Nintendo is Shutting Down Palworld

[@Micha-Hil]

Nintendo is the first lawsuit-type company. EDIT: Sorry guys, looks like I messed up. Kojima actually came out and said that this title belongs to Disney instead. Nintendo gets second place, now.

[@RevrenD23]

🙄😒

[@IdkJustCookingDude]

Damn literally in the first minute well done

[@Sharunock]

lego

[@TheKzelaya1]

😂

[@horhaythebigmacguy3836]

Lawsuit is the first Nintendo-type legal action.

[@xSuperFryx]

Nintendo must be saving up for the PS5 Pro

[@bugglemagnum6213]

😂😂😂

[@chiquita683]

Nintendo about to release the PS4 in 2025 for $400 🤣 they are cooked

[@ge5510]

@@chiquita683 I'd be surprise if it reaches ps4 specs, it's probably gonna be an overpriced steam deck

[@luciantendogaming]

Saving up for the 5Pro to play PalWorld in it 😂😂😂😂

[@PuthySlayer69420]

HAHAHAHAH SO ORIGINAL AND FUNNY LOLOLOLOL

[@junkivore7379]

Lets see you hate on Nintendo once Pokemon Ketchup and Pokemon Mustard are finally released.

[@PiYodTong]

I'll skip Pokemon Mustard and just wait for Pokemon Honey Mustard.

[@grey_f98]

the male playable character is called Ash Ketchup and the female playable character is called Ash Mustard

[@Daveeeeeeyhowyoudoing]

I prefer to wait for pokemon BBQ

[@0llyMelancholy]

Pikachu will only be available in Pokémon Ketchup. Real OG's will remember.

[@lenarratorsocietyofsuperio2731]

Hey I understand that reference. Jello right?

[@probincruxiii1727]

I like how “Grookey doesn’t have an AK-47” is both a ridiculous yet completely valid argument at the same time.

[@bossmama7069]

yes, I laughed at that one but it's true.

[@tankerbruja]

which cartoon court of law show are you watching where that is a valid argument? 😂

[@captainmunchies134]

That's just how copyright court goes​. It's a Jack Box game but much higher stakes @tankerbruja

[@tankerbruja]

@@captainmunchies134 that makes no sense. "Mark Hamill but he has an AK47" you are still ripping off his likeness, that is not a defense in a real court of law. although, both companies are japanese so this will definitely go through their court system and they may have different rules.

[@alien0gamer139]

​@tankerbruja It's a green monkey with a pot leaf on his head, wielding an ak. The only similarities is the fact that they're both tool using green monkeys

[@Crayons317]

Can't wait for Nintendo to get sued by the Monopoly guy because turn based combat is ripping off board games

[@larsthememelord3383]

oh monopoly actually was a game that was already stolen from its original creator (it used to be called the landlords game and was distinctly anti-capitalist)

[@plwadodveeefdv]

I summon Milton!

[@GrapeCream-v1w]

That's racist

[@Gameprojordan]

Nintendo will pull out a boardgame they made in 1890 and come to the conclusion that they created the first board game or some shih

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

If it’s true that the idea for monopoly, was stolen from anti capitalists and became a huge corporate success , the fact they had the audacity to name it monopoly is kind of hilarious.

[@hovis0504]

This is what happens when virtual boy sales are down

[@Skikopl]

virtual boy is crazy

[@godofgrains]

look guys look

[@yakumoyomi5765]

If Nintendo were really cool, they would remake Teleroboxer for the HP Reverb.

[@calebhorton4701]

Virtual Boy is the first migraine-type console

[@lichtsprecher]

Zelda theme cuts in at 2:34 but the video goes to 2:46. That’s over 10 seconds, so Dunky is about to get SUUUUUEEEEED by Nintendo. I know as a random person on the internet with basically reading comprehension

[@Berd]

they should put anubis in smash bros

[@Zhiloaxeman]

Funnily enough there's a n64 fighting game with Anubis in it, i think it was called War Gods. Worst fighting game on the console, just pure garbage. You should play it.

[@beastlyfails7695]

They should berd

[@The_InsideJoke]

They should breed ​@@beastlyfails7695

[@Ryptun]

They have anubis in Counter Strike

[@Dog-999i]

King Tut might sue them though

[@darthmenace2033]

The worst part is their suing over game mechanics thats like from soft suing a game company cause they had rolling in their game

[@water1374]

Honestly there's so many blatant copy-paste "soulslike" games out there that a good legal team could probably score some dough off a few of them.

[@LuciusC]

​@@water1374 that would require you to put the concept being "copied" in front of a patent board and hope none of them are smart enough to figure out the idea isn't remotely new or innovative to begin with.

[@charliec.3518]

​@@water1374 that would be because nothing is ever new, and everything is just a bastardization of something else that came before it.

[@MikeBrown-bs7qu]

Yeah if they want to sue this company over game mechanics and all that there's a lot of games even on the mobile that is completely taken from Nintendo's pokémon and yeah there's a lot of games that they could have gone after and that was the case. This is basically like the world wildlife federation going after WWF when it ended getting really popular then they wanted to sue them for the name WWF. Which is why they had to change it to WWE because they've had that name WWF for years and it wasn't until they got really famous and big when the world wildlife federation wanted to sue them. It's kind of the same thing here

[@Pherberg]

The Mewtwo being ripped off from Mother had me in stitches

[@Feroror]

Actually the same studio helped on both games! (I think. pokemon’s development is hella confusing)

[@SonicAdventureEnjoyer]

​@@Feroror I believe it is the same people. Game freak was Ape Incorpation (earthbound people) and then became Gamefreak

[@matthewlynn6108]

@@SonicAdventureEnjoyercorrect. It was Creatures Inc that Nintendo brought in to help GameFreak develop Pokémon, and Creatures was formally Ape, which were the Earthbound Devs. HAL Labs of Kirby fame did the same for Ape when they were developing Earthbound.

[@Pherberg]

@@Feroror it makes sense, they are similar in design and gameplay

[@smitty7326]

his whole delivery in that bit is pure dunkey. i love it 1:46

[@Kishin-yh7qv]

The saddest part is they're not even mad about the design of the pals They're suing for the mechanics Which is worse if they win

[@wicked5999]

Imagine if fromsoft filed suits against every souls-inspired game

[@dewhi100]

they are probably hella mad, but identified that they cant attack along that vector

[@MrDevious88]

Wouldn't that leave them open to be sued by Atlas then? Shin Megami Tensei pre-dates Pokemon and they had the "capture monsters and make 'em fight for you" RPG mechanics first.

