Laggin’ Out Entertainment offers apologies for missing a week of podcast recaps, but I promise, it’s for a good reason.
Last week, during our podcast, I offered a brief recap of what was going down between Pokemon and Palworld, and informed the other hosts, and our audience that Nintendo had finally found grounds to bring litigation against PocketPair.
Previously in this saga, Nintendo had openly stated that they were aware of the similarity between Palworld and Pokemon, and were investigating the situation. This tipped their hand in the ongoing feud, revealing that they already knew they would not win any copyright fights in this case, as intellectual property litigation only requires 33.33% alteration in designs to avoid said suits. In addition to this, Nintendo had ample warning that this game was being published, as much as three years in advance. The gaming juggernaut could easily have prevented this game from launching if they’d had a case in the first place.
Enough of the recap, though, as the situation has changed. Nintendo did a deep dive into some code, from what we’ve uncovered, and they changed their approach–deciding to attack the game in the form of game mechanics. They have decided to have a go at it from a patent violation standpoint. It seems the patent in question involves the aiming mechanics of throwing the capture ball or sphere at the target creature. I must admit, this seems to be a dubious attempt at best, and it would appear that the whole staff would agree…except for our resident Pokemon fan, The-HoneyBadgr. She certainly did not approve of the Pal designs in Palworld.
It was at this moment that I made a prediction. Well, really I cited a rumor that I’d heard: Another high roller was tossing their hat into the ring. Sony has joined the battle, teaming up with PocketPair. This was where the Podcast from 9/20 had ended on the topic. But as you’re aware, the story does not end here.
The topic made a comeback on 9/27, and low n’ behold, Sony announced that Palworld was available on PS5 in all regions except for Japan. I announced this during the Palworld segment, and this obviously confirms the rumor I cited the previous week.
This simply implies that Nintendo waited too long to bring this case, as now they’re going to war against a bigger giant with deeper pockets. Before now, I believed that Nintendo’s intent is to run PocketPair out of money, rather than actually win. This potential has dropped dramatically, now that PocketPair and Sony are working together.
This also leads to potentials for Anime and Manga being produced from Palworld, much like the IPs of Digimon, Pokemon, and Monster Rancher. My suggestion is that this may be Sony’s intent.
Laggin’ Out will continue to watch this situation, and provide updates as they occur.
Other Topics Discussed on These Lives…
Stream Notes: 9/20/2024
- SQUARE ENIX PRESIDENT ADMITS UNDERPERFORMING OF FINAL FANTASY
- JOKER 2: NEVER SHOW YOUR JOKER FACE
- EU CONSUMER ORGANIZATION ACCUSES GAME DEVS OF BREAKING EU LAWS
- AM I RACIST?
- SPIDEY 4 DITCHING THE MULTIVERSE?
- THE HUMAN TORCH HAS AN ALIEN FLAME?
- MTG: MAKES A SET ABOUT VOODOO, CHUCKY HAS ARRIVED
- IS HARRY POTTER GOING TO BE RACE SWAPPED?
- WARHAMMER 40K LEAD DEV DENOUNCES OVERBLOWN MESSAGING OF EMBRACER GROUP
To see the livestream of the 9/20/2024 Podcast, please click the following link
Stream Notes: 9/27/2024
- NETFLIX LIVE-ACTION ONEPIECE HAS OFFICIALLY CAST NICO ROBIN FOR SEASON 2, IS SHE A COMMIE?
- KINGDOM HEARTS CREATOR COMMENTS ON ‘UGLY CHARACTERS’ IN VIDEO GAMES
- UBISOFT RUNNING IN FEAR
- SO SHOULD BIOWARE
- SQUARE EINIX NO LONGER A CLIENT OF SWEET BABY INC
- THE PENGUIN MIGHT BE OK, BUT WHERE’S BATMAN?
- NEW CYBERPUNK ANIME AT NETFLIX
To see the livestream of the 9/27/2024 Podcast, please click the following link
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