Why Pokémon Can NOT Sue PalWorld!

[@LawByMike]

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[@Plsx1YT]

I been subscribed 🤯

[@DignityDC]

Been done that, will expect you to represent me.

[@ConnorKenway1776]

Because of you, I plan on (if my first idea of being a broadcast engineer doesn't work) wanna be a lawyer, because of all your tips!

[@nightmareicoblivion]

No i wont

[@PeytonValdez]

I'm pretty sure palword is based from Japan not the us

[@Ripanator]

“Nintendo does not have the rights to the abstract of idea of a leaf monkey” is a sentence I never thought I’d hear

[@Dink.y]

I laughed so hard at that

[@Ghost-yf5km]

Bro, made me laugh out loud with how serious his face is when he said it. 😂

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

Pkmn please redirect those tears to dragon quest whom you rip off too

[@qwqwqwqw99]

I always knew I'd hear it some day.

[@Alberos]

Yes I laughed so hard and you know what it totally explain the IP and copyright law perfectly

[@unofficial_xavier]

Nintendo would tear down an Italian school for having a kid named Mario

[@CloudNey]

Lmaoo😂

[@cpusaiyan9623]

not really- mario is named after a person who helped nintendo during they're early days

[@MoboFromDoomed]

​@@cpusaiyan9623have you ever fucking heard of jokes why do you take everything so serious

[@aquaponieee]

it's a joke@@cpusaiyan9623

[@Scope34]

WHOOSH 🍃💨 that's the sound of the joke flying over your head​@@cpusaiyan9623

[@jacekohlleppel2399]

Pocket pair is a Japanese company if Nintendo wanted to sue they would have at launch.

[@whitepaws60]

And Japan has no fair use laws. So it would be an open and shut case. The fact they haven't done anything is proof they just cant cause it doesn't violate their copyright

[@HikariMagic20]

I was going to mention as much if by any chance I didn't see a comment beating me to it. 🎉

[@ToastieStroodle]

nintendo had 3 years to sue when they started working on it publicly, i dont think they will sue now somce thet hasnt sued then. they only said that theyll "look into it" just to tell people to stop pestering them about the game

[@angelsandoval3718]

If they didn't sue Digimon. They won't sue palworld

[@stoeptegel4382]

​@@MJ-sy2enthat's the reason they said they'll investigate palworld, not the reason they might sue

[@tzeentchmundi44]

Me watching this after nitendo copyrights the abstract idea of throwing a ball and things happen:

[@seth8121]

Apparently it’s a patent, I don’t know the difference, I just heard the difference today. But yeah, I had no idea they were gonna go in that direction.

[@huwaweibear]

I love Nintendo but it's bollocks they filled the patent this August​@@seth8121

[@gothic_ace2037]

​@@seth8121 funny thing is they only filed their patents AFTER palworld launched

[@clockworkNate]

Gta did it first anyway with a mod so they'll lose either way. 😂

[@Fleepwn]

​@@gothic_ace2037Doesn't that kinda mean they're fcking themselves over? How can they sue someone over copyright infringement over patents that didn't exist until after the game was opened to the public?

[@gabrielcornejo682]

The letter by nintendo is just a masive "We get it, it exist, stop sending us emails about Palworld"

[@ZhadTheRad]

Pretty much. The official statement was basically just to get people to calm down

[@justincombs7433]

IT's wild that internet dudes think they need to take up for a multimillion dollar company. They can handle themselves.

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

They oughta redirect those tears to dragon quest whom they ripped off

[@L3g0man_123]

That wasn’t even Nintendo, it was TPC

[@TheRunoben]

the monsters are copies of Pokemon

[@nagisa3523]

If Pokémon had any intention of legally suing them they would have done it 2 years ago When the original trailer dropped

[@double_joseph327]

Why would they do that? Now they have made millions of dollars this is the perfect time for Nintendo to sue and they will. The game is making money because it’s a Pokémon clone.

[@nagisa3523]

@@double_joseph327 it just isn’t a clone of Pokémon tho is it Tell me what gameplay aspects not the designs the gameplay aspects that is copyrighted There isn’t any that’s the issue, it’s a Pokémon ark Conan exiles combination game it takes inspiration and makes it well, it’s doing something Pokémon can’t Making a fun game that isn’t just a clone of its previous games

[@double_joseph327]

@@nagisa3523 poke balls

[@nagisa3523]

@@double_joseph327 a sphere Ngl you’ve got me there a sphere been copyrighted 😔

[@PocketZombi]

@@nagisa3523 I mean the base UI of the game literally looks like "Legends Arceus" but glaze palworld more i guess. lmao

[@ZaneDragonBorn]

That letter by Nintendo screams "please stop emailing us"

[@sinergia4615]

like quit rubbing it in our face we don't care

[@ultimatebo3noob710]

Thats actually what they mean tbh palworld wouldve been stomped 1/2y ago if it did any copyright infringement also both companies are japanese theyll 100% settle it there

[@UltimateGamerCC]

yup, it's the fanboys hyperventilating that competition exists.

[@lynch42o]

Lots of losers in this world, beta males crying over Pokémon, pathetic.