[@Bubble-Foam]

@@MrDevious88 The key is that nintendo has an actual patent for it in Japan

[@rat8294]

​@@MrDevious88it's not capturing the monsters that's the problem it's that palworld just fully took the pokeball and we're like "this is ours now" which Nintendo has patent on

[@quasicroissant]

just fell to my knees in a Walmart parking lot

[@ReapersChannel26]

You ok, your not complete hurt or broke anything did you, if so try and get yourself home and try and get some first aid supplies and patch yourself up.

[@AbbrahKahdavver]

There's more to life than being a lot lizard ya know.

[@theelemental3096]

just saw a guy fall to his knees in a walmart parking lot

[@dragonmage3201]

I just saw someone fall to their knees in a walmart parking lot

[@hech-kay5060]

So that was YOU, huh?

[@Alex-hj2jd]

Just remember that if you don't like this then don't buy their slop games and consoles. Numbers are the only way to speak to them.

[@TheRealTburt]

Yeah but only if their domestic market stops buying, too. If the intl market boycotts them, they still have a huge domestic market.

[@manapotu6623]

​@@TheRealTburtyes but its still a huge thing, very large amount of people see this stuff and be mad, and then rush over to the stores to get the newest nintendo console once its out, thats why we cant have good things in today's gaming, majority just doesn't have the spine to protest things.

[@zippo7422]

The issue is that 90% of the Nintendo buyers are Parents or casual people. Parents are buying it for their toddlers because Nintendo only contains kid games , and Rebecca buys it so she can play something on a 10 hour long flight. There isn't a single half decent gammer who would buy a console which lags under its own software.

[@andrewglidewell2699]

@@zippo7422gammer

[@LuciusC]

Nah, I'm gonna sit back with my popcorn and laugh when they lose their suit

[@ExemplarKyle]

Regardless of who does it, patenting a game mechanic is really, really shitty.

[@Cherry-pu4mx]

Nah it sucks sure but that literally is the biggest seller of their game

[@picklewart5382]

Warner Bros. Nemesis sytem for Middle Earth: Shadow of War

[@JaTonda]

@@picklewart5382 That sucks too

[@jaypeterson1324]

⁠@@Cherry-pu4mxcool, then they can make a better game. Makes ZERO sense that “oh that’s the core of the game!!!” when this studio has released nothing but flop after flop after soulless remake. If they’re not using that “patent” for anything useful and stifling innovation in the industry, why shouldn’t other people use it?

[@Cherry-pu4mx]

@@jaypeterson1324 You think shadow of mordor was a flop?

[@SupaGema]

just watched some guy fall to his knees in a Walmart parking lot

[@angel_of_rust]

is he fat

[@jeremyrennerpornotruth]

overused cringe comment

[@Ahmed-pd5rt]

is he okay

[@ken6056]

@@jeremyrennerpornotruth pfp checks out

[@tres4dayz]

Pfp checks out ​@@jeremyrennerpornotruth

[@wormysupreme]

Really pissed off Donkey spoiled the ending of Mother 1. Don’t we have any respect anymore?

[@Korotan_]

Bro I thought it was the ending of mother 3

[@boogaloo4481]

Say hi to my mom at school for me.

[@Bloom8182]

The game is decades old 😭

[@neinja66469]

​@@Bloom8182doesn't really matter not everyone spends their life in their childhood bedrooms at 38 years old

[@Bloom8182]

@@neinja66469 True 💀

[@HikoruTheBrokenBlade]

this is why nintendo should always be pirated

[@Real_Micah_Bell]

Dunkey be quiet I’m trying to watch a video

[@arktouros.]

rat

[@ultimaxkom8728]

That's his little brother. Dunkey isn't even on the mic.

[@AlexanderAxelIII]

He's rapping, this is a musik video

[@Arknjoyer]

Diddy Kong party? He'll invite everyone in the jungle.

[@cheeez9438]

Wild seeing an original comment on his videos.

[@vicc3991]

If Nintendo really wins then that shows all the companies that they can patent all their games and just sue any other game that even comes close to their patents, if Palword loses it's a big L for gaming industry.

[@tobyzilla2.074]

It will cause a crash just like what happened in 1983

[@tobyzilla2.074]

@TP-pq9xx because in the 90s company's could get away with alot more than now because of the internet and people calling them out for anti consumer and illegal practices

[@tobyzilla2.074]

@TP-pq9xx true I wasn't around in 1998 I was born in 2004 but I still will not defend what a greedy corporation does to stiff competition

[@Nihlm2]

​@TP-pq9xx because for one, regardless what you want to say these are two astronomically larger IPs than those were so people just inherently think it matters more, and for two, it doesn’t matter that this is old news, this shouldn't really be a thing, and this is an opportunity for this discussion to be had again

[@Nihlm2]

@TP-pq9xx My point is NOT that this is a precedent, I am giving you a real explanation of why people are talking about it *like* it is. To you last point, Palworld sold 25 million copies. Crazy Taxi is not even close.

[@gabrielgoncalves2763]

Nintendo better not touch Barbuta, that's where i draw the line.

[@Alias3141]

C'mon, Master Chief. Let's get the *fuck* outta here.

[@Crayons317]

They wouldn't dare tackle the industry juggernaut that is UFO 50

[@quazarstars637]

Could you imagine a lawsuit between Nintendo and ufosoft, two titans of the industry just duking it out

[@PandaPelley]

Ninpen do what Nintendon't

[@mateo0123]

@@quazarstars637 i just wanted to play mario and pilot at the 2024 olympic games france deluxe edition, guess that's going down now they're at odds

[@ktn8329]

As funny as the video is, the reality is that they aren’t trying to claim there is a copying of character design (even if that’s the originating reason) they are litigating patent violation, which from their side is a strategy that makes it easier for them to “win”. Their goal is to reach a settlement, and effectively bury pal world to eliminate competition whilst simultaneously making some money to recoup through a settlement. Nintendos resources are MUCH higher than pocketpairs, making this tactic evil and doable, but beneficial to Nintendo, and so it’s used.

[@kaintkk]

nintendo copy paste the characters design from dragon quest akira original work by the way, nintendo know they can follow this road, because squareenix could sue them to have steal their own character design

[@firockfinion3326]

"No, sheep is an animal in real life." He's making it as a joke but like, that is actually a thing of how copyright works, at least in the U.S.. You can own your expression of an idea, but you don't own that idea wholesale. In this case, Nintendo owns Wooloo, but Nintendo doesn't own, "fluffy, round, sheep-like creature." So when someone else makes their own version of that idea, yeah there's going to be similarities to Wooloo, but those are similarities that can't really be upheld as copyright violation. There would have to be actual, undeniable _proof_ of direct, one-to-one copying for there to be any copyright violation there.

