The fury for Palworld It does not stop and has not gone unnoticed in The Pokémon Company, which for the first time has spoken publicly on the matter. The Japanese corporation, which handles Pokémon licenses, among other issues related to the franchise, made his long-awaited comment on the Pocket Pair titlewhich is all the rage on PC and Xbox despite accusations of plagiarism.
Like all corporate communication, The Pokémon Company’s message has been quite brief and measured. In fact, the firm has avoided making direct mention of Palworldalthough it has made it clear that it is following the matter closely and that it does not plan to sit idly by if it detects that its intellectual property is being infringed.
The company will investigate Palworld and “will take appropriate measures” if it detects that copyrights linked to it are being violated. Pokemon, as he expressed. Below, we share the full statement that The Pokémon Company published on your website.
“We have received many inquiries about another company’s game released in January 2024. We have not granted any permission for the use of intellectual property or assets of Pokemon in that game. We intend to investigate and take appropriate action to address any acts that infringe intellectual property rights relating to Pokemon. We will continue to appreciate and care for each and every Pokemon and your world, and we will work to unite the world through Pokemon in the future”.
The Pokémon Company
Basically, those responsible for Pokemon have avoided launching a direct accusation of plagiarism against Palworld and its developers. However, the message also serves as a warning that the company will spare no effort to protect its intellectual property. Nintendo is also part of this crusade, having gone after those who developed a mod that replaced the characters of the original game with those of Pokemon.
The Pokémon Company finally speaks out on Palworld
The Pokémon Company’s comment comes just days after Don McGowanhis former legal chief, had harsh words against Palworld and the Pocket Pair studio. “This seems like the typical meaningless plagiarism that I saw a thousand times a year when I was legal director of Pokémon. I’m surprised it has gone this far,” the aforementioned man told journalist Stephen Totilo.
The main accusation of alleged plagiarism made against Palworld It is because of the design of their characters, called Pals. Since the game launched in early access last Friday, comparisons showing the apparent similarities between the creatures in this game and those in Pokemon, they didn’t take long to appear. This has even led to the Pocket Pair title being renamed on networks—unofficially, of course—as the “Pokemon with weapons”.
Takuro Mizoberesponsible for the study and Palworld, was very critical of the accusations and classified them as a defamation against his artists. But while all this is happening, the video game maintains a truly brutal streak.
According to it was informed in the last hours, Palworld It surpassed 8 million copies sold in its first six days. The proposal is a total success both on Xbox and PC, although the most impressive statistics come from Steam. On the Valve platform it has already become the second most attended game in its entire history, only behind PUBG.
The number of simultaneous players continues to grow. Yesterday, he broke a new record by achieving a peak of just over 2 million users playing at the same timeas recorded SteamDB.
Likewise, those responsible for Palworld have revealed your roadmap in early access and they promise very interesting developments in the future. Among them, the introduction of a PvP (player versus player) mode, crossplay between Steam and Xbox, Raid Bosses and new Pals. They also announced that they are working on countermeasures to crack down on players who are cheating on the official servers.