[@linebeck1381]

Please keep emailing them 🙏

[@just_dias4156]

This certainly aged

[@toff_e]

Everyone: Pal World is a pokemon copy Me: Pal World is an ark copy 🗿

[@MaToEL1985]

not enough people actually understand the gameplay is copied off of ark

[@purpleguy5226]

​@@MaToEL1985FR I played ark and I 100% agree that palworld plays more like ark rather than pokemon like lol the gameplay btw the two games arent even relatively close all thisnosnjust a bunch of sweaty nintendo nerds being defensive

[@unendingessence4001]

Nahhh it's not that buggy as ark it's both great but I like ark more

[@rahfitah8019]

Finally someone with sense! It's exactly like ark survival. Just changed the dinos for pokemons

[@SoulReaperAxel]

It is a ark copy because ark had the pokemon mod first

[@The_NJG]

Mike knows the competitive Smash lore, extra based. We appreciate the support.

[@dabomd4568]

why does this comment not have more likes

[@Saxxy_Mann]

This means there’s a chance he plays competitively

[@The_NJG]

@@Saxxy_Mann Maybe, or at least he did, or know someone who does.

[@Muhahahahaz]

@@Saxxy_MannI’ve barely ever played Smash in my life, but I still know the lore… 😅 I used to play it at my cousin’s here and there, but it was never a great experience. It’s really one of those games you have to own yourself and practice a ton before you have any meaningful control over your character, unfortunately

[@fragalot]

@@dabomd4568 because mike the lawyer is an idiot.

[@zwebackshyper]

bruh imagine a judge having to look at pokemons and decide whether they look too similar lmao

[@DemoNinja79]

Its a panel of experts that do the analysis and the judge is just the decision maker. Besides, this kind of thing happens all the time when it comes to IP.

[@fortunamajor7239]

​@@DemoNinja79 it's just a funny image with pokemon specifically

[@seveneyes77]

Smash or pass court edition

[@Mix_master_302]

​@@seveneyes77 hard pass

[@Muhahahahaz]

@@DemoNinja79does this mean I could become an “expert” in the lawsuit…? 😮

[@pierretaichou]

thanks for the explanation. I've heard plenty, but this is the only one that I got in a comprehensive, clear, and concise way.

[@Eileeleedon]

I think that this game could also easily fall under parody, which I believe is protected by law.

[@Nitrocrazy101]

Tho people might hate it, the animals are awfully like the pokemons in the games, if nintendo wins I honestly wouldn't be suprise

[@retrodarktrooper6372]

Unfortunately, this would be a domestic Japanese case, and Japan's trademark law is whack

[@mattb.5749]

No, parody is considered to be a form of expression. This means if you make a funny youtube video parody of your favorite characters that’s fine. But if you can’t actively seek to make money off of it. The real problem for Nintendo is what mike said, it’s gonna be really hard for them to actually make any money off of suing them and it’s financialy better for them to leave it alone.

[@yaoiboi60]

@@mattb.5749 You absolutely can make money off of a parody in the US, im not sure what you're on about. You can't in Japan though.

[@Bruh_Moment..]

​@@yaoiboi60 where is palworld based in?

[@Areresi]

Nintendo Laywers have already told people to stop emailing them about the game. They aren't sueing. And I think if the worlds most litigious lawyers can't find anything to sue. There's nothing to sue Since more people are commenting, yes they just found a reason to sue. However when this was originally typed they did not have a reason.

[@blaze23645]

Yea and it's also pretty fun so if anyone actually wanted them to sue, they probably never even played the game and I personally like it because I can play a game that is similar to pokemon on a console other than a Nintendo, especially since I mostly play on Xbox

[@kaka8635]

The game is ass

[@XXavv]

Nah ​@@kaka8635

[@bread8294]

​@@kaka8635skill issue

[@maigrande-wang696]

Nintendo just filed to sue them in Japan.

[@nkkalashnikov]

the "promised to take action if necessary" was probably a "please shut up and stop asking us to sue them"

[@peterandleestudios2023]

They're happy they finally have competition

[@iceman3317]

@@peterandleestudios2023 I agree with the OP. But no. Palworld is not competition. Not by a long shot. It is a completely different genre. And there are so many games like pokemon. Palworld is not competition.

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

Are you saying it's different from legends arceus? ​@iceman3317

[@orangepeelo711]

@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figureyes, it is VERY different from legends arceus...

[@Niko6767]

I want to sue them imagining playing this animal abuse game

[@areloTET]

I can only imagine Nintendo is going to sue people for having a mustache like Mario and Luigi

[@frozone-yeah]

Well this aged like milk. F to pay respects.

[@theominouspigeon]

whar happened?

[@tomasmartins5009]

@@theominouspigeon Nintendo filed the lawsuit today :D But it was for patent infringement, not copyright

[@HoneyMike]

F

[@bruhman5868]

Bro i watched this and a day after nintendo sued them. The timing is crazy for me bro.

[@JoshCollins45]

Not really. His points stand. Nintendo filed a suit, but it doesn't mean they will win it. The arguments he mentioned can actually make the judge unable to rule in favor of Nintendo.