[@telanis9]

Not true. Copyright is civil law in the US, and the standard is "preponderance of the evidence", not "undeniable proof" (which is stricter even than the criminal "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard). The two sheep characters are similar, and that for each similar character coupled with basically the entire lineup being the same provides extremely strong evidence of intentional infringement (and even accidental infringement is still unlawful). Whether you think that _should_ be the law (I think it could be toned down for sure) or Nintendo _should_ chill out (yes) has no bearing on whether it's actually the case.

[@queem203]

@@telanis9 Remember, Nintendo is in Japan, (suing another Japanese company no-less) I don't think they are beholden to US copywrite law...and last I heard about this, they were trying to sue for patent infringement and not copywrite.

[@firockfinion3326]

@@telanis9 Having been educated by an actual copyright lawyer, I can inform you that not only is accidental copying not unlawful, there's actually _explicit_ precedent about it being completely okay. There are in existence two completely separate intellectual properties titled, "Dennis the Menace." (One is now usually referred to as, "Dennis and Gnasher," to differentiate them.) Because one was made by the creator having absolutely no knowledge of the existence of the first one, so it was ruled in court as non-infringing. Also some more examples of, "you can own your thing but not the idea wholesale.": Every single modern tactical first person shooter ala Call of Duty or Battlefield, and none of them infringing each others' copyrights. The entire existence of Marvel Comics and DC Comics repeatedly making characters that have the exact same set as powers as a character owned by the other, and it not being copyright infringement. It is also this principle of copyright that allows for parodies, homages, and spiritual successors to exist without being copyright infringement. Everybody and their mother who has ever heard of Spaceballs knows that it's a parody of Star Wars and rips several design elements from not only Star Wars but also Alien, yet it's not copyright infringement.

[@FunkyPunk1995]

Im not disagreeing with your point, but I would like to point out that nintendo/pokemon ISNT suing for copyright, they are suing for patent infringement. Specifically how gameplay or code is designed, not over someone infringing on copyright for their intellectual property such as monster designs. Patent would be either A) actual game code was taken (highly unlikely) or B) they have a patent for (i will use the example people are thinking is the most likely for an example) throwing a ball/sphere shaped device at a creature in order to capture it, which the creature is then stored in the ball/sphere, which the player later throws again to release the creature in order for it the battle on behalf of the player. - the key words being ball/sphere, thrown, and stored in. This explains why they could go after palworld, but not something like nexomon, coromon, dragon quest, cassete beasts, or shin megami tensai. In either coromon or nexomon (i forgot which one lol) you use a pyramid shaped device, Or in cassette beats, you use a cassette tape. In dragon quest, you just simply tame the creature. In SMT you just convince them to join your team by talking ti them. but you dont capture any of those in a ball which is why they couldn’t consider it an infringement of the ball/sphere patent. From my understanding it has very specific language regarding the way its thrown and called back and things like that as well. There are also some other patents that may be possible. Another one is about promoting good sleeping habits to the monsters in your captivity, which both games do, albeit differently.

[@70sleadgarfieldmug]

@@firockfinion3326 My only question is how do you distinguish intentional from unintentional copyright infringement? In your Dennis the Menace example, I assume the only thing they explicitly share is a name. Genuinely just wondering.

[@Megapig9001]

Dunkey parodying all the influencers who suddenly became “legal experts” is fantastic lol

[@foolipe1903]

best of it is like most comments didn't watch the video or didn't even catch the most obvious sarcasm before commenting

[@AccelSternritter]

Fntastic

[@asrius]

i wished there was something like community notes but for all of social media so experts could add a "this guy doesn't know what he's talking about" stamp on everything.

[@asialsky]

It amazes me how many people don't understand that they're not even after them over the designs; they're mad over unenforceable patents regarding *_game mechanics._*

[@SEMIA123]

​@@asialsky four comments before the legal expert showed up

[@here1412]

"People gonna associate Pokémon with Slavery" VideoGameDunkey: I already did 😂

[@orijimi]

Pokemon's always been Michael Vick Simulator.

[@anasevi9456]

FR Nintendo are 25 years behind the joke on this one, pocket slaves used for our amusement in virtual bloodsports has been Pokemon's trope forever. Has to be a joke because there's no way Nintendo/GameFreak could be that dense, but then again Japanese game corporation are known for their plutonium brains.

[@delilh325]

@@anasevi9456 I think in black and white games the enemy wanted to free all Pokémon

[@gdottothegamer1001]

Not even a joke, as much as I love pokemon (mostly the anime) I was and sometimes still is associate it with slavery

[@XxDruidmancerxX]

​@@delilh325wat? For real? Lol

[@master-of-frogs5415]

The lawsuit isn’t for designs it’s for gameplay patents

[@Firestar-TV]

Which were made way too late🎉🥳 Which also proves that it is just because Nintendos Legal Team is afraid of the smallest Amount of Competition and that they themselves don't know how japanese Law works

[@babybelenjoyer]

apolgy for bad english where were you when palworld die i was at house eating dorito when phone ring “palworld is kil” “no”

[@JoeTAC]

The ancient meme has returned.

[@DrBagPhD]

My man bringing me back to the early 10's with that one gd

[@Hhhh22222-w]

Omg I'm so old

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

"Where were you when Palworld died?" "Palworld died?" "What's Palworld?"

[@Oscar4u69]

i love this meme, thanks for the memories

[@ፔ̇̈]

1:00 Don’t be a coward, show us the *REAL* Sonichu!!!

[@Immadeus]

He didn't show it because, well, Reggie is just scared.

[@pedroemo5477]

i wish he didn't even mentioned it in the first place

[@MrBaby-dv6xm]

@@pedroemo5477 well he said sonic chu not sonichu, big difference.

[@pedroemo5477]

@@MrBaby-dv6xm oh yeah youre right

[@RogeNight]

Genius

[@TouhouEXPolaros]

Would be Funny if this Video also end up getting Demonetized.Would be Truly a Nintendo Moment.

[@mikebriggs2k]

Would be more funny if this video became exhibit A in the defense playbook.

[@HelloHamburger]

​@mikebriggs2k I got here from a Google notification about this situation. Probably won't be used for that though. Didn't Moistcritical also cover this situation? I'm suprised he wasn't on the notification

[@irbz2252]

i think my favorite thing is that they are trying to say its because they stole a gameplay mechanics that are or they want to? "patented" like throwing a ball and having it spin 3 times or whatever. anyways whats funny about that is there is a TON of stuff in the new zelda games that would fall right into this category more so than palworlds of them taking gameplay mechanics from ubisoft games like assassins creed and far cry most notably.

