Palworld vs. Pokémon Comparison: Just How Similar Are the Designs?

Much has been made of Palworld's Pal designs bearing a striking resemblance to certain Pokémon, so IGN's resident Pokémaniac Joshua Yehl went through and made a comparison of each one. Does Boltmane look like a Shiny Luxray? Does Verdash look like a green Cinderace? Take a look at this Palworld/Pokémon comparison and decide for yourself.
#IGN #Gaming #Palworld

[@karelfourlive]

Lmao IGN really milking this.

[@1984TMNT]

You clicked on it and commented, so it worked.

[@Yungdabmann]

@@1984TMNTgrow up lul bro

[@andretti10]

Facts. We get it, they look like Pokemon. Let's move on.

[@SilveredDawn]

He's right​@@Yungdabmann

[@maxpowers4436]

Are they wrong?

[@dykybella7019]

This will definitely inspire Pokemon to make cleaner games right guys? Right?

[@heronumber009]

Or they just sue and try to get it shut down? That might be easier, no?

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

Nah, not likely

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

@@heronumber009 they already are (sueing Pocket pair!)

[@Aelda69]

​@@MatthewLoh-ru1mw This is disingenuous nonsense. They made a statement that they will be investigating the claims of copying, they never said they were suing anyone. Stop lying, cultist.

[@The_Vincenzo]

Gotta sue 'em all!

[@devinshepard9832]

Pal world has gotten a tremendous amount of free marketing

[@albertnagapetyan9482]

btw, yes, maybe they also have additional models for some creatures. So they could change them after this loud advertising

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

still no.1 in steam not like pokemon u cant see current player or all time peak player

[@JustSomeMisfit]

So did Among US, Fall Guys, Multiversus, Only Up, and now Lethal Company for a bit longer. This excitement will die down too, because MUCH bigger more anticipated games have came and went.

[@Chefkingdoom]

by ripping off a well established franchise

[@qualityvigilante599]

@@bjnazerigaming8302 sword/shield and scarlet/violet on switch have both sold 50 million copies.. ffs guys don't be delusional

[@MomirsLabTech]

Some of these comparisons are legitimate, but some of them are a real stretch. Saying one of the designs "stole" snorlaxs mouth design, whenever his mouth is literally a very generic simple line with 2 triangular teeth is a huge stretch. Like youre really gonna act like because Snorlaxs mouth looks like that it is pokemon IP? They can copyright claim any simple mouth with 2 teeth? Lol

[@KatamuroTheFirst]

yeah, similar sure, apart from literally everything else about the design

[@joshuayehl7628]

If we're having a conversation about the similarities between Pals and Pokémon and you don't think it's at least odd that Palworld has several Pals that have the exact same face as certain Pokémon, then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe if that were the only instance of copying then it wouldn't mean much, but it's one of many, and it just shows how widespread Palworld's copying is, from entire models down to simple lines to make a face.

[@pk6546]

@@joshuayehl7628 Thats your opinion and not what people are complaining about, either palworld stole complete models or even use ai to fusion some pokemon models. No pals have the exact same face as of any pokemon, not like they have complex design that is hard to reproduce but simplistic enough that you could find similarities in many other simpler designs. Plus there are how many pokemon? little more than a thousand now, arent you a little hypocritical to complain that some pals parts looks like one of the thousand of pokemon created to date?

[@joshuayehl7628]

@@pk6546 It's not my opinion, it's all laid out to see, clear as day. There's no denying the similarities, ranging from superficial to exact models and details used but rearranged and recolored. That's a fact. As to whether it's enough to make a case for copyright infringement, the Pokémon Company is investigating that right now.

[@pk6546]

@@joshuayehl7628 Thats your opinion that you find it odd that a monster taming game have some creatures that makes you think of one of the thousand of pokemon or that its an infringement in any way. Because you cant act like bunch of people didnt outright accused them of lying and telling on them to big daddy nintendo as if they werent aware despite shutting down that pokemon mod.. Its just absurd, do you really want nintendo to have power over any similar creatures inspired on real animal? You werent there when pokemon ripped dragon quest and mtg, or when all those other games were litteral clones of pokemon, you come out of the woodwork when one can potentially be as popular if not more than pokemon. So go ahead, defend your favorite big brand even though besides the artstyle of the monsters theres nothing like pokemon in that game

[@GabrielRuizBallard]

2:37 It’s both hilarious and sad how not having “glaring technical issues” now differentiates you from a Pokémon game

[@Atticus711]

whoooosh

[@Dan_om3]

@@Atticus711 ?

