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None of these are rip-offs. The comparisons are kind of ridiculous, a Pal that looks like a penguin, they must have stolen that idea from the Pokemon that looks

by GaggiX 2y ago

None of these are rip-offs. The comparisons are kind of ridiculous, a Pal that looks like a penguin, they must have stolen that idea from the Pokemon that looks like a penguin. I don't want to live in a world where something like this would be considered copyright infringement, something that even Nintendo doesn't seem to focus on (I guess for a reason).

bhouston 2y ago
Not all of them, some of them are stretches, but quite a few of them are clear ripoffs if you are objective.
- GaggiX 2y ago
  Which ones? List them, I don't see any rip offs. Maybe you're better than Nintendo lawyers at finding them.
  - madamelic 2y ago
    They are always sort of a stretch like "Electric mouse" or "Egyptian cat". In my non-lawyer opinion, it's in the same vein as saying that DC should sue Marvel over Captain Marvel being a Superman rip-off.
    - arkh 2y ago
      > "Egyptian Cat" Ok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis I think Pocket Pair are not the first to take some inspiration there.
  - bhouston 2y ago
    Why challenge me when so many reputable articles say the same thing? https://www.pcmag.com/news/palworlds-11-most-shameless-pokemon-knock-offs https://www.pcmag.com/news/palworlds-11-most-shameless-pokem... https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-is-it-fair-to-call-it-a-pokemon-rip-off https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-is-it-fair-to-call-it-... https://slate.com/culture/2024/01/palworld-pals-server-xbox-game-map-reddit-pokemon-multiplayer.html https://slate.com/culture/2024/01/palworld-pals-server-xbox-... https://www.thegamer.com/palworld-early-access-impression-pokemon-original-interesting-ripoff/ https://www.thegamer.com/palworld-early-access-impression-po... https://www.siliconera.com/its-shocking-how-blatant-some-palworld-pokemon-rip-offs-are/ https://www.siliconera.com/its-shocking-how-blatant-some-pal... You are free to not see what most people see but you are the outlier.
    - Dylan16807 2y ago
      If that first article is the best you have, then that's a bad pile of articles. Those designs are not very close. I see no creature design comparisons in links 2-4. Article 5, wow it's a cartoon sheep. Wow it's a cartoon fox. This list at the end is trying way too hard. I think what "most people see" is that they're overall similar to pokemon. Not that palworld is copying specific designs in a way that pokemon itself doesn't do.
      - bhouston 2y ago
        The examples were in my original YouTube post - it goes on for a really long time time. The latest set of links was to show that a majority of reviews considered PalWorld to be a ripoff of Pokemon. Anyhow, top voted comment on this whole hacker news article is a satirical article on how PalWorld copied Pokemon characters but added guns, so yeah, you guys claiming it isn't a ripoff have minority viewpoints but you are pretty insistent on it, so have fun with that! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41588152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41588152
        GaggiX 2y ago
        It is indeed satirical but you can agree with the SEO spam you sent before, just don't expect people to agree with you and whine about it if they don't, in fact I really doubt it's the minority viewpoint given you got downvoted and plenty of people upvoted mine, reality speaks for itself.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        "ripoff" is a very vague term and not equivalent to copying specific creature designs. I can call lots of AAA games ripoffs. I'm not specifically saying PalWorld isn't a ripoff here, what people call ripoff is pretty subjective, I'm saying the designs are fine. (Though the gameplay is very different from pokemon.)

by GaggiX 2y ago

bhouston 2y ago

Not all of them, some of them are stretches, but quite a few of them are clear ripoffs if you are objective.

GaggiX 2y ago
Which ones? List them, I don't see any rip offs. Maybe you're better than Nintendo lawyers at finding them.
- madamelic 2y ago
  They are always sort of a stretch like "Electric mouse" or "Egyptian cat". In my non-lawyer opinion, it's in the same vein as saying that DC should sue Marvel over Captain Marvel being a Superman rip-off.
  - arkh 2y ago
    > "Egyptian Cat" Ok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis I think Pocket Pair are not the first to take some inspiration there.
- bhouston 2y ago
  Why challenge me when so many reputable articles say the same thing? https://www.pcmag.com/news/palworlds-11-most-shameless-pokemon-knock-offs https://www.pcmag.com/news/palworlds-11-most-shameless-pokem... https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-is-it-fair-to-call-it-a-pokemon-rip-off https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-is-it-fair-to-call-it-... https://slate.com/culture/2024/01/palworld-pals-server-xbox-game-map-reddit-pokemon-multiplayer.html https://slate.com/culture/2024/01/palworld-pals-server-xbox-... https://www.thegamer.com/palworld-early-access-impression-pokemon-original-interesting-ripoff/ https://www.thegamer.com/palworld-early-access-impression-po... https://www.siliconera.com/its-shocking-how-blatant-some-palworld-pokemon-rip-offs-are/ https://www.siliconera.com/its-shocking-how-blatant-some-pal... You are free to not see what most people see but you are the outlier.
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    If that first article is the best you have, then that's a bad pile of articles. Those designs are not very close. I see no creature design comparisons in links 2-4. Article 5, wow it's a cartoon sheep. Wow it's a cartoon fox. This list at the end is trying way too hard. I think what "most people see" is that they're overall similar to pokemon. Not that palworld is copying specific designs in a way that pokemon itself doesn't do.
    - bhouston 2y ago
      The examples were in my original YouTube post - it goes on for a really long time time. The latest set of links was to show that a majority of reviews considered PalWorld to be a ripoff of Pokemon. Anyhow, top voted comment on this whole hacker news article is a satirical article on how PalWorld copied Pokemon characters but added guns, so yeah, you guys claiming it isn't a ripoff have minority viewpoints but you are pretty insistent on it, so have fun with that! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41588152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41588152
      - GaggiX 2y ago
        It is indeed satirical but you can agree with the SEO spam you sent before, just don't expect people to agree with you and whine about it if they don't, in fact I really doubt it's the minority viewpoint given you got downvoted and plenty of people upvoted mine, reality speaks for itself.
      - Dylan16807 2y ago
        "ripoff" is a very vague term and not equivalent to copying specific creature designs. I can call lots of AAA games ripoffs. I'm not specifically saying PalWorld isn't a ripoff here, what people call ripoff is pretty subjective, I'm saying the designs are fine. (Though the gameplay is very different from pokemon.)