[@ozzi9816]

To be actually serious (not that this hasn't been plastered everywhere by now): Nintendo can't go after the designs, so they trademarked the concept of Pokeballs, or "devices that capture and store creatures" and is suing for patent infringement of that instead. If this goes through, they'll have grounds to sue Temtem, Cassette Beasts, etc. as well.

[@GBDupree]

To remind people: This is Pokemon Company doing this, they are separate from Nintendo, but use Nintendo as a shield for criticism. Most of the scummiest things "Nintendo" does, is because Pokemon Company wanted it. Nintendo and TPC both share the rights to Pokemon, so that's why people think its all Nintendo, but TPC is exceptionally scummy and share the lawyers with Nintendo. Nintendo wouldn't do this on their own, they literally promote "ripoffs" of Zelda on their store for instance (I say ripoff in terms of its very distinctly referencing it in multiple ways, including its look/designs and even its marketing. But also to reference how people see Palworld as a ripoff, so its a clear comparison).

[@Tagswell]

@@GBDupree I mean, it hardly matters because Nintendo IS still notoriously litigious for loads of stuff. They still let it happen at the very least.

[@danielhall6477]

They also filed for the patent six months or so after Palworld released.

[@axios4702]

​​@@GBDupree If that's the case then why doesn't Nintendo stop letting them harm their image with all the suing? Oh wait, it's because they still profit off it and don't care.

[@cyanmage1]

but they were perfectly fine when Jade Cocoon did this 20+ years ago twice during a time when pokemon was the hottest franchise on the market

[@heirapparent8217]

You cannot associate a fox with fire. Only Pokemon has ever done this.

[@supernova00500]

Mozilla sweating buckets right now

[@insoporous9978]

@@supernova00500 What gen is Mozilla from? I don't remember that one.

[@Riaining7]

All I have to say is "Ahri".

[@Axiopotech]

How comes Naruto didn’t get sued

[@alreadyblack3341]

"My name's firedash, I'm a rainbow-fox from the forest planet."

[@HandsomePrat]

2:02 is actually tragic

[@gustaffg]

FOR REAL! They should be paying him if anything!

[@steelfalcon9294]

His video on Mario odyssey would have sold more switches than any of Nintendo’s advertisements

[@jibgilmon]

@@steelfalcon9294 There's no way that's actually true; his Odyssey vids have 11M views, and Nintendo has sold over 140M Switches. That being said, his videos have absolutely resulted in Nintendo sales (games too, not just consoles) so this is still ridiculous.

[@mide8845]

@@jibgilmon☝️🤓

[@justinmadrid8712]

@@gustaffgDunkey is too family unfriendly though. So Nintendo can’t associate with him. So it doesn’t matter if he slightly boosts their sales.

[@SBinKMedia]

“people are going to associate pal world with slavery, I already did” is crazy. The whole Pokémon thing is Stockholm syndrome slavery.

[@BooelGaymes]

but palworld actually uses shocking topic to generate hype. would anyone play palworld if it didn't had guns and slavery?

[@rampagepotato4307]

@@BooelGaymes I wouldn't. That's why it's not a Pokemon copy. I play it because it's not like the other.

[@SBinKMedia]

@@BooelGaymes I like that it is an open world multiplayer game with logistics. I actually have never played nor purchased it, but it’s been on my list since inception. I don’t like the idea of forcing them, but I definitely would keep them satiated. Regardless, the theme is similar, but much different. Pokémon has trainers capturing, forcing submission, then battling creatures against their initial will against each other. That theme may be similar depending on how you play Palworld. Which means… Pokémon is based on Stockholm Syndrome Slavery, which I shall coin SSS, and Nintendo is mad that players can CHOOSE to engage that route, or choose a more peaceful resolution. Maybe instead of pushing a lawsuit, Nintendo can address their game and how similar it is to certain labor laws, which is eerily similar to the PRoC.

[@BooelGaymes]

@@SBinKMedia the first thing you get from palworld trailer is guns and slavery and the fucking sex lizard. like compared tor almost every game with a taming mechanic, palworld is basically the only one where you can literally put your creatures to work like slavery and not like "i put my pet dragon to heat s furnace and after that we cuddle and i give him treats"

[@ItsZoeyDoe]

Dunkey must be saving up for the Big Mode Handheld Pro+

[@عرفانکلوبندی]

No, probably for monster hunter wild's premium deluxe edition!

[@amiccus_]

I seriously doubt that

[@ZenfulHaze]

Big Mode Handheld Pro+ X, you forgot the X. Super important.

[@zentazym1]

Pokémon wasn’t even the first strand type game. You don’t see Hideo Kojima suing them.

[@S4SK__1]

maybe he should

[@moustacheskeleton3808]

BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN!

[@elingenieroensistemasespec9516]

Stand? STANDO?

[@pyronado4320]

So it's the same type of game as star platinum

[@DoritosBurger]

Welcome to America where everyone is sue happy! Let’s all sue each other!

[@3rdtimesacharm84]

Isn't the real issue is that Nintendo is NOT saying "Your Pal's look like our Pokemon"? They are saying "Your game plays like our game", which is kinda stupid.

[@akiraigarashi2874]

And their patents would probably cover a ton of games with some releasing even before pokemon

[@dingola_]

And it dont even do

[@SlashXIV]

Imagine the desolate landscape of gaming when companies now realize they can just copyright a GENRE. goodbye innovation, goodbye parody.

[@lightning0938]

I can't remember the last time I was able to throw a pokeball at a trainer and capture him, and then force him to work in my ammunition factory so I could go get the oil that I "found." Then again they always censor the Japanese version here in the states I could be wrong.

[@InsanityPlusOne]

If nintendo win on that shaky a claim then they should really be afraid of the kind of lawsuit wizards of the coast have agaist them for pokemon copying the gameplay of DnD

[@umdadvocate]

My uncle who works at Nintendo says any time Dunkey has Reggie in a video thumbnail, they do an all-hands team meeting, and at least one staffer is ritually sacrificed to appease his anger. Other than Amazon, that’s gotta be the worst place to work.

[@rkt7414]

How could Reggie do this? 🤬

[@crimsonslayer6641]

reggie is not in nintendo anymore

[@rkt7414]

@@crimsonslayer6641 Reggie founded Nintendo. He's in control of the button that launches their nukes

[@Mito383]

Reggie Fail-a-me

[@anudeepk7579]

@@crimsonslayer6641 there's always that one guy who doesn't get the joke.

