Nintendo and the Pokémon Company on Wednesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the video game company that developed Palword, a game with cute creatures that resemble the characters in Pokémon, except they use military-grade weapons.
Palworld became one of the most popular games in the world when it was released in January. It had been promoted for three years before that, and the trailers for it inspired memes and other forms of mocking by people who thought the game looked like an apocalyptic version of Pokémon.
Palworld’s makers have repeatedly draw distinctions between Palworld, which is a survival game, and Pokémon, where players collect monsters and battle.
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