Inspired with some feature similar to the original works != plagiarism. I swear a shit tons of people just don’t understand what’s the nature of plagiarism is at all before sprouting nonsense like this.
And no, that grin on a cat face isn’t original to Pokemon, Cat Bus from My Neighbour Totoro has it.
may as well let gamefreak have permanent patent on monster capture games at this point when people want only them to create any
They know the difference. But some people just feel compelled to defend Nintendo no matter what.
Am a pokemon fans, and palworld seems mostly based on established pokemon roster, i can understand calling it uninspiring design but to go as far as call it plagiarism is quite funny.
The Cheshire Cat significantly predates Totoro.
Exactly, grin on cat is nothing original at this point, it’s as aesthetic as Picasso.
Also we’re past 1000 pokemon now and a huge number of them are based on actual animals, mythical creatures, pop culture references etc. There are going to be similarities and it’s completely unavoidable. You would drive yourself insane trying.
Who cares? It’s not like any of us are losing money on it. And Nintendo/game freak aren’t exactly known for their incredible iterative game designs. People have been bitching about Pokémon becoming a cashgrab since like…heartgold, hahah.
I wish Nintendo would go out on a limb like their era with Blue rescue team. I miss the deeper storylines and more personal atmosphere.
Watching the trailer gave me the impression as well. Of course Pokemon are based on real life animals, but they also a lot of unique designs. No way they made pals by accident that look like Hatterene and Garchomp but different colors.
What I don’t get is why this article is so shit. Can’t be that hard to let someone who played the latest Pokemon games install Palworld and make some comparisons themsevels instead of just sharing some Twitter posts. OK, actually in get it. That’s how modern videogame journalism works.
The game takes mechanics and inspiration from tons of games. Fortnite, Pokémon, Breath of the Wild, farming and crafting sims… that’s kind of the appeal honestly.