[@wealthybone2990]

He doesn't work there anymore I can probably I understand why unless he endorses this.

[@ralphlee781]

1:32 so glad you brought this up Dunkey many people have been saying this exact thing for years

[@a.j.animations2235]

Nintendo is just jealous they haven’t made the 97th best game this year

[@tonyt3955555]

*hes played.. aka the game sucks

[@robh7800]

I love that me giggling at these videos is funding a lovely future for Dunkey’s daughter .. what a sweet setup KZbin is

[@TheFirstBhau]

I can't believe Nintendo did this when they ripped off the design of Slippy Toad from BigMode's Modo in 1993

[@Bladster94]

Just to be clear, they're not suing for similar-looking designs, it's for patents. Arguably it's worse, it means stuff like only they are allowed to capture creatures by throwing balls.

[@BikiniBottomBankRobber]

Why would they wanna patent throwing balls, that sounds sus I’m sorry I’ll log out

[@panicwolf8586]

That's... so stupid. You can't own such a vague idea. That is like Mortal Kombat sues the people who made Predator for "ripping-off" the spine rip. It is so vague and anyone could use the idea. Maybe if they use the same design then it make sense, but the idea of catching stuff in small items are so vague.

[@cal3b1900]

This reminds me of when I played Shin Megami Tensei at Sean Combs house.

[@Aethereality]

stop 💀

[@tornadozw7898]

bro 🤣

[@ntrong32]

Who is that? Name sounds like someone with too much baby oil

[@RandoGrunt]

I haven’t had beans like that since Taco Night at the late James Earl Jones’ place

[@DoritosBurger]

I love SMT no diddy

[@birke0416]

Mr. Nintendo is saving up for the new Death Stranding jacket.

[@DaeronVadam]

1:01 Chris Chan reference activated my flight or fight response

[@carsonhales2449]

I SPRINTED TO THE COMMENT SECTION WHEN I HEARD THAT

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen4737]

Does this mean dunkey knows Chris Chan lore?

[@stonethemason12]

Yeah...

[@ittybits]

Superstition is a helluva drug. Poor children

[@sublimeade]

​@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen4737 everyone does

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

That’s why for my money, Charizard is probably the best Palworldmon

[@ettel8358]

Classic

[@divodude01]

OG

[@PrimetimeX]

@@ettel8358havent played it yet, classic

[@FruitMonstersTCG]

Palworld Has fallen. billions must play the same pokemon game reskinned over and over again.

[@kevinchapman4236]

People play pokemon for pokemon you don't go to a Tony hawk game expectantly a first person shooter now do you?

[@Soulless-x4k]

​@@kevinchapman4236 God forgive me for playing pokemon for the first person shooter

[@turtlecat9445]

​@@kevinchapman4236yeah, but the pokemon company clearly doesn't give a shit about the games anymore lmao the newest game is literally around the same quality as palworld, which is sad(and also probably why so many pokemon fans find themselves loving palworld) 😹

[@hien1256]

Palworld is not even a Pokémon like It’s a ARK like game

[@blizztendo6467]

@@hien1256lmao that was funny

[@dyrengariknuas2305]

Competition are dead in current times. Now what's left are sabotage, sabotage, sabotage. Big company are scared of competition nowadays, which the existence of competition is actually a good thing because they're pretty much have to improved their own games so they have a better/advantage compared to their competitor which make both game better and evolve into a better quality product so they're making an innovative changes that wouldn't be thought of without any competitor.

[@StallionCentaur]

"Shutting down palworld" is a hilarious overstatement and bold assumption on the outcome of a process that will likely take years to conclude and likely only result in monetary damages

[@jimjimson6208]

Every time I see news about disputes like this I'm like 'damn thats interesting, guess I'll check back in 5 years to see if its made its way through the legal system yet'

[@LuciusC]

And ninty will be paying the damages They’re barking up the wrong tree for this one

[@ciguatera780]

@@LuciusC i'd like to believe you there, but this is one of the oldest and biggest video game companies alive... who knows if palworld will stand a chance

[@chickensseeall]

Ngl it got my click

[@andgatehub]

Nintendo also couldn't pick a worse time to sue. They waited until they parody saw success, so now it's an even bigger battle for Nintendo.

[@christiangarcia5769]

I can't believe Palworld was the Bay Harbor Butcher

[@nemzjustin]

Nintendo is the dark passenger

[@Of_Neptune]

You give me the freakin’ creeps, you know that?

[@rowingaway]

You know, at the very least Palworld still has a better ending than Dexter.

[@CamelThief]

YES YES YES!!! WOOO

[@CalumFoster-ed3su]

Get out of here

[@unknownvariable9239]

Patenting a game mechanic feels like patenting a musical note. It’s pointlessly powerful for no good reason.

[@ThePianist51]

This only exists in the USA. In none other country you can patent game mechanics but classical technical solutions to certain technical problems in a certain technical field…. THE US IP LAW HAS TO BE CHANGED. 😅

[@DodongoVideos]

I mean look at namcos patent on loading screen mini games

[@poleve5409]

​@@ThePianist51lmao in Japan modding your game console is against copyright. USA laws suck ass but not as bad as Japan.

[@killswitch6361]

@@ThePianist51 Both of these game's companies are in Japan....

[@53Spawn]

FineBros trying to copyright the word REACT all over again lol

[@OPUP]

"Meatwadsprite cause when I enter the lane it goes Black and White" ... miss you Dunk, but I'm proud of what you've become.

[@sulli84pl]

Nintendo is Disney of gaming

[@theadhduck]

I have never read a truer comment

[@Polarweebqc38]

All magic is gone when you reach adulthood.

[@idakev]

PlayStation is HBO re-runs. Xbox is The CW. Sega is MTV.

[@larsthememelord3383]

atleast nintendo has quality (and like you have to admit palworld flew too close to the sun with mix of similar designs and use of guns especially since japanese companies often are extremely protective of their brands and need to actually sue sometimes so they can keep copyright)

[@MrAw3sum]

​@@larsthememelord3383stfu pokemon hasnt got any quality since a while.

[@DataDream]

The thing is, it IS about the precedent. If you start copyrighting mechanics of a game suddenly scenas a faire goes out the window and you have a monopoloy on X type of game which hurts the industry as a whole. Gamefreak churned out half hearted unfinished stuff you criticised on your own channel then suddenly theres a new competitor, but since its Nintendo they're up against all bets are off?

[@Leto_0]

Lol you think once a company has a patent, nobody else can use it? Try doing a tiny bit of research before you comment on legal matter

[@DataDream]

@@Leto_0 Take your own advice guy. If there were no legal grounds for lawsuits involving patents then what is this video about? Oops.

