Palworld Developer Pocketpair Being Sued by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company

In a nutshell

Lawsuit Filed: Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair.
Claims and Demands: The lawsuit is demanding compensation for damages, claiming the game infringes on multiple patent rights.
Game Controversy: The new survival title has faced controversy over similarities to Pokemon games ever since its launch.

In a significant legal move, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced that they had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developer of the popular game Palworld.

You can see the full announcement of the lawsuit below:

Palworld Being Sued by Nintendo

Filed in the Tokyo District Court, the lawsuit seeks an injunction to halt the alleged infringement and demands compensation for damages, claiming that the game infringes on multiple patent rights.

“Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights, including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years.”

Palworld is a survival game that uses the mechanic of catching monsters, and was released early this year on Steam and Xbox to great results, garnering over 25 million players in its first month alone. While the game is different from the usual Pokemon installments, many have pointed out that the monster designs have glaring similarities.

The game is seemingly headed to PlayStation as Pocketpair is said to be participating in the Tokyo Game Show, possibly for an announcement.