nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agoPalworld Dev Reveals Patents at the Heart of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company Lawsuit — and How Much Money It’s Being Sued Forwww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkPalworld Dev Reveals Patents at the Heart of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company Lawsuit — and How Much Money It’s Being Sued Forwww.ign.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoSome of them are extremely similar, but there were over 3,000 existing Pokemon designs as of Palworld’s release. It would be a statistical wonder if none of them looked similar, especially when our criteria can be as loose as “fire fox” and “Anubis”
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWhere are you getting 3,000 from?
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agohttps://www.cbr.com/just-how-many-pokmon-are-there-really/ Between original Pokemon, shinies, regional versions, and weird upgrades like gigantamax or whatever
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI mean, shinies are a palette swap, no? I don’t really know if I’d call that a different design.
Some of them are extremely similar, but there were over 3,000 existing Pokemon designs as of Palworld’s release. It would be a statistical wonder if none of them looked similar, especially when our criteria can be as loose as “fire fox” and “Anubis”
Where are you getting 3,000 from?
https://www.cbr.com/just-how-many-pokmon-are-there-really/
Between original Pokemon, shinies, regional versions, and weird upgrades like gigantamax or whatever
I mean, shinies are a palette swap, no? I don’t really know if I’d call that a different design.