[@AlexTyProsise]

It is funny how a small company can hurt the egos of bigger companies really badly. PALWORLD IS AWESOME! continue the hard work PALS!

[@toshtao1]

Yeah falling through the ground is SOOO fun!

[@TheMushMe]

​@@toshtao1i know right! In Pokemon Scarlet, theres this bug when if you walk around ledges you can fall right through the overworld

[@haysen123]

​@@toshtao1and also 20 fps is soo much fun compared to 60+ fps

[@pk6546]

@@toshtao1 like thats a problem for you. Youd even play a ds remaster with all its original bugs even ported on switch

[@blazen6750]

* After they start brteaking the records

[@NovasEmpire313]

Mammorest is very similar to when you “take one for the team”

[@blackabyssgaming2917]

🤣

[@klavicus2276]

? Don’t get it lol

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

so this one original

[@sonic-bb]

the faces segment could also be used to show the combination of pokemon designs theyve been doing. Most of the pals seem to be a mix match of 2 or 3 pokemon

[@grillecheeseobamasandwich2222]

crazy how youre not allowed to make a sheep because it would be "too similar" to wooloo

[@splanks9492]

And crazy how you can't make a wolf because it's "to similar" to Lycanrocs design. Like what else are they supposed to do. Not make a standard wolf 😂

[@vuviper]

It actually incredibly easy to make a sheep that doesn't look like wooloo. Google "cartoon sheep"

[@Gamer9o]

Also it seems its illegal and completely owned by pokemon to do bird characters Also "its crown part looks similar" ..... yes plz next time you google crown ... make sure to send all those pics to nintendo xD

[@D20dyssey]

Sheeps and wolves can look a veriety of ways in games. It's different when you make a pokemon-like game and make a sheep that's practically one for one.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

​@@splanks9492 true but they do look alike.

[@spade0651]

Whether it's a ripoff or not, having more fun with this game than I've had with any pokemon game in years!

[@cazador8744]

@@moonkey537 worst thing is they just re-design it. You can't cancel a whole party just because of a lost table lol

[@nathanmitchell7961]

No one is disputing whther the game is "fun" or not, they are talking about he designs being stolen.

[@ayylmao4353]

@@moonkey537 The designs have been out for years, GF will do nothing 😁

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

Same here! Pokemon as a whole hasn't been interesting to play anymore!!

[@sambettridge3674]

IGN got a nintendo fanboy in their ranks

[@fragglerocker8316]

Right? How dare a generic Dog/Wolf (Direhowl) look like another generic Dog/Wolf (Lycanroc). Everyone get out your pitchforks and torches because we clearly have to burn Palworld to the ground because Nintendo obviously own the rights to what animals look like. The Direhowl one really bothers me, lol. How can you possibly say a dog is a ripoff of another dog? Is a Chocolate Lab just a knock off of a Golden Retriever? Is a Zebra a bad knock-off of a horse? Like what is even going on in this video.

[@Mynameishassan0]

@@fragglerocker8316there are a lot of ways you can make a wolf. If you knew anything about 3d modelling you’d know that it took the model of lycanroc. Also this guy is being absolutely fair.

[@chezpizza3869]

I'm mean the designs and art style of pokemon are so simple, it makes you feel that nintendo/ the pokemon company has basically copyrighted the shape of a circle, triangle and square.

[@ig0ty0ur6ix4]

“Pokemon made pidgey so no one else can make a bird Pokemon” 😂

[@Socioromanticism]

Cinderace.

[@Dolliv5]

Haha yeah no one said that. There’s several pals who’s models are drastically similar to Pokémon beyond being the same animal

[@JustSomeMisfit]

No one said that. Why are you people so dumb?

[@aries4378]

Similar but not the same. Nintendo would've sued already if they had a case.

