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Surprise, surprise, someone’s already modded actual Pokémon into PalworldThe Pokémon-like Steam hit becomes, well, just Pokémon
The Pokémon-like Steam hit becomes, well, just Pokémon
Image credit:ToastedShoes/Pocketpair
Image credit:ToastedShoes/Pocketpair
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Palworld already has a Pokemon modFull video on my YouTube tomorrow!pic.twitter.com/X1ohT6mJiT— Toasted (@ToastedShoes)January 22, 2024
Palworld already has a Pokemon modFull video on my YouTube tomorrow!pic.twitter.com/X1ohT6mJiT
While Palworld itselfmay ultimately skirt around breaking actual copyright lawdue to its similar-but-not-the-same designs - though questions over its monsters’ in-game models’ closeness to those in the Pokémon games have complicated the discussion - the Pokémon mod obviously draws the line even more directly between the two. Even if Palworld doesn’t quite draw the ire of Nintendo, a mod that literally hands actual Pikachu a machine gun may well finally step over that line.
For their part, Palworld developers Pocketpair have insisted that “we have absolutely no intention of infringing upon the intellectual property of other companies” and assured that the game cleared all legal checks before blowing up Steam - andits own servers, for a while - with its lightning bolt-popularity last week.Success deserved or undeserved, it’s hard to ignore what’s likely the biggest game of 2024 so far.