[@onlywithbuts1781]

In the end, it is the intention. The game is not taking itself serious to a point of willingly being a childish meme. While everyone can use anything, in the end they did take a bigger portion of assets from Gamefreak / Nintendo and then walked away thinking it won't harm them, while making a huge bank reaching the top selling game on Steam, i do not think this is as innocent as people act around it. If it was an accident i would absolutely back the Palworld but this is just ridiculous. Anyone else would be burned in 5 mins, they are lucky it hit them after few months and being able to pay for damages to be honest.

[@NimVim]

@@onlywithbuts1781 Youre joking right? Assets would be copyright infringement, not patents. God these nintendroids are actually coping SO hard

[@agustinramirez377]

What precedent are you even talking about? Suing over patents? Do you understand simple human thinking? Nintendo obviously got mad with palword bc of the designs, but given that it can be considered parody is very hard to do a lawsuit that way. Therefore, they decided to go through the way of pattents to screw them over. There is no "new precedent" getting set here, they always had this tools and they always used them.

[@norris5754]

1:37 i like how he mixed the two images up just to prove his point lol

[@baronyfan]

Dunkey's comedy is subtle like this.

[@notthecoxis4759]

I'm waiting for the day that Nintendo sues itself

[@Firestar-TV]

,,your Game, Pokemon: Brown Edition is ripping off Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Some of the Creatures are just stolen from Nintendo. Are you not ashamed of yourself?" ,,Guys, I think Satoshi is high again. He is in the Break Room, going through a Fake Lawsuit against ourselves"

[@raguel259]

2:08 Perfect summary.

[@pedroabad9824]

“If it’s not patented by someone already, why bother” - Reginald

[@Amins88]

Reginald bout to commit Reggiecide

[@TheGlitchyFox]

They aren't going after the designs or names, they are going after patents. The similarities between certain designs are just something people bring up. The issue is that nobody knows which patents are being violated because Nintendo won't say, and the ones speculated were created AFTER palworld was created.

[@pancaek_boi]

I've heard somewhere that parents may take a long time to be reviewed, like up to a year, so the patent might've been planned for some time

[@CJ-wh7ik]

What if they make spheres into cubes lol

[@houseontherock8345]

@@CJ-wh7ik”All these squares make a circle” Popo

[@maxissixam6049]

Also by definition their patent for the abstract of a object thrown by a player character that effects an npc character in game space could be used by Nintendo for any game that features grenades

[@ATXCypher]

It's the pokeball patent from what i read recently

[@thiccboicory9964]

Well let's sue them for selling unfinished over priced copy paste games

[@EEEEEEtcetera]

Dunkey saying sonichu gave me a heart attack

[@GIDAEONGULLY]

I wonder what Dunkey's astral husband Knack has to think about this, he's currently punching me in the leg, must be upset.

[@thegamingshiba]

Same, thought we all forgot about that guy

[@michaelboyle7281]

I’ve avoided anything Chris Chan related for my whole time on the internet, up until the body can footage of their arrest was uploaded. If this video was somehow made a few weeks earlier, it’s possible I could’ve associated “Sonichu” as just a Dunkey joke, which would’ve been horrible lmao

[@thegamingshiba]

@@michaelboyle7281 associating sonichu as a dunkey joke is a sin lmao

[@HebrewGamer100]

Not gonna play another Nintendo game again until my copy of Echoes of Wisdom arrives in the mail.

[@TopTrunks]

That'll show them !

[@mario_adv2nture]

I'm going to sleep and will never play another Nintendo game until I wake up

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

Try emulators

[@emlyndewar]

Stay strong, I believe in you. :D

[@isuck6049]

​@@schizophrenic_rambler they shut those down too 😭

[@KingKRool91]

1:46 Damn, that sounded personal!

[@ryantudor9230]

I guess since Nintendo opened the flood gates other game companies should start suing Nintendo for the same thing.

[@GravitasZero]

Nintendo sued on something DUMBER than pals resembling pokemons They are suing palworld because they patented the action of throwing something at a monster and catching it. Patents often really f*cking suck

[@StanisawKolenda-pc9gd]

No, thats some reddit gossip pepole accepted as a fact for some reason, we dont what they are suing for

[@TurboLight]

​​​​​​​@@StanisawKolenda-pc9gdWe know they are suing for patent infringement. And both Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have no other patent, besides that one, that they can sue them with.

[@larsthememelord3383]

if they have the patent then there is legally nothing wrong with doing so, i’m not talking about it morally since thats subjective and this is probably just a roundabout way to sue them for their designs which they can’t legally sue over since their are plenty other monster catchers but its probably just that palworld has an actual chance of hurting the pokemon brand

[@GodheadNee]

@@larsthememelord3383 it's probably a wedge issue bc ai art theft hasn't been litigated against in such a way. the american legal system works on precedent, but precedent needs to be established through cases that have already been tried.

[@apollogarvan9446]

The patent was set up 6 months ago. After the release of Palworld, and the mechanic that also appeared in Pocketpair's previous game, which predated Legends: Arceus, which is allegedly the game they made it for. Problem is, a game company shouldn't be patenting individual mechanics and agressively going after them when they want, because someone is inevitably going to create the same mechanic without thinking "oh, this is a mechanic that is in this game." It's like if you specifically put a patent on the first four notes of Megalovania and then trying to sue anyone who uses those four notes, regardless of the way the notes are used.

[@CalumFoster-ed3su]

Palworld is the first pokemon-type game

[@larsthememelord3383]

ever heard of the entire monster catcher genre like temtem, cassette beasts, nexomon and more

[@salihkizildag]

@@larsthememelord3383those games don't infringe the patents.

[@aienforge8391]

i love monster hunter stories 2! (its 1000times better than pokemon im not joking)

[@larsthememelord3383]

@@salihkizildag they still are pokemon-like games the original commenter said nothing about them needing to infringe the patents

[@moisesezequielgutierrez]

@@larsthememelord3383 Let's not forget that Shin Megami Tensei predates Pokemon too

[@datmessynerd]

That means they can work on knack

[@sakhiy]

Wait is knack back!?

[@thelastthingyoulleversee]

Amen 🙏

[@datmessynerd]

@@sakhiy in our hearts it is

[@smackedpickle]

Bro is cooking

[@nathantortoreto6784]

yeah i don´t see nintendo facing a lawsuit for ripping off 1987´s after burner and creating starfox or even lode runner... but here we are

[@sina841922817028990]

Waiting for mother nature to sue Nintendo for ripping nature off.