[@zXDaishiXz]

Nintendo's "investigation" is a gentle "STOP FUCKING EMAILING US! WE KNOW IT EXISTS! AMATE-FUCKING-RASU!"

[@conscripthornet4430]

weird ass naruto insert

[@Virsteinn]

I'm pretty sure the operative word is actually, "yametekudastop."

[@heavenlybog5845]

​@@conscripthornet4430what's wrong with liking a show?

[@sempai7513]

@@heavenlybog5845 You may answer that question yourself. What if someone likes Boku No pico?

[@I-n-f-i-n-i-t-e_S-p-a-c-e]

@@heavenlybog5845 He didn't say there is anything wrong with liking the show. It's just the insertion of Naruto in this context in not quite fitting.

[@uxw05]

“Pals love the second Amendment” is just way too funny

[@wil2197]

Nintendo: Hold my beer 🍺🍺🍺

[@earendurvoneinzbern7585]

Lovander: There are no laws against humans!

[@johnnysanchez9505]

Sessyoin Kiara: I know, rite?

[@mikepachy4100]

​@@johnnysanchez9505fgo man of culture

[@bugztandosffhat305]

The humans have become the hunted

[@lolicon453]

JOKER NO

[@rEdbrICkmArOOnAUbUrn4975]

I caught a lovander batman…

[@DSolo-cs3cl]

“Sounds like freedom to me “ Mike 2024 😂

[@mchi6621]

10/10 edit

[@Zenoma1]

Dam even Mike is talking about palworld

[@Blaze-cr2iu]

Because it’ll get him views

[@justinwhite2725]

For the clickbait'. Only 1 of these reasons matter, and 2 is false

[@GuyWithAPS5]

This video was just lazy. Japan has very complicated and strict copyright laws, and the fact that both of these companies are in Japan means palworld is violating none of those laws. Palworld never claimed to be Pokémon, and the two games are so different that they can never be thought of as competing for the same audience. That’s basically it, Japan allows parodies as long as the gameplay is different enough

[@julianfalken8861]

@@Blaze-cr2iui mean fair enough, i respect the grind

[@Blaze-cr2iu]

@@julianfalken8861 who wouldn't make something to do with Palworld as content, it's all people can talk about despite already having lost roughly 70% of its players. Shit Palworld took more than just designs lol, they also took the inability to make a proper game that doesn't bug out in 3 years. Lookin like Scarlet and Violet with its bugs and glitches that put you through the map, considering you can sometimes spawn under the map. 3 years of development and we still have bugs and glitches that can prevent gameplay.

[@kay.lies002]

This is the real information I wanted to know, thanks Mike!

[@Zaheer_Zafar_Zawhereeveryouare]

Everyone else: "Anubis looks JUST LIKE LUCARIO!" Me: "Ah yes, the Egyptian god of the dead Anubis, famously of japanese design."

[@blazingzebra737]

dude in unite theres a anubis skin of lucario. COMPARE THOSE

[@ToyBonBoy]

Except Lucario is actually based on anubis? I don't see why him being designed in Japan has anything to do with what inspired him.

[@Unknown-xo7td]

@@ToyBonBoy i think the point is anubis in palworld is more inspired by the god and lucario in pokemon is an aura dog with design inspirations from anubis it isnt literally anubis like anubis in palworld is trying to be making the comparison between them a stretch

[@Apon_games]

IT'S LOOKS LIKE IT WHO'D BE A REGIONAL FORM

[@inslava]

@@ToyBonBoy Because nintendo does not own rights to an ancient egyptian god who was invented by ancient egyptians. So everyone can take this god images and use in their art, for example pal world

[@youngyouny]

Bro did his research with the smash tourney and I’m here for it

[@123dearsergio]

never thought a lawyer would intentionally or unintentionally recommend a game to me lol

[@CGNDC]

might be sponsored

[@tekk.0410]

​@@CGNDCit's illegal to advertise a game you were sponsored to advertise without disclosing the fact it's advertise, I'm pretty sure a lawyer would be fully aware of that.

[@CGNDC]

@@tekk.0410 depends on the agreement.

[@blumind_web2264]

@@CGNDC nope, legal agreements don’t suddenly override laws, IF this video was sponsored he’s legally required to disclose that, if he was asked to REVIEW the game then it’s different

[@FenrirShadowstorm]

Nintendo has also said they hold the legal rights to capturing creatures in balls

[@IamBardsongWolf]

Which they don't because there are other franchises that tried it lol

[@shadowedfate151]

Been waiting for mike to cover this ever since the game released

[@thefiredogcult9523]

Not liking this comment so it'll stay at a perfect 100

[@thefiredogcult9523]

Dammit someone has to ruin it!

[@Mrlemon57]

Yeah true

[@nexus8824]

too bad this game is also shit

[@imajoke6957]

@@nexus8824 nope it’s actually good mate

[@Squood]

“Pokemon cannot sue Palworld” I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of fanboys cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[@hirzihilman6928]

hoolee sheet

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

While I a fan of both slime like the Grinch 😈

[@blackblade99009]

it is really only fanatical palworld fanboys who still make this argument. literally no one in the pokemon community cares about the discount ark knockoff.

