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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:07 am Reply with quote
I’m pretty excited for Freedom Wars, since I never had a Vita.

Palworld was playing with fire; I’m not too shocked.
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crh1985



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:39 am Reply with quote
I will have to see what they are targeting with there case

Is it a full violation (I don’t think so there is to much of a difference)

Is it a partial violation (i can see this as quite a few of the pals look similar to some pokemon.)

Or is it a spotting violation (yea i know this is probably there as many of the models are models from pokemon with changes afterwards, and yes this can still be a violation but most times will be settled outside of court as it can be spotty for both sides and can look good for the plaintive [aka Nintendo])
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:42 am Reply with quote
crh1985 wrote:
I will have to see what they are targeting with there case

Is it a full violation (I don’t think so there is to much of a difference)

Is it a partial violation (i can see this as quite a few of the pals look similar to some pokemon.)

Or is it a spotting violation (yea i know this is probably there as many of the models are models from pokemon with changes afterwards, and yes this can still be a violation but most times will be settled outside of court as it can be spotty for both sides and can look good for the plaintive [aka Nintendo])


It's a patent lawsuit, not a copyright. So it's likely sidestepping all of that.
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Stelman257



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:20 am Reply with quote
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I feel bad for Pocketpair because even though I don't really like Palworld (and I do genuinely believe that they were doing the legal equivalent of going up to Nintendo and going, "Hey, is this annoying? I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you! Are you annoyed?"), I would have liked Palworld to get better. ...at the very least, it was made in earnest. It's just a shame they got so caught up in trying to stir controversy.

Yeah I feel that, it really seems like they got drunk on the controversy and spitefulness they were enabling of so many people, and now they're paying the price. Not to mention how high they rose in player count before their fad wore off.

I think it's also a shame that this all really only happened because of the state Pokemon Scarlet and Violet launched in. I adore those games, some of the most fun I've had with Pokemon ever, but at launch all people saw were a broken, buggy, mess of a game and it fueled the spite that led to people making such a stir about Palworld, and Pocketpair very obviously leaning into that and flying way too close to the sun. Wild what kind of knock-on effects some things can have.
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