[@thekiss2083]

But mother nature ripped off Mother 3, it's right there in the name

[@DUKEHadToDoItToEm]

Waiting for Charles Darwin to sue Nintendo from the grave for stealing the theory of evolution

[@Idkbroooo00098]

Nintendo bout to say gta 6 is coping a trainer from Pokémon

[@exzisd]

Pokémon needs to be held to higher standards. Skip the yearly releases and make an AMAZING game rather than a lifeless game with broken performance, low quality textures, frame skips, uninspiring Pokémon, etc. Give a Pokémon game the Tears of the Kingdom treatment and use that engine to build from.

[@yuyeastray3541]

lol, not gonna happen as long as they have support from the cult called Pokémon fans.

[@Bubble-Foam]

They are actually skipping out on a release this year. No clue if it’ll amount to any improvements in quality though

[@bars5555]

Nintendo do not make pokemon games.

[@sckaze777]

@@yuyeastray3541rock dweller had no idea there arent any pokemon games this year

[@yuyeastray3541]

@@sckaze777 see you just ignore the part about holding higher standard and making amazing game cuz you know it’s just a myth

[@Mike0193Azul]

They’re just mad palworld is somehow better than the last 5-10 pokemon games

[@BenjaminAbbaszadeh]

Someone go tell Ark to hide castoroides! If Nintendo catches wind of their Bidoof knockoff... 😰

[@jacopovilla2028]

0:10 donkey kong December Easter egg??? 😧

[@Danielgil28893-x]

We need Donkey Kong December 2024!

[@younglove6363]

Donkey Kong December is coming early this year 🥰🥰

[@superjoebros64]

I'm hosting a Donkey Kong December this year 😁 I'm very excited for Dec to come around!

[@nosoyporta]

1:57 That reminds of that time dunkey beat a creep in smash

[@jfox24]

Phenomenal comment

[@randomname9723]

I don't remember: did Sky do anything bad, proactively? Because afai remember he just turned a blind eye to some fucked up shit happening at his place. Not trying to defend him, just wondering if anyone remembers exactly what happened.

[@viiiRA_]

​@@randomname9723 He's gay

[@Bubble-Foam]

@@randomname9723 That sounds pretty bad regardless

[@dvargas3553]

​@@viiiRA_you seem to have lost the plot

[@cristianmeschini5725]

Finally someone's speaking about this! Thankyou entertainmentdonkee

[@eddo00]

Back to Zelda

[@themilkmonster949]

No

[@DiamondEmpyrean8273]

No

[@supper_e1823]

No

[@mr.curtis6730]

No

[@NarokathCrimzonAE]

No

[@01100101011100100111]

I'm not sure if it wasn't intentional, but at 2:16 I was expecting him to transition to Jerry Rice telling us it's all about the graphics.

[@carlthepumpkinman]

I'm sure others have pointed this out, but... they're not even suing on copyright. They're going after them for patent infringement, which means apparently they are alleging that palworld stole some game mechanics from Pokemon somewhere along the line, not for stealing designs

[@raitonodefeat6503]

Nintendo trying to sell me their games: 🤲💵💵 Me who already have the leaked copy: 💰🚫🙅‍♂️

[@bro-rubro]

That's what I expect from a company that brought us League of Legends

[@ethanlarge3572]

Notably, “copyright does not protect ideas, concepts, systems, or methods of doing something.” Probably because of this, Nintendo is (afaik) using the patent infringement route instead of copywrite infringement. Not sure if that approach holds water here but it’s interesting.

[@calimantis]

Nintendo not beating the "Disney of the gaming world" allegations

[@dumbchild1514]

When he said more dunkey, he really wasn’t lying

[@Johanmiami1]

That mic drop at 1:51 was crazy work

[@dariuscious]

I love how Dunkey still assimilates Reggie with Nintendo

[@PinkCrayon]

I can't believe Palword ripped off Dragon Quest

[@tyujg7495.]

And Ark survival and grass from earth

[@falcongamer58]

Nintendo 🤝 Ferrari Red, litigious, italian mascot

[@thenightwatchman1598]

and both smug as fuck.

[@lepunkorbeau]

Nintendo the first game company who's making more lawsuits than games x)

[@Peluceus]

What's insane is that if this goes through - I heard that they're trying to make 'throwing game object at another creature' a patented mechanic - so if they win, chances are nobody is gonna sell their games in japan.

[@grapplix7633]

When dunkey got popular, youtubers started to rip dunkey off

[@blargcoster]

0:24 "cannot get in trouble for stealing ideas" Unfortunately in Japan, that's false. There are actually game mechanics that are patented there. It is fucking bullshit.

[@dalgusmaximus4557]

The loading screen mini games is what came to mind when he said that. Such a cool idea locked to one game or series. It's anti innovation. Makes you think how different games would be today if there wasn't bullshit like that.

[@tinss619]

I can't tell if dunkey cares about the game being shut down, or if he just wants to play super mario bros 2

[@adjuax]

both

[@salihkizildag]

nintendo can't shut palworld down

[@moxieswaygan]

I did not expect to get Mother 1 spoiled here

[@JuicyJacko]

okay what the flip nintendogs

[@TheHangedMan]

Nintendo executives legitimately scummy for this Also I will absolutely be playing the new Zelda

[@armanclark]

Nintendo is just mad because they didn't think of adding guns first

[@CoffeeMonster01]

it was a hit...but we all know they were riding on pokemon's popularity. if only they made it more unique that pokemon couldn't have sued them. making it look way too close to a pokemon game was the selling point tho, it was just too tempting for them to give up.

[@ChadCawleyYT]

Fuck no i dont want pokemon using guns, using elemental powers is more cool, adding guns to a game is just encouraging violence lowkey

[@theveganduolingobird7349]

@@ChadCawleyYTso instead of encouraging violence we’re encouraging poaching and animal abuse? “Video games cause violence” logic :/

[@ChadCawleyYT]

@@theveganduolingobird7349 what? 💀 Whos were? And where did i say im encouraging animal abuse? 💀💀

[@theveganduolingobird7349]

@@ChadCawleyYT making animals fight is animal abuse, if adding guns into a game causes violence adding animal abuse causes animal abuse. I don’t make the rules

[@BrutalEddie27]

"Thanks for nothing.. Except Donkey Kong" Actually Nintendo hired some outside programmers to make Donkey Kong arcade boards under a contract. They also immediately broke the contract by reverse engineering the boards to produce the boards themselves essentially stealing Donkey Kong from an outside source. They were sued for this.