[@theangryrepublican4242]

@@blackblade99009found 1

[@Teknanam]

@@blackblade99009 The wording of your comment betrays the fact that you do care. And you don't have to look far to find raging Pokemon fans. Neither community is innocent.

[@morningstar9849]

Hold on, there's a pal that looks like gardevoir? I got to go and get my wallet!

[@headphonesaxolotl]

Let's stop you there.

[@proudamerican183]

Her name is Lyleen.

[@Hazel564]

what are you thinking

[@johnnysanchez9505]

We share the same braincell?? cuz I was thinking that too

[@The_Dark_Master]

*real n true.*

[@phoenixrogers]

So much for the idea that they would not try to sue them.

[@zidedeikery7224]

It was publicly posted at the start of development 3 years ago. If Nintendo had a cast to sue them and shut them down it would have been done already. In Japan there are no free use law, yet they still got copy right laws over there. In the end Nintendo saying they are looking into it is just them sayimg they know about the game and stop spaming them.

[@WALTHERS14]

I remember reading somewhere recently (I don't remember where exactly) that said that, when it come to the Pokémon games, Nintendo's stance on infringement is 'whether or not a game's code is copied or taken from an official game'. (I believe the same goes for assets as well) Basically, I think Nintendo could only really do something to Palworld if they had either code or assets that were directly ripped from one of their games.

[@peterandleestudios2023]

They want the competition

[@aubarlowe]

@@peterandleestudios2023do they though? And why?

[@aubarlowe]

@@ShadowPhoenix-ui1kq i asked how Nintendo WANTS competition, not how/why Palworlds is better. Also, those are opinions.

[@GV5]

@@aubarlowepal world players are more likely to try Pokémon after playing.. I don’t know why people are acting like pal world is a huge loss to nintendos pockets.. most of the time people aren’t going to be playing one or the other

[@wasderta]

Nintendo be handing out lawsuits faster than the second tower falling

[@LionEclipse]

"Sir, the Nintendo lawsuit hit the 3594th game."

[@NintendoNerd64]

BRO

[@simonriely4206]

Wild as fuck

[@HeroicGears0]

Dude 💀😂

[@spider-saiyan0475]

That joke is a bit dark man

[@MrDrSrLoco21]

THEY JUST SUED! make an update on their statement about patent infringement?

[@thecaybob1]

it's over gameplay mechanics. Pokemon "owns" having companions coming out of balls, and that's basically the main point of the lawsuit.

[@AdorableFloof1999]

​@@thecaybob1 ark has that now with mods and always had it kinda with cryopods so that's stupid. Also if that's the case I'd just change the ball to a different shape lol like icosahedron (d20) or something because that technically isn't owned

[@sainlovesluppi487]

@@thecaybob1 Yeah but if its being done in the Japanese court system Palworld doesn't stand a chance.

[@leonardocastro410]

​@thecaybob1 international patent law says since they didn’t patent it a year after, it is illegal to patent it because it public domain. Also if patent over 30 years ago, the patent is over, and public domain.

[@hustleyourknowledge]

​@@leonardocastro410your off by 45 years its more like 75 years it becomes available to the public.

[@macksnotcool]

(Disclaimer I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice) For anyone wondering how Nintendo is still suing Palworld anyway, here is the answer to every one of Mike's points. 1. Nintendo didn't care (also it may be seen as GOOD press culturally in Japan) 2. They didn't do it in the US 3. Patent infringement is for specific patented concepts taken, not the entire product itself. That would be more of for copyright. They sued over patent infringement 4. They didn't sue for IP infringement.

[@MildlyCuriouser]

I can smell the "This Aged like milk" comments from a mile away.

[@leorenegade2103]

This comment aged like a fine wine.

[@Japhox45]

Legit the comment above you 😂

[@team3gaming749]

😂😂😂

[@xtruzen]

Guilty

[@randomguy2210]

yep

[@Kokuyous3ki]

In short "We've got it, no more mail pls.".

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

They oughta redirect those tears to dragon quest whom they rip off to

[@disguisedcyclops4593]

Nintendo: “nooo! You can’t make your game about capturing strange creatures more fun and exciting than our games about capturing strange creatures!”

[@bigblockman11]

Ha ha minigun go BRRRRT

[@rarehyperion]

That wouldn’t be the reason if they got sued though, the reason would be the blatant copying of their designs and even other designs from many other games, I guess they don’t really have an imagination to create unique designs lol, and also they can easily sue palworld as they are both not based in the US, I think they just don’t care, there has been many shows and games like Pokemon and they didn’t care either, pokemon fans are just annoyed because they didn’t grow up with this game like the other pokemon like games, Palworld is still a great game to play despite the huge amount of game breaking bugs they actually make it even fun to laugh at the amount of random stuff that happens, especially with friends, though I do hope they will change their designs to be actually unique and not blatant copies and even some being basically reskins of other stuff

[@The-No-one]

​@@bigblockman11This reminds me of Dani.

[@ashboi341]

I mean Pokemon >>> Palworld anyway

[@disguisedcyclops4593]

@@ashboi341 I respect your opinion. No matter how incorrect it is.