[@Uhcip]

Pokemon has 100 birds that are easy to tell apart because they hire artists and go through the design process for each. There's no 2d art for any of the pals, for some reason (maybe because they're frankensteined together)

[@giladeliyahu2716]

bro its just stuff inspired from animals its a strech u can do the same for most monster taming games and pokemon wasnt even the first its just about how big they are

[@joshuayehl7628]

There are many Pal designs are just "inspired by" but a startling amount look like they are made with the exact same models as Pokémon. I think something like Grizzbolt is a great example of taking inspiration from Electabuzz and making it unique, but something like Azurobe literally looks like they painted Superior blue and added on Primarina's hair and turned that blue too.

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

@@joshuayehl7628 atleast garchomp got better mega evolution in alternate universe hohoho........ 6:11

[@CR-og5ho]

​@@joshuayehl7628grizzbolt is just zangoose + electabuzz colours. The shape and posture aren't even unique.

[@firekeeper3421]

​@@joshuayehl7628the guy making that claim literally admitted to faking the whole thing to try and hurt pal world

[@0cluealley]

​@@bjnazerigaming8302😂agreed

[@weroleoify]

6:12 you can't be serious, THAT is your comparison? Jeesus IGN's reporters really set the bar low

[@Mynameishassan0]

It does look like garchomp icl

[@chrisb7180]

Pokémon have so many mons, there's bound to be a few similar designs. It's a real "Simpsons did it Simpsons did it" scenario haha 😂

[@pinkydoughy]

so they are 100% designs? 🤣

[@alquanna]

Or more like the Simpsons episode where Homer thought his face was used for Mr Sparkle detergent

[@Jokerwolf666]

​@@alquannaMistah Sparkaruuuuuu

[@JMGauthier]

"A similar beak to Toucannon" They both have the same beak as a toucan. 😂 They're both copyright infringement on nature!

[@Mynameishassan0]

I’d say toucannon looks just like a toucan. The palworld design does look like Xatu though, with the beak of a Toucan.

[@bepstein111]

Dumud also looks like Clodsire. Some of these icons look directly ripped from Arceus. Jolthog? You mean yellow Shaymin? Also for Azurobe you missed its uncanny resemblance to Milotic.

[@ImGoat1995]

Dumud also has sobles head fin

[@Saintbalor]

The comparison begins at 3:12

[@arenshichic1203]

Thanks

[@OvercastMetal]

saying that palworld is anything like any pokemon game is really offensive towards palworld

[@pinkydoughy]

well, the way this is merchandised is "pokemon with guns" so you will tell

[@akhsdenlew1861]

yea becouse pokemon is not successfull, or well known xD Even my grandma could name pickachu. Also, it's not about the gameplay.... noone really argues on that, noone really cares about that. it's about the creatures themselfs.. or the pokeballs.

[@ixinor]

​@@akhsdenlew1861If youre in Japan Pokemon stole their designs from Dragon Quest. Now what?

[@giantmonkeybutt8581]

Anubis is literally just Anubis lmao

[@Mynameishassan0]

They could’ve made a better design for Anubis.

[@RemixedYoshi]

Whats next are they going to do every other game that has pokémon like creatures in it like Digimon and dragon quest?

[@wolfwing1]

yes because there is a difference between inspired by and using 95% the same exact look like Eevee.

[@PulseOfMe]

@@wolfwing1 like the guy said, do an comparison with Dragon Quest, a game older than pokemon, and youll see many creatures from that being stolen by Pokemon.

[@RemixedYoshi]

@@PulseOfMe indeed pokemon used ideas from other games and creatures in real life just like EVERY OTHER monster focused game

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@PulseOfMe Bro.. the eevee and the lucario ones .. even the volpix... the pengiun one. Like come on...

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

more games collecting tamer coming soon nexomon 3, PROJECT SURVIVAL, Spherix hope got more

[@sammitrani5610]

We need a pal world vs Pokémon death battle

[@valdovinosjonathan]

IGN is an instigator

[@jesusceballos26]

They look like when you fuse Pokemon together which is probably what they did

[@waverunner700]

They really said Pokémon fans are mad at Palworld for ripping off Pokémon 😂

[@alexfrank5331]

Nah. We're just mad that our dream open world pokemon game is not on Switch.