[@SliceLeedice]

Patenting Group: Patenting will improve innovation! Nintendo: And *kill* any competition! 💀 Patenting Group: What? Nintendo: I stand by what I said 🧐

[@larsthememelord3383]

do you choose to ignore the existence of any other monster catchers for your bad joke or are you just ignorant? since cassette beasts, temtem and more already exist haven’t been sued have more quality compared to palworld but palworld had more shock value. hell palworld barely was any competition with it only being praised because of people’s hate boners towards pokemon and then being forgotten until it got sued.

[@SliceLeedice]

@@larsthememelord3383 You really kinda sound ignorant but I'll state the obvious otherwise. The patent case is just a cover for Nintendo to squeeze money out of PocketPair. It has always been done again and again by Nintendo so this isn't exactly their first rodeo on this. You asked why not sue creature-catching games like Temtem or Cassette Beasts that you mentioned . . . isn't it obvious? It's because they're *small* and there's no money Nintendo can squeeze out of them. In the last few years that Palworld has been in testing and announced Nintendo did *NOTHING* , why? Because obviously they didn't think Palworld would go big and PocketPair was only a small indie studio, there's no money for Nintendo to gain even if they sue and squeeze them out. But they were wrong, when Palworld got released it blew *BIG* time so now there is a benefit to suing them with dumb and ridiculous broad patents now that they have money that Nintendo can squeeze out. You might think, there's no way that was planned out, it could be a coincidence right? But if you check the news a few months back some patents relating to creature catching mechanics were filed by Nintendo just this year only *AFTER* Palworld was released and then suddenly after a few months a patent case was filed against PocketPair's Palworld. Coincidence? I think not. Pokemon has been out for decades and they decide to file a patent for those mechanics only after a competition blew up? Ignoring small games like Temtem or Cassette Beasts because they didn't blew up? This was all a planned lawsuit for money that can potentially kill competition ONLY after they saw the competition became a big hit. If any other creature-catching games blew up, Nintendo would've done the same and that's what's dangerous if Nintendo wins this case. You mentioned Palworld not being a competition. Are you living under a rock? PocketPair beat every selling record of Pokemon version in the last half decade and they broke it in 2 months. Heck, it took 2 years for Nintendo's latest Pokemon game to sell the same numbers as to what PocketPair sold in 2 months. You must be blind if you can't see that Nintendo sees them as a competition especially now that Sony Music and Aniplex are partnering with PocketPair for a music and potential card collectible for the Palworld IP.

[@larsthememelord3383]

@@SliceLeedice pocketpair didnt go big with palworld thats plain delusional, palworld was forgotten about until this case happened and brought it back in the public eye also I highly doubt your claims about palworlds sales numbers since scarlet and violet sold the most out of any prior pokemon games and it hadn’t been 2 years at the time and palworld simply has less broad market appeal, btw also there are more people with a pc than people with a switch and even then high amount of sales doesnt mean a large amount of revenue since palworld is a cheaper game they need to sell significantly more games to make the same amount of money. and you seem pretty ignorant on this little fact companies don’t such petty reasons they care about direct competition which palworld is not since it doesn’t have much staying power it got its 15 minutes of fame due to people’s hate boners towards pokemon and the game released a buggy mess (which of course was sweeped under the rug) and then after it died down was forgotten due to not having any kind of thing to keep player’s attention like pokemons competitive scene or raid events until it got sued and everyone remembered the game existed it had 2 months of fame but that was it, and honestly the pokemon company probably doesn’t care about the game itself its a company it has no feelings all decisions are made by a group of people its nots capable of being petty but there is one thing that a company like nintendo hates and fears more than anything and thats damage to its brand which is something that palworld definitely does because its a game with bootleg pokemon designs with realistic guns nintendo really really wouldn’t want their kid friendly franchise to be associated with firearms and animal abuse. you are delsional if you think that a company has such cartoon villain motivations a company only compares about its brand, also palworld isn’t as successful as you think it is.

[@SliceLeedice]

​@@larsthememelord3383 claims? Look at Steam sales and that's not even counting XBOX sales, it's your claims that are just assumptions and no data. It took what 2 years for Scarlet and Violet to reach 25 million? Now go search how long it takes for Palworld to reach those numbers, go ahead. . . What Nintendo's "best" selling Pokemon took 2 years vs got beat by Palworld in months? 🤣 Yeah, stop smoking that "not a competition" copium You think that Nintendo does not have motivation for these actions means you are definitely IGNORANT because Nintendo brand itself is paired with lawsuits. They have done this A LOT unless you're dumb enough not to even Google it first before replying.

[@larsthememelord3383]

@@SliceLeedice palworld is cheaper as a game so even if it sold more it makes less money also its on more platforms which gives its an edge. also pokemon still has dlc sales and I looked it up and palworld costs 29,99 (which is still honestly quite expensive for an indie using characters that look bootleg) half of scarlet and violet so if palworld sells the same amount of copies it made half the revenue and i’m not even including pokemons dlc sales in this and this is ignoring the fact that pokemon is a franchise that makes the majority of its money from merchandise sales and not the actual games so if you compare Pokemons real revenue including the spin-offs and merch sales with palworld, palworld is but a grain of sand. and currently since the novelty factor of pokemon with guns has worn off palworld basically plateau honestly how much it sold doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t continue to sell also you read wrong i’m not saying that nintendo never ever does lawsuits i’m saying that the reason you think they do it is incredibly ignorant and something that only a child could think of the reason why nintendo sued palworld isn’t because they are some cartoon villain who only cares about money its because they are a company that cares about money, in my opinion nintendo probably doesn’t care about the money they get from the lawsuit what they probably truly care about is removing a stain on the pokemon brand that is palworld, because its not a good look to be associated with a game where pokemon lookalikes kill eachother with realistic guns, pokemon has a childfriendly image to keep up and palworld is not really helping that, so if there is any reason for nintendo to sue palworld its their brand not to steal a frankly miniscule amount of money. corporations are cold not petty their brand is what sells not the games. also like i’m pretty sure japan has a law that basically requires you to protect your trademark by suing otherwise the trademark will expire hence why nintendo occasionally deletes a bunch of fan games. but yeah great job for palworld for making half of what the smallest source of pokemons revenue made

[@introverted.unicorn6438]

This new suit isn't even about the pals looking similar. It's about their patent for a game mechanic.

[@godw1ll99]

yep and a patent that was created after palworld was released...

[@introverted.unicorn6438]

@godw1ll99 🤦🏻‍♀️ it shouldn't go through if the patent was only created after. I'd be so disappointed. I like palworld. Last pokemon game i played was sword&shield.