Nintendo, The Pokémon Company Sue Palworld Game Developer Pocketpair

Nintendo announced on Thursday that it and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the game developer within the support of the Palworld game, the day earlier than.

The suit claims that the game infringes on Nintendo and The Pokémon Company‘s patent rights, and seeks an injunction against infringement as effectively as compensation for damages.

Sony Track Entertainment Japan Inc. announced in July that it and its subsidiary Aniplex, along with Pocketpair, like established a brand fresh joint project named Palworld Entertainment.

Pocketpair debuted its Palworld multiplayer survival game on January 19 as a Steam Early Bag admission to game. The game reached 25 million customers internal a month of its originate.

Avid gamers and critics originally primary the similarity of the designs of many of the game’s “Pal” creatures to the Pokémon franchise’s titular Pokémon. The Pokémon Company released a advise rapidly after Palworld’s originate that it is investigating a likely copyright infringement by an unnamed game firm.

Change: Hyperlink to The Pokémon Company‘s advise added.

Sources: Nintendo, The Pokemon Company