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

@@alexfrank5331 only got in fanmade video gen 4 remake

[@mortalfusii0n]

I’m not mad this game is awesomeee

[@Mynameishassan0]

@@alexfrank5331don’t we got legends arceus. That’s on the switch and is kinda better than palworld. It is subjective tho as they are completely different.

[@T0rche]

How can you NOT compare the pal at 3:25 to Flareon??

[@chambers0188]

Remember 1986's dragon quest that has a lot of characters that look a lot like the future pokemon we see today

[@mac-ec8do]

Can't wait for the next few years. Kids more familiar with Palworld will stumble upon some Pokemon and think.. "Hey that's the monster from Palworld!" That'd be cool and sad at the same time.

[@DerMberger]

Thing is that Pokémons designs are also inspired by another game prior to it; dragonquest

[@SATAN_hahaha]

but they so called cool kids can't understand it

[@sonic-bb]

never understood this argument. None of the pokemon look anything like dragon quest monsters

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

next game nexomon 3 PROJECT SURVIVAL Spherix all got tamer monster thing

[@vuviper]

But none of the pokemon supposedly inspired by dragon quest monsters look like the actual dragon quest monster

[@AmuterSI]

And dragonquest is inspired by real life animals mostly.

[@andrespires]

Dev draws a cube...IGN makes a video of how similar it is to the cube in a pokemon game.

[@doriancoreyscloset421]

If design similarity is the basis for a suit, Studio Ghibli could sue the hell out of the Pokemon Company.

[@aezano]

IGN being IGN

[@LittleGreenB4g]

We're gona have hours of these videos over the next couple of weeks.

[@PulseOfMe]

Free marketing for PalWorld and more players for them. keep the hate coming guys, it worked great for hogwarts Legacy, itll work great for Palworld too LOL

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

We already are!

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

@@PulseOfMe1.9m to 2m player in steam free marketing hohoho it like dota vs league

[@creativityb2457]

Weeks?

[@Chibi_Rikka]

Honestly, the only two that look *too close* to me are the Eevee and Decidueye ones. The rest, while maybe sharing some attributes to multiple Pokemon, stand on their own enough to feel different.

[@Soul-ex8gb]

About decidueye having the same color palette as Robin Quill, Funnily enough, if you type "Robin hood color palette" into google, you will get the same one. Without the colors, you are comparing a hooded bird bowman to a caped human bowman

[@godqwark]

Huh everyone made it seem like all the monsters were Pokemon copies.

[@xbon1]

They are. Look at sujimon, successful 90/100 metacritic score best selling game in the series and didn’t steal a single design from Pokemon, just gym battles, a professor, a similar method to catch, etc.

[@Elibbb-sx3kg]

Palworld gets guns, but pokemon gets superpowers

[@knuclear200x]

Palworld gets both😮

[@XXMetallica88XX]

Palworld gets both.

[@crabwalktechnic]

Pokemon gets gigantimax or terrastalization or mega or whatever gimmick they feel at the time.

[@bugman5656]

Pal world has actual breeding

[@franciscoreza8295]

Palword gets attention, pokemon gets twitter drama

[@isacpstreets2661]

Most of these are massive stretches

[@JustSomeMisfit]

No way yall are this naive. Quit playing dumb. It's funny how some of yall can just say "yeah, it might be ripoff but it's fun" and others like you are saying it looks nothing alike. Make up your minds.

[@jessigirlrae1688]

​@@JustSomeMisfitI didn't realize that all people who disagree with you are a monolith and can't have different opinions.... Wild.

[@tristancarr2112]

7:27 - Throw in Creselia's moon scarf inspiration as well

[@skywtff6369]

What’s that at 8:06?

[@kalhamm3r]

just stop. nintendo could never win this in court.

[@JusSick24]

So what I'm getting is that Nintendo sent the text. You guys are reaching. Your approach is that Nintendo has copyrights to all facial features in anime and body types. Even tridents an oceanic weapon.

