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After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today
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Nintendo is such bullshit.
They have Pokémon but don't they also make Pikmin? It's practically the same name, but different. Digimon is the same as Pokémon but they don't sue each other?
Then there's Animal Crossing, Pokémon Pokeopia or whatever it's called, the Hello Kitty one, and Stardew Valley and all its clones/similars.
Breath of the Wild was just a Zelda-themed Dark Souls. Super Mario Bros. has had a ton of spinoffs/ripoffs.
But yeah, go after Palworld.
Oh, let's not forget that Metroid exists because Ridley Scott said "no" when they wanted to make an Alien video game. That's why that one boss is named... Ridley.
Nintendo is such bullshit.
Okay, I'll poo-poo on Nintendo's business practices as much as the next guy, but I have to ask:
Pray tell, how is Breath of the Wild anything like Dark Souls?
I assume having the ability to go anywhere and do anything almost off the rip would be the comparison. Having difficulty spikes but no actual locked doors
Yeah. I played Pokopia with a sibling, and from that alone, Nintendo has no leg to stand on.
in broad strokes youre right, but the palworld designs are so egregiously ripped off.
and pokemon was just a blatant rip off of dragon quest