[@Z_RE0]

Both companies are based in Japan, why would they have to decide which country for the lawsuit…

[@starfuryms582]

On point 2: no, they don't have to deal with the US legal system at all. Both the companies involved are based in Japan, so any legal proceedings would be done in Japanese courts.

[@ArthurianFables]

actually there is no point, nintendon't aint suing.

[@STORMB999]

​@@ArthurianFablesYou had to jynx it, didn't you

[@ArthurianFables]

@@STORMB999 their lawsuit is gonna get laughed out of the courthouse. and even if, by the grace of some major corruption, they win, its gonna be stricken down in a later date because its a bad taste joke that would literally make it impossible to make video games.

[@STORMB999]

@@ArthurianFables Nintendo has some serious power in Japan. They've won most, if not all, cases where they sued. While I agree that this case is a bad joke because some of the patents were filed after Palworlds release, I'm not sure some judge will want to side against Nintendo.

[@ArthurianFables]

@@STORMB999 thats why I said that even if some corrupt judge gives them the win at first, later on its gonna be dismissed. dude, these patents are so abusive that no sane publisher/developer is gonna release their game in japan. they would either have to pay nintendo a fee or get sued. theres no way these patents are gonna stand.

[@Poseidonyoyo]

"oMg ThEy cOpIeD uS!!!1!" "we have guns" "uhh" "and we are adding sex" "ok they aint copying us"

[@nergigante3514]

Are they actually adding that?

[@Poseidonyoyo]

@@nergigante3514 yeah they pulled a cult of the lambs and announced they ""might"" at 100k followers. they got like 500k I think. The sex is supposedly between pal and human, soooo

[@nergigante3514]

@@Poseidonyoyo oh god

[@InitialPC]

@@nergigante3514 sex with pals is already a thing according to the paldeck entry for lovander

[@5XXFelipe]

@@Poseidonyoyo Sex update when

[@Azrael828]

Everybody gangster until A Nintendo hitman is in your living room

[@nomed_0862]

If they lost the lawsuit on digimon then they ain't getting palworld 💀

[@TheRunoben]

Digimon had more originality

[@nomed_0862]

@@TheRunoben a show about monsters that follow around a young companion, that have elemental abilities, evolutions and mon in the name of course their not exactly the same and neither is palworld but they do have similarities of style or ideas

[@PizzaCat4yhwh]

​@TheRunoben tbh Pokémon ripped off Digimon with the Mega evolutions (though it's arguably the best gimmick Pokémon ever had).

[@TheRunoben]

@@PizzaCat4yhwh they didn’t tho because they use their own characters not only that, but digimon has no room to speak

[@TheRunoben]

@@nomed_0862 not when the monsters are literally Pokémon monsters at home similarities is one thing this is a straight copy lol

[@livingglowstick1337]

Palworlds studio is Japanese btw not American

[@Bruh_Moment..]

Good thing he said it depends on what country they use in

[@lapiswolf2780]

Mike's in the USA and is using USA law.

[@livingglowstick1337]

@@Bruh_Moment.. and then said palworld is American

[@livingglowstick1337]

@@lapiswolf2780 which has nothing Todo with what he's talking about and makes no sense with what he said he said between Nintendo in Japan and palworld in America

[@mctripleA]

​@@livingglowstick1337Mike said it's multinational, so Nintendo would have to choose which country to sue in. As Mike has experience in us law he said his thoughts on of they chose us law

[@DEMANATI]

crazy part is they aren't even suing for the similar designs, they are suing over gameplay which cant be copyrighted

[@Cubeytheawesome]

Well, that aged well

[@earlnoli]

yeah. Nintendo to win via technicality 😂

[@GigaChadDuPlessis]

Nintendo wont win. If nintendo wins a mechanic patent lawsuit itll open the doors for dozens of companies to sue nintendo for the same exact thing. This is a scare tactic that nintendo will try to get pocketpear to agree to a settlement which pocketpear will be able to refuse

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

Yeah the nintendo yakuza thinks they got a say

[@blindedlight09]

Nintendo saw this short and decided they needed a new strategy.

[@LindsayHi-k3s]

"The moment that Nintendo invented Pidgey, nobody else is allowed to have birds" - Asmongold

[@unorganizedchaos5503]

This argument doesn’t hold up. Half of the pals being mentioned don’t have animal inspirations that they have copied, they just straight up took proportions from Pokémon. Verdash has the exact same proportions as cinderace with a few deviations like the tail and head ornament. Anubis literally just took lucarios face same with dinossom and meganium. With the examples I just mentioned this argument just doesn’t hold up.

[@LindsayHi-k3s]

Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town literally took most of Stardew Valley's Mechanics...

[@Joualboambr]

​@@unorganizedchaos5503So youre saying digimon should sue pokemon for unfair use of their property too?