[@joshuayehl7628]

Obviously that's not the case. But beyond a shadow of a doubt Palworld is, in some cases, using models, features, etc. that are indistinguishable from those of certain Pokémon. Palworld using one face that looks just like Snorlax isn't a big deal, but it's not just one face, it's tons of things, from small details to entire models. One instance of copying might be given a free pass, but when a game has dozens of designs that look like they were copied and pasted from Pokémon and then recolored and rearranged, and then they try to sell that game as a direct competitor to Pokémon, that's what becomes the grounds for copyright infringement. If this were all in the realm of legal fair use, then Pokémon wouldn't have publicly announced they're investigating Palworld.

[@mihamiakino1]

It's not about similar designs. It's the similarities in Artstyle. Pal monsters look like new Pokemon or "Pokemon Frankenstein." It looks like they asked AI to make 1 monster from 2 or 3 different pokemons at the same time and tweaked those designs a little bit. They even have the Pokemon type similarities. Other Monster collector IPs don't look like Pokemon, like Digimon or Ni no Kuni or Nexomon, DragonQuest.

[@invertbrid]

​​@@mihamiakino1u cant copyright artstyle so yea, so it doesnt matter in this case if palworld having very similar artstyle as pokemon.

[@Donivar]

Let's not forget the Donphan with a Trophius skin.

[@lucianocoacci2129]

Digimon and Pokemon have always looked very disctinctive from each other, so they have no excuses

[@pHixiq]

Can someone paste the definition of reaching for IGN ?

[@Billybadass311]

All the Poke nerds mad 😂😂

[@Gonakey]

ok

[@Wundaboi]

Univolts design is actually much closer to Ray Strikers anime design from beyblade. The take that it’s based on zebstrika is based on “horse with electricity” well guess what pokemon has at least five horse designs that are all just different elemental horses. Does this mean the pokemon company owns the idea of a horse?

[@yerroc9816]

Grintale's face and body is a studio ghibli reference

[@babakjafari2084]

4:23 Pokémon did not invent yellow eyes and sharp teeth and art style this video is unfair

[@aleemahmed370]

Looks like ign aren't even pretending to be unbiased

[@joshuayehl7628]

No, they didn't. But if you're going to make a cat Pal, why use almost the exact same yellow eyes and sharp teeth (right down to the shape and placement) of a pre-existing cat Pokémon?

[@TheClownkillingGamer]

​@@joshuayehl7628but why did pokemon use something already made first???? Cough cough digimon cough dragon quest cough

[@DakotaActually]

You mean the Cheshire cat eyes and mouth?

[@danielcunningham3333]

It's literally the same though. You could put one over the other and it would be identical. That's not the same as just inspiration

[@bwoodsgamingchannel]

If Nintendo had any legitimate lawsuit, they'd have acted well before this game ever launched. They're not shy to going after anyone. Palworld's Pals all look for the most part inspired by the Pokemon... as long as they're different enough to constitute its own thing, then no copyright will be infringed. Though at the end of the day, that is what a court will decide.

[@MrDaeth0]

kinda seems like people are more butthutt than Nintendo is lol

[@carlosnazariopr]

Actually they look like they literally stole the 3d model and made some small changes , but with the base model still there.

[@ixinor]

​@@carlosnazariopr Its really easy to design and model Pokemon by having a flat 2d image. Pokemon are barely complex. But Pokemon did steal many designs from Dragon Quest.

[@carlosnazariopr]

@@ixinor maybe the idea but not the same style

[@ixinor]

The styles, yes. Many of Dragon Quest 1 and 2 monsters look like Pokemon. Same for Monster Farmer, some of their characters look a lot like modern Pokemon. And I'm pretty sure Pokemon was inspired by both Monster Farmer and DQ 1 & 2.@@carlosnazariopr

[@juandiegovega9190]

Hey IGN, when are you making the comparisons between Dragon Quest and Pokemon?

[@Big.Stepper.]

