The Pokémon Company has issued a rare statement addressing the smash hit PC and Xbox game Palworld, after claims the latter has directly copied its designs.
In the statement, released this morning via its Japanese website, The Pokémon Company said it now intends to “investigate” Palworld for any content it believes may “infringe on intellectual property rights related to Pokémon”.
Earlier this week, fans pointed not just to the familiar designs of some Palworld creatures, but to the close similarity seen in Palworld’s in-game models to Pokémon data in November 2022’s Switch games Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.
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