[@firefly8188]

​@@Joualboambrthey look nothing alike tho you arguement is so unvalid two diffrent concepts the pokemone dont resemble the digimon at all this game they look like they just added one more thing to them plus a building feature

[@devanshtomar11th]

@@firefly8188 well palworld is literally creadted by less than 20 people in which some are middle schoolers who like animations and some are passouts. But it was fuc*ing awesome game.. I CAN ALSO SUE POKEMON FOR MAKING MY DOG INTO LYCANROC. ARE YOU ASKING WHAT ARE SIMILARITIES??? IT HAS FOUR LEGS, IS THIS NOT ENOUGH

[@BlueD00dle444]

“Oh look, Pal World has a creature that kinda looks like Mega Gardevoir!” NSFW artists:

[@AnnanKamrans]

oh god 💀

[@porcupinestudios414]

Thanks mike this gives hope to the gaming industry.

[@enderside]

Nintendo lawyer: *accidentally throws fifty grand to the floor next to the judge* The judge: "guilty"

[@Idrk776]

“Only a handful” Every single pal not shown in that short: *profusely sweating*

[@BenStenson]

And not to mention, the Nintendo did not give a crap it’s people saying they should start to give a crap that put us in this mess

[@leoarar2882]

Nintendo Is obsessed for this shit

[@Thatonefuckinguy]

What are you talking about? Of course nintendo cares, they want to stomp on each and every single ROM hack and tourment they can find.

[@SirIsaac04]

@@Thatonefuckinguyas they should

[@NicoGV]

​@@SirIsaac04as they shouldnt

[@justcallmetheguywhocomments]

​@@SirIsaac04As they shouldn't

[@gregorygejoff1628]

Hey Mike think you could do an updated video on this? Since nintendo did decide to take action and what you think the odds are of nintendos success in their law suit?

[@noreworks]

Thank you! Brief yet concise, straight from law expert

[@HenryOManly]

I still don't think it will work out for Nintendo but this is funny

[@TimPortantno]

They would sue in Japan, but then the owners of Dragon Quest and Shin Megami Tensei would sue Nintendo for a lot more for ripping off all the same stuff from them. Nintendo is more likely to buy Palworld than sue anyone over it.

[@jariolavilipponen3500]

Witch I wouldn't mind at all. They could develop Palworld more toward that 'adult' content while keeping Pokemon more child friendly.

[@sansayabima]

I don't think they'll sue at all tbh, at least not currently. But yeah, when Palworld eventually became a market threat, I think they might just consider buying it, rather than spending money time and energy for a lawsuut.

[@orenges]

AHAHAHA

[@Windermed]

it doesn’t help Nintendo as well that Shin Megami Tensei came into existence before Pokemon did

[@TheCeo_Of_Sex]

I mean square enix should probably leave nintendo alone since they did let multiple characters in ssbu as well as games on their consoles

[@pbjustin]

Are you gonna do an update video now that Nintendo suing them for patent infringement?

[@PicoriElder]

as of today, 9/18/24 Nintendo, Game Freak, and Pokemon Company are infact suing Pocket Pair over palworld

[@nicholasnobles-zygmunt5451]

This was basically the gaming community saying “you can’t sue everything you see Nintendo”

[@Allky]

Turns out.. they did sue them! As of today! How did you guys not see this coming? I've been calling them out since the very first trailer for Palworld was released. Might want to make a new video!

[@ath-har7611]

Well this aged well. 😂 Guess there is no escaping from Suetendo.

[@w7h8m9c2]

It wasn't sued for copyright, though. It was for patent violation.

[@ThevelvetundergroundnNico]

Another W for Nintendo 😂

[@tranquility6789]

Aged like milk, although they didn't sue them based on ip or copyright.

[@TRGha770]

This is from the pov of an American lawyer. Japan has different laws. And Nintendo might have connections.

[@nanoblast5748]

nintendo knew about this game for years, sueing now will cause so much trouble that could've been avoided had they sued before release.

[@D-L1009]

Then palworld just won't be available In Japan, most of its player base is in the west anyway

[@donaldpaccerelli198]

@nanoblast5748 god, when I hear that argument, I age another decade. Because I feel like people have forgotten that Nintendo instantly jumping down someone's throat with lawyers is a new thing. More than likely, Nintendo was waiting before doing something in order to have a stronger case.

[@whitepaws60]

Both companies are Japanese and Japan has NO fair use laws, None. If Nintendo could sue them they would've on launch or years ago when the game was announced

[@kristilebym271]

Palworld is aware of the laws because they are also japanese

[@KIngFreg42]

Gotta love how instead of sueing them, they just went: uh... How bout a new legends game? With mega evolution returning?

[@kylerandolph6169]

I'm seriously so glad he's doing this video

[@RenSugiura]

This video aged like milk, who knew Nintendo would patent the act of throwing items against creatures

[@majoratwili7312]

They tried to patent the mechanic of jumping once so....

[@RealBearFace]

"your suing over leaf monkeys and electric mice? You dare make a mockery of this court?!"

[@Dany-rx7rs]

It's a cat not a mouse. And look at some digimon that came out before pokemon did it like a cave man green monkey digimon (Grookey), a black hell dog digimon (houndoom)

[@mad-dog_gamer]

When I heard about the controversy, I was one of the people that hurried up and bought a copy. Nintendo is helping by keeping the story in the media. And I heard that both companies are from Japan and it took several years to make the game why did Nintendo not see it as a threat, and tell other people started saying it was like Pokemon with guns. These days people just love the drama.😂

[@hizzy808]

Digimon use guns not pokemon

[@gamingman5453]

And these day’s people won’t speak on a problem because something is good and fun.