The electabuzz ripoff looks more like a zangoose/electabuzz mashup

[@Andy-xn1lz]

So no duplicates then. All iterations or composites of Pokémon models….inspirations. This court case (and following appeals) will take a long time and cost a fortune

[@silentnoyze]

Maybe that’s what Pokemon/Nintendo will do. They know they can’t win outright so they probably just waste Palworld’s time for years and money eventually 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@truebacon133]

Pokemon tend to be based on a real-world creature/item and then changed to match the type. It's not surprising that Palworld would have similar looking monsters if they used the same system. Some are a bit too similar, like the lightning dog from the trailers, but most are just based on the same base animal.

[@maganhassan2627]

Surprised even IGN missed sobble's tail

[@darkmess3270]

Do you know that lizards are all same even though they don't sue each other ..

[@andrewcondon1149]

IGN down bad

[@Hypedkat]

all im hearing is big company mad that small company has more success, yes palworld has some that are very similar, but there is a pokemon for almost every single thing, inanimate or not, its slighty hard not to make lookalikes or "dopplegangers"

[@joshuayehl7628]

You've gotta be kidding me. There's no way that Pokémon has done so many designs that Palworld has no choice but to use Snorlax's face, Superior's exact model, etc.

[@mrryan4138]

​@@joshuayehl7628in a simple art style like Palworld how many sleeping faces. You think they can make

[@charltonblake9967]

Lol pokemon can't trademark a simple sleepy face! That's like saying you own the happy face emoji smile

[@jmckendry84]

You've got to wonder about the state of mind of someone who'd send a death threat (whether serious or not) over Pokémon.

[@Bloomkyaaa]

With this mindset no one is allowed to make their own pokemon-esq game because every creation will always just be a mimicry of Pokemon.

[@forthcomingphenomenon]

The designs could be inspired by some pokemon, but that's about it. They are still different.

[@faresfares-ultra]

There is Inspired and there is ripping off this video show some can be both

[@wolfwing1]

hardly, some yeah, but the eevee is literally the same creature like nothing really changed.

[@Helloim_anthony]

Take that to court

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@Helloim_anthony yea becouse as we all know, courts always take the best, most fair and most accurate decisions... always and forever.. Right?

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@1hiphopnow That actually sounds like a digimon.. lol

[@MwelwaOnCos]

Why is IGN suddenly covering so much content on Pal world?

[@BKILLERBEE88]

Cause they don't have any other things to talk about

[@ChuTonight]

they’re addicted like us or at least me

[@KashraFall]

When something is abuzz, you cover it. As it stands right now, the negativity around palworld is more interesting to people than actually watching people play it, because they want to see if Nintendo can do something. However, you have people like this IGN Journalist who is trying to find issues and or trying to prove to people the similarities, but ends up only showing like 2 cases where there is a similar design. Sure, the sparkit has the same color scheme as pikachu, so what? Yellow= electricity lol.

[@15thCrypt]

- it is a new game - it is a popular game Both are reasons for any media outlet that covers games to talk about it. It happens with like every big release.

[@Adz2]

Bandwagon for clicks

[@Roland2617]

Yeah that's not how copyright infringement works

[@Dj-sf7or]

what pokemon gameplay?

[@mattyice6387]

Pokémon has fell off since sword and shield to me and it’s nice to see a new game put some competition to catching creatures

[@curiouspeanut]

It's been a single game since SW/SH?

[@montanastax]

Idk arceus was it for it me

[@V-Jes]

This isn't even competition when it's not even on the same genre...

[@ImTheWarlock64]

dude for me they fell of after black and white 1 😂

[@spartanxbear9076]

Imagine saying the most valuable IP on the planet has “fallen off”

[@HoaxNess]

To everyone saying Pokémon has so many mons already, there's bound to be similarities? There are thousands of fakemon inspired by the same sources as official Pokémon, that still end up looking different.. If Palworld stole certain designs (some of which do look suspiciously similar) that's a shame, because it definitely goes a route that some Pokémon fans have wanted for years. And I'm not talking about the guns (to me that makes it less appealing, to others more, both are okay).

[@szymasrlz]

+1

[@uberdueler2990]

8:05 - That's Kyogre

[@L-takes.travis]

What about the Dragonquest and Pokémon comparison

[@Mufc479]

In fairness.. Pokemon has how many generations of Pokemon now? It would be impossible not to have similarities with them when creating a world full of "Pals"

[@wolfwing1]

yeah, but to be less fair, while many are in the inspired by, or like lucario could fit into the have a similar inspiration they draw from quiet a few of those like eevee and such are WAY too close to be comfortable.

