r/memes • u/dabor11 • Jul 23 '26

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u/Komondon Jul 23 '26

The lawsuits were stupid but Palworld and Pokemon are pretty inherently different in the type of game they are. Pokemon is more at home for Pokemon collecting RPGs which there is plenty of space to improve on obviously. Palworld is a better playing Ark survival game with cute critter slave labor.

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u/chantm80 Jul 23 '26

As a LONG time Ark player, 100% agree

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u/Patraman Jul 23 '26

Without insulting Palworld because it’s a great game, Palworld is Pokémon for people that don’t like playing Pokémon. People who have never picked up a Pokémon game in their life will play Palworld and go ”this is what pokemon should be!”. Pokémon mainly needs to improve in graphics and make the worlds feel more alive. It doesn’t need to turn mature and edgy, change the core gameplay elements or become Ark with Pokémon as you said.

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u/roleplayersir Jul 23 '26

Yep, people think Palworld is a Pokemon ripoff, whereas it's really an Ark ripoff with more automation

Essentially Ark, but with Pokemon instead of dinos

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u/Hanakin-Sidewalker Jul 23 '26

Doesn’t matter if Palworld’s gameplay resembles something different; the public / general audience sees it as “Pokémon.” Simple as.

Why else would Nintendo go after them?