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Wednesday1st Apr 2026
News Nintendo's 'Summon Character To Fight' Patent Rejected By US Patent Office
The decision is "non-final" but Palworld battle continues
Nintendo has been hit with another blow in its ongoing legal battle with Palworld, as the US Patent Office has rejected its controversial 'summon character and let it fight' Pokémon patent. According to Games Fray's Florian Mueller (via
Thursday30th Oct 2025
News Nintendo's Pokémon Catching-Related Patent Has Been Rejected In Japan
Refused as it lacks an 'Inventive step'
Nintendo has been dealt a bit of a legal blow in Japan as the Patent Office has rejected an application relevant to the company's ongoing case against Pocketpair's Palworld. This patent is related to monster catching à la Pokémon, but it's not quite the same one filed in the US reported on back in September...
Thursday8th May 2025
News Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
"We have had to make certain compromises"
Late last year, Palworld developer Pocketpair announced that it was scrapping the Poké Ball-like summoning mechanic from its game as a result of its ongoing Nintendo lawsuit. Well, it looks like the changes aren't stopping there, as the dev has today announced that more "disappointing" changes are yet to...
Monday21st Apr 2025
News What's Palworld Dev's Defence Against Nintendo's Lawsuit? Pikmin 3, Apparently
Amongst other games, of course
Palworld dev Pocketpair is currently locked in a legal battle with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company over alleged patent infringement. Now, as detailed by Games Fray (thanks, VGC), we have a vague idea of how Pocketpair might be looking to
Thursday10th Apr 2025
News Surprise, Palworld Dev Isn't Fond Of The 'Pokémon With Guns' Description
Gee, wonder why...
"Pokémon with guns" became the go-to description for Pocketpair's Palworld because, well, the screenshots and footage shown around its initial announcement indicated that, yes, the in-game creatures look like Pokémon holding guns. According to communications director and publishing manager John ‘Bucky’ Buckley (thanks,...
Monday24th Mar 2025
News Forget The Lawsuit, Pocketpair Says Palworld On Switch 2 Is "100% Worth Considering"
"If it's beefy enough"
While its patent lawsuit with Nintendo rages in the background, Palworld developer Pocketpair isn't willing to completely turn its back on the House of Mario just yet. Namely, the dev would still consider Switch 2 a prime target for a Palworld port down the line, if it's powerful enough, of course. That's according to...
Tuesday18th Mar 2025
News Pocketpair Recalls "Depressing Day" Nintendo Announced Its Palworld Lawsuit
Global community manager speaks out
Although many had previously commented on the similarities between Palworld and Pokémon, it was nevertheless a huge surprise when Nintendo announced its patent lawsuit against developer Pocketpair. According to Pocketpair's global community manager, however, none were quite as surprised as the team itself. In...
Thursday23rd Jan 2025
News Surgent Studios Enters Publishing Collaboration With Palworld's Pocketpair
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU team is working on a new horror game
Pocketpair games, the developer behind the controversial yet beloved Palworld, has announced that it is embarking on its first publishing endeavor with Surgent Studios, the team behind Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (thanks, VGC). Set to be released later this year, the 'short' horror game won't be...
Thursday28th Nov 2024
News Palworld Announces Surprise Collaboration With Terraria
"Happening in 2025"
Palworld may be in the firing line of Nintendo, but it's still going about its usual business with new announcements, updates, and now collaborations. In the latest development, Palworld developer Pocketpair has announced it's teaming up with the action-adventure sandbox game Terraria. There are no details about what exactly to...
Friday27th Sep 2024
News Nintendo Patents Filed After Palworld's Release Suggest Lawsuit Prep Started Months Ago
Pika your battles
Last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced that they were filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair. While the latter studio claimed it was "unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon," online speculation soon began to throw out various plausible-sounding submis
Tuesday25th Jun 2024
News Palworld Boss Says A Switch Release Could Be "Hard" Due To Technical Reasons
The team is also "still discussing" future platforms
Palworld had an extremely successful launch when it arrived on Xbox and PC earlier this year, so will we ever see it on Nintendo's current generation system? Speaking to Game File, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe mentioned how this
Wednesday24th Jan 2024
Round Table Let's Talk About Palworld - Comparisons, Controversy, 'Copying'
Lament of the Pal gamer
Less than a week out from its launch in Early Access on Steam and Xbox, Palworld has proved itself to be a massive commercial success for developer Pocketpair and has dominated gaming discourse online since the weekend. Switch gamers can't access it on Nintendo's console, of course, but with its aesthetic parallels to...
