lawwhich protects media that imitates other projects in an “exaggerated, comedic manner.”
We’ve reached out to Pocketpair for comment and will update this story if we hear back.
While The Pokémon Company has finally publicly admitted PalworldSince the release of the survival game GAME on January 19th, the war between the online communities of both games has been in turmoil. Nintendo has already done this a DMCA was issued against a mod who brought Pokémon into the game, and the fans did compared the character models of the individual gameswhich led to accusations of plagiarism.