[@omegav1252]

Meanwhile Miraibo GO: "Ah Yes, One of each please"

[@BlueSnowLeopard1]

thank you so much for making this video! i've literally been trying to explain this to my friends for weeks now.

[@huntakilla1234]

Nintendo doesn't have a monopoly on cartoon figures in video games. Even if they tried, they won't win. The only thing they can do, is strike down modders who make mods that replace models of Pals into Pokémon.

[@sauronsrighthandman301]

Actually they couldn't even do that, so long as those mods aren't for profit. At least in US law.

[@cucuawe465]

​@@sauronsrighthandman301if I'm not mistaken, Nintendo already has a history of taking down mod

[@sauronsrighthandman301]

@@cucuawe465 Most people take down their mods from the threat of legal action. Legally, Nintendo can't actually do anything, but most people cave under the threat of an actual legal battle. And who wants that sort of stress and potential financial strain caused by a mod that isn't even making money? They could potentially take legal action if someone was making mods for their games. But Palworld isn't their IP, so they can't take action on behalf of the Palworld devs. It would be up to devs to do so. The best they could do is send the mod maker a cease and desist that doesn't actually have any real legal backing. (Even if they did, the case could be thrown out since games like Garry's mod has those sorts of mods and Nintendo does nothing in spite of Garry's mod being absurdly popular.)

[@linkfreeman1998]

I wonder if that company was basically totalitarian regime masking as a video game company...

[@Blaze-cr2iu]

@@sauronsrighthandman301so you already forgot how Nintendo has struck down mods multiple times.

[@TheProblemChannel]

Damn Mike You Gonna Go Defend PocketPair Now they need a good lawyer lol😅

[@ADampSponge]

There's a lot your behind on Mike. Palworld's studio is down the block from Pokemon's HQ in Japan. Palworld was announced and publicly talked about 3 years before release so if Nintendo wanted to sue they would have already and they've sued for less.

[@shadow-yl6zx]

Yes and Nintendo told them to make the pals completely different so they don't mistake it for pokemon and they did not make them different

[@riolu477]

Nintendo had them delete 8 pals and thought they would listen to the dont make pals like pokemom thing, instead they chose to literally steal assets from pokemon models

[@Johnnymeloveo]

​@@riolu477you have the attention span of a fish with dementia

[@maizystar666]

@@riolu477 they didn't steal assets. Palworld has lawyers of their own watching their every move to make sure the devs don't add something that upsets Nintendo. Stealing assets would defeat the purpose of having said lawyers. They were INSPIRED by their assets. Inspired and stealing are two different things. The whole stealing assets post on twitter was faked because the person who posted the tweet purposely scaled the models to fit Nintendo's models. The same person has stated they did what they did because the game promotes "animal cruelty". Stop using twitter posts as evidence of anything.

[@riolu477]

@@maizystar666 both reusing parts of models and completely recreating parts of models is considered the stealing of assets, theres a pal that copies the face of a ghost type not just how the face looks, but down to the color scheme, you can only claim inspiration for so much before it becomes suspicious, someone made a tier list about pals by their probability of nintendo acting because of them

[@Thraiel]

"There are no laws against the pals, Batman!" -this guy, probably

[@doveShampoo1111]

Pokemon: shows pal number 69 to judge Judge: i see nothing wrong

[@namelessnpc6689]

I'm ashamed I know which one you're talking about.

[@Karina4News]

If I google this and it’s Lovander I’m gonna shit

[@Rigged10000]

But like judges don't know shit about video games. is there like a gaming judge for these cases lol

[@gardenerofthesun]

​@@Karina4NewsSo, uhm... How's your pants?

[@deveshgarg7974]

​@@gardenerofthesunhe might be sitting on the toilet seat Its completely weird of you to assume he would shit inhis pants

[@PsychoYandere]

We get it, Nintendo. You’re an awful greedy company that wants to ruin people’s lives in court for the sake of money. Unlike Nintendo at least on Xbox, PC, or Playstation I can expect to find some good discounts on games and a gaming platform that’s constantly improving with the times.

[@lightningjack6238]

not to mention the years and years they had to sue digimon but didn't because like this one they knew they'd lose that fight

[@ianrafaelabenido5453]

Pretty sure they already tried to sue digimon but lost horribly

[@greendayrocksmuch]

w8 they tried to sue digimon?!

[@maizystar666]

@@ianrafaelabenido5453 That is misinformation. They never sued them BECAUSE they would have lost horribly.

[@maizystar666]

@@greendayrocksmuch No they did not.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

They never tried to sue Digimon because there wasn't anything to sue them over. The two even came out around the same time, only being one year apart. Even then, they mostly existed in different genres, as Digimon was mostly Tamagotchi for boys.

[@starlordwars]

i want this guy as my lawyer

[@zachariahsmith9130]

If he's saying this i wouldn't

[@Jyzra]

To be fair, they are doing it now on the grounds of an unnamed patent "infringement".