[@lachlan4534]

​@wolfwing1 is this what you do with your life? Spend energy getting annoyed or angry over something as trivial to your life as this? You seem to be chronically online.

[@pk6546]

@@wolfwing1 So nintendo should have the right over anything that looks too close to what they did? Imagine the world this would be if companys could do that

[@wolfwing1]

@@pk6546 hey dumbass thats how copyright infringement and such works, especially when used for profit and such. most of the pals are fine, but some of them Yes do break copyright laws, wether nintendo will do anything or not is another question.

[@endborg90]

@@pk6546 Learn what fair use is

[@xwoo832]

Palworld is the Pokemon Game we deserve. Stop being such a pokemon fan boy 😆

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

project survival next game not real name yet 🤣😂

[@creep881]

6:33 jetragon looks also like Salamence a little bit. mx of latios and salamance

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

valstrax from mhgu flagship monster

[@jaggedventure]

Palworld creatures are basically how a pokemon fossil would look like if resurrected by aliens.

[@akhsdenlew1861]

Palworld creatures ar basically how a pokemon... looks.

[@bjnazerigaming8302]

and no fossil pokemon in gen 9 sad

[@skryonix357]

Ok let’s just forget about Dragons Quest or any fan game ever made

[@jamesbond3w]

Honestly you tell me how to made a dog looking monster..without looking like a flipping Entei or Luxray while keeping it on all fours? The Pokemon D-riders really trying claim pokemon owns the "shape" of mons

[@ChemyNoSurfea]

They're even copying pokemon Art style... That's what makes it bad, imo. Most other pokemon inspired games get their own unique art style and everything.

[@h4nda.]

@@ChemyNoSurfeaThey can't copyright an artstyle lmao. That makes no logical sense

[@ChuTonight]

@@ChemyNoSurfeaI don’t think you’re on the same page

[@joshuayehl7628]

I can't tell if you're being serious or trolling, but I'll answer in good faith. There are a billion ways to draw a dog monster that don't result in it looking like you traced a Pokémon. =)

[@TheClownkillingGamer]

​@@joshuayehl7628yea and pokemon couldve made a game a million times better, but here we are lmfao

[@shinybugg9156]

My guess is none of them are close enough to win a lawsuit.

[@Dirty_Dev]

Incinaram looks like Houndoom and Jetragon looks like Salamence

[@RanmaSaotome1_2]

There are some that are similiar but most of these are reaching. Plus theres over a 1000 pokemon, how are there not gonna be similiarites.

[@midobatsu1579]

exactly! especially when they start pulling that "well the fluff on the neck is clearly from this pokemon, the tail is this one and the ears are this.."

[@jeremybetz16]

​@midobatsu1579 yeah the bunny one was a reach to say the least

[@eltatomagico]

what about pokemon copying dragon quest original designs xD

[@greendro6410]

Ikr 🤣

[@joshuayehl7628]

I did look over those, and the key difference is that Pokémon's designs are clearly "inspired by" the DQ monsters, whereas Palworld seems to be using actual Pokemon assets (or close enough that they are indistinguishable) that are the same model, shape, etc. like with Dinossom, Azurobe, etc. It's one thing to put your own spin on an idea and another thing entirely to copy and paste a Pokémon, recolor it, and then try to sell it as a direct competitor to Pokémon.

[@mihamiakino1]

It's not about similar designs. It's the similarities in Artstyle. Pal monsters look like new Pokemon or "Pokemon Frankenstein." It looks like they asked AI to make 1 monster from 2 or 3 different pokemons at the same time and tweaked those designs a little bit. They even have the Pokemon type similarities. Other Monster collector IPs don't look like Pokemon, like Digimon or Ni no Kuni or Nexomon, DragonQuest.

