Palworld Vs Pokemon: Controversy Breakdown

Since the launch of Palwolrd, the gaming community across the internet has been split into two sides; on one, some players enjoy Palworld for what it is: a monster-catching, survival, and crafting game. On the other hand, some gamers detest the game, calling it a cheap knockoff of Nintendo’s iconic Pokemon franchise. The internet has been torn into two sides: Palworld Vs. Pokemon, but are the two actually similar?

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What Is Palworld Actually About?

While the concept and a few characteristics can look a bit similar, Palworld is nothing like Pokemon. Palworld is an open-world survival crafting game set where mysterious creatures called “Pals” live. The main objective is to catch the pals and make them work, fight, and breed, and if players would like to, they can even sell them. Bases can be built, and dungeons can be explored with different weapons.

A more reasonable comparison would be Ark: Survival Evolved and Don’t Starve, as they have more similar qualities than any of the Pokemon titles, as they are all turn-based.

Palworld Use Of AI And Plagiarism

As successful as Palworld has been after selling over 7 million copies, the developers Pocketsquare can’t catch a break as they have been accused of plagiarism with their creature designs compared to Pokemon monsters and their accused use of AI within their games.

Addressing the controversy of Plagiarism, Palworld isn’t the first monster-catching game to arrive, as other competitors such as Digimon exist. In other words, the genre of monster hunting can’t be trademarked. One could say that Pokemon inspired the title or Palworld parodies Pokemon. But what about the monster’s designs? While gamers may be torn about similar monster designs when compared to one another side by side, Pocketpair’s CEO and lead developer, Takuro Mizobe, stated that the game has been checked against legal requirements and that it isn’t infringing copyright whatsoever.

Now, the AI accusations are exactly what they are: just Accusations. While it is true that the CEO of Palworld endorses the use of AI and has even made a game called AI Art Imposter, it doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s the use of AI in Palworld. The evidence lies within Steam. Steam demands that studios disclose any use of AI-generated assets in games sold on its site. There is no evidence of Palworld using AI, and any claims made otherwise should be considered false.

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