Palworld News

We all know that Palworld developer Pocketpair are currently dealing with a lawsuit from Mario maker Nintendo. Specifically, it's over patent rights, rather than something like copyright infringement which everyone was expecting given the liberties that Palword takes with its Pal designs. In November it was confirmed what those patents are, partially relating to the fact you could throw out your Pals from a ball and they'd appear, similar to Pokemon Legends Arceus. That feature was patched out from Palworld though, and in a new post Pocketpair has confirmed that this is because of the ongoing lawsuit.

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Palworld, oh, how I've missed you. Blasting onto the scene in January of last year, topping the charts and upsetting parents everywhere, Pocketpair's colossal survival game has been quiet as of late, possibly a result of ongoing legal troubles with Nintendo. Several of Palworld's game mechanics have been compared to the Switch maker's classic creature catcher, Pokemon, with various models also allegedly plagiarized from Nintendo's game. While aspects and mechanics of Palworld have already been removed or adjusted in response to the lawsuit, Pocketpair has now confirmed that more "disappointing" changes are on the way.

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As we all suspected, recent changes to Palworld game mechanics were as a direct result of the ongoing lawsuit filed against developer Pocketpair from Nintendo / The Pokemon Company.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/palworld-devs-confirm-game-changes-due-to-the-nintendo-pokemon-lawsuit/