[@vuviper]

I've seen them, they aren't nearly the same and I'm a much bigger dragon quest fan than pokemon

[@Gonakey]

​@@vuviperyep

[@BoomSlang001]

Wooloo's doppelganger is the one that stands out the most to me as we see a few lined up with guns on several store pages. They're obviously inviting comparisons doing things like that.

[@nathanthompson663]

The damn cartoon wolf looks like any other cartoon wolf...

[@Kevin-sl3gk]

Pocketpair should sue you for defamation.

[@Aelda69]

Without damages? Defamation requires damages, which there are none.

[@JustSomeMisfit]

How would that work, Kevin and the people who liked his comment?

[@ixinor]

​@@Aelda69Just make a statistics sheet of all the comments and discussions and it could have damages.

[@danielrenihan8115]

too bad they cant they have done it themselves with dragon quest in the 80s soo

[@sovietgreen9328]

"Hey guys, pokemon had pidgey, so no one can own birds"

[@vuviper]

Such denial. It's very easy to make distinct monster inspired by the same animal. Dragon Quest, Digimon, Pokemon, they all look distinct. Pals, whether intentional, legal, or parody take it beyond sharing a common inspiration

[@itsabingo8712]

IGN: this sony PSP looks like the gameboy advance

[@byssmal]

😂

[@zerometro875]

Ok but gyarados is straight up just in palworld.

[@QUENTIN22100]

You stated that you're a Pokémon fan, so doesn't that mean this is completely bias

[@ChuTonight]

you can keep your bias in check and still make a judgement, that is if the person in question is able to..

[@baraki808]

IGN is really milking this making false narratives. The statement from Nintendo isn't Palworld itself but the fact modders used a mod replacing the assets and adding Pokemon content.

[@MarloLaw]

Direhowl looks like tiger from Monster Rancher

[@WarMachinne]

Video starts at 3:10 btw

[@FM_DOS_GURI]

nintendo is just scared that someone made a better pokemon game without using pokemon than gamefreak in decades

[@kilgoretrout5009]

Nintendo has no case because the differences are enough. There's more chance of the creator of this video to wind up having legal action taken for defamation due to the suggestion that they "ripped off" Nintendo.

[@Just_normal_youtube_channel]

Palworld fans be coping hard

[@kilgoretrout5009]

@@Just_normal_youtube_channel Coping with what, genius? The fact that we get to play & enjoy the game? Come back when you grown some brain cells & start making sense.

[@endborg90]

@@kilgoretrout5009 Nintendo is already investigating them, if they find evidence of stolen assets they will sue

[@kilgoretrout5009]

@endborg90 They ain't gonna find 💩. Nintendo is flapping their gums and they know it.

[@endborg90]

@@kilgoretrout5009 Cool, thats what an investigation is for

[@TheHolsomback]

im waiting on the video on the comparison of pokemon and dragonquest

[@Jigget7133]

How u miss nickit for the fox lol

[@viyusavery248]

Be ultra original and die unsuccessful? Be derivative enough and get a solid fan base/success ? Well palword nade the right decision, if it wasnt successful no one would care

[@iBMcFly]

Still nobody cares…

[@franciscoreza8295]

​@@iBMcFlyexplain the numbers then mason

[@iBMcFly]

@@franciscoreza8295 hype chasing the streamers.

[@PurposeDriven7_]

@@iBMcFlyabout ten million units sold in a week. To give perspective it took Skyrim a whole month to get those sales numbers

[@michaelmarothy-pavarini158]

1:08 Too true. Designs for pokemon could even come from another game, like Dragon Quest. Palworld is just doing things the same way Pokemon did when it was starting to take off.

[@hypno17]

Yup

[@aviatedviewssound4798]

You do know that Meowth's face is inspired by monsters in Shin Megami Tensei, right?

[@saivyia]

Pretty foxsparks is flareon…..😬 “literally breaks my heart” lol

[@tempest148]

pal world is amazing

[@charlestwoo]

Someone tell IGN about Dragon Quest (1986) that Pokemon ripped off 1:1.

[@hypno17]

😂

[@Gamer9o]

8:30 thats a freaking wolf ..... plz tell me how many different ways you can make a wolf ... without making it look like not wolf anymore

[@skeletonyouth616]

The thumbnail looks like a different region form of Lux 😂