Pok\u00e9mon Company Intends to ‘Investigate’ Palworld for Potential Infringement\u060c<\/p>\n
World Pal<\/strong> has taken the gaming world by storm, but its heavy influence on the Pok\u00e9mon franchise means the studio is under investigation. The Pok\u00e9mon Company itself recently released a statement expressing concerns about possible copyright infringement.<\/p>\n The recent public statement<\/a> \u2013 written in Japanese and English \u2013 draws attention to \u201crequests regarding another company\u2019s game released in January 2024.\u201d The post goes on to say that the Pok\u00e9mon Company has “granted no permission for the use” of its intellectual property.<\/p>\n As a result, an investigation is being opened and \u201cappropriate measures\u201d will be taken. It's worth noting that nowhere does he specifically mention Palworld. However, given the date mentioned – as well as the fact that PocketPair's game is compared to the Pok\u00e9mon franchise by everyone who has played it – most will make the connection.<\/p>\n While all of this is going on, Palworld reigns supreme in today's gaming climate. Released just a week<\/a> ago, the open-world survival title that lets players catch cute animals called “Pals” has already sold more than eight million copies.<\/p>\n Data from Steam Database<\/a> shows that it recently passed the two million concurrent players mark on Steam. It quickly became one of the best-selling releases in recent video<\/a> game history.<\/p>\n Since day one it's been compared to a very Pok\u00e9mon-style game, so it's probably no surprise that the official developer is looking to investigate. The Pok\u00e9mon Company is partly owned by Nintendo, known for its fairly ruthless legal department.<\/p>\n We cannot say what the future will be World Pal<\/strong> will now be criticized for potential infringement. If you want to play it, it's available on PC and Xbox Game Pass. However, be aware that it is still in early access and is known to have some serious bugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pok\u00e9mon Company Intends to ‘Investigate’ Palworld for Potential Infringement\u060c World Pal has taken the gaming world by storm, but its heavy influence on the Pok\u00e9mon franchise means the studio is under investigation. The Pok\u00e9mon Company itself recently released a statement expressing concerns about possible copyright infringement. The game continues to sell in large numbers The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3608,876,7311,3271,9583,2266,725],"class_list":["post-21839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-company","tag-infringement","tag-intends","tag-investigate","tag-palworld","tag-pokemon","tag-potential"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21841,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21839\/revisions\/21841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The game continues to sell in large numbers<\/h2>\n