[@JgHaverty]

actually the lawsuit is pretty clear about it being "numerous patents". Palworld devs are screwed

[@lonewolfe3919]

They still sued by changing its own copyright agreement before the lawsuit.

[@RanInt]

This aged well

[@KhaanTravels]

Well this short aged well

[@DemonTheDestroyer]

It doesn't help that most pokemon are based upon real animals with an element added so anything that combines those 2 things will probably look very similar even if independently thought up

[@hizzy808]

If Digimon can do it palworld can

[@andreamaral9725]

This should be top comment, Nintendo meatriders just can't think logically

[@gamingman5453]

@@hizzy808digimon actually did shit to differentiate from Pokémon, Pokémon literally can’t sue digimon because there are literally no designs that are relatively similar to Pokémon.

[@gamingman5453]

Actually you’re wrong there’s so many creatures designs that have elements combined to them yet don’t look alike even then if you look at certain pals and Pokémon and compare them a lot of them look similar.

[@gamingman5453]

@@andreamaral9725 they are it’s plagiarism any sane person can see that if pal world wasn’t good y’all would be agreeing with them.

[@jerrittproctor7280]

How do you feel that pokemon got so petty. You should do a video covering this one and your current knowledge of the lawsuit going on right now and what you feel or think should happen or might happen

[@JohnSmith-lo2cl]

Well they did sue them. They are doing it in Japan. And it's a scum lawsuit

[@runelt99]

No, Nintendo didn't say they will take em to court. They just received many complaints so it's their 'we know, stop messaging us' Remember, Nintendo took down a mod for palworld that changed pals into pokemon the same day it was released. This isn't a situation of it not being pr friendly, you cannot exactly copyright pocket monsters as other IP's also use similar concept.

[@purpleguy5226]

Ik ppl are dumb TRUST me I'm super positive that Nintendo do is watching palworld like a hawk

[@gin6697]

Why woudnt they.. that's a literal person making a mod with their assets without even changing atleast a single monb😂

[@gin6697]

Also if Nintendo really wanted to sue them they'd have done it faster why do you think Nintendo would be this merciful??

[@EvanTheGamer1325]

When you make hundreds of animals based off of animals, there are gonna be some similarities when someone else make a lot of animals based off of animals.

[@lunasakara7306]

Ah yes, the animals look like animals!

[@EvanTheGamer1325]

@@lunasakara7306 That's what I'm sayin!

[@jamesmac357]

Ever since Disney got involved in IP laws and paid Congress to make 100-year copyright laws, we have seen many nit-picky people controlling ideas: Disney's image of Steamboat Willie (Mickey Mouse) expired this year 2024, but not the song. Two of my favorite examples. (1) Sherlock Holmes, these stories are as old as time, and a judge ruled that the older stories are finally copyright expired: The owners of the copyright would sue anybody to keep control, even though the stories are old enough. (2) The title 'space marine'. The idea of soldiers in space is as old as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, but because nobody copyrighted it, thus the term 'space marine' is a problem for any writer and publisher. Lesson learned, you need enough money to keep it in court, if you have a case to publish your own works: Nintendo shouldn't own the market on monsters.

[@brugjaythee3808]

Welp. This short aged well.

[@boyd23100]

I mean, whos surprised someone who studied american law is completely clueless about other countries and was wrong.

[@magicat9705]

Nintendo basically immediately took down a mod for Palworld that makes the Pals look like Pokémon. If they could do that within a few days, they could have already had Palworld taken down

[@bern9642]

It didn't make pals look like pokemon, it made the pals pokemon. Different thing.

[@aython9399]

Nintendo cant do anything ok They can Sue but They would probably lose and The only reason why They could Take down The Mod was because it literally changed The pals to Look Like actual Pokémon Like The Mod Changed The Character model for a PAL to lucario and obviously Nintendo can Sue that Mod but If it comes to The unmodded Game They cant do much

[@therobbu]

​@@aython9399Have you ever heard of a thing called a "sentence"?

[@aython9399]

@@therobbu yes i have but sry that english isnt my Native language

[@ShiverPlayzYT]

@@aython9399actually I think the Pokémon company wouldn’t be the only one trying to sue palworld as you can see it has building mechanics that are very similar to Fortnite/epic games and the boss battle mechanics are very similar to monster hunter world and the way the world is set up it’s very similar to ark so yeah I feel like palworld would get a lot of sues this year

[@maxlarson7915]

Granted the lawsuit may not happen in the USA however it can happen in Japan.

[@dr.bherrin]

Well, this prediction wasn't good...hope you're better in court.

[@Bomberuscool]

So, here is the problem, US laws do not apply to companies located in Japan.

[@Seltkirk-ABC]

So what?? It's still nothing like Pokemon

[@Bomberuscool]

@@Seltkirk-ABC That is the best part, they don't care.

[@simonshura9144]

Do a follow up 😂

[@01HunterZacharyArcilla]

Why do my favorite companies always lose in trying to sue another company 😡

[@DrAnimePhD]

Well this aged like milk didn't it?

[@Wet_Fungus]

Well this aged well