Paul Zschommler

The early-year success of Palworld has long since waned. The hype surrounding the video game has subsided, and player numbers are far from setting new records. Just as the developer Pocketpair was about to launch the game on the PS5, a long-anticipated lawsuit from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company arrived. Time to take a closer look at the legal dispute.

The computer game Palworld from the Japanese developer studio Pocket Pair was released less than a month ago and has since been the subject of numerous accusations of plagiarism, particularly in social media. The accusation from users is that Palworld is a Pokémon clone that makes illegal use of the Pokémon Company's ideas and intellectual property.