Summary
ThePalworlddevelopers are reportedly receiving death threats, seemingly over the similarities between the game’s creature designs and Pokemon.PalworldcombinesMinecraft-style survival mechanics with the thrill of monster catching to great effect. The game has been a massive success out of the gate, selling over 5 million copies despite being early access and readily available to play through Xbox Game Pass.
Developer Pocket Pair has to be thrilled withPalworld’s incredible sales success, but the game’s popularity has also resulted in some unfortunate headaches. For one,Palworldmultiplayer has suffered from connectivity issuesthanks to the sheer number of people trying to play the game. Secondly, some of the game’s developers have been getting death threats from upsetPokemonfans who aren’t happy about the game’s similarities to their favorite franchise.
This is according to Pocket Pair CEO Takuro Mizobe, who took to Twitter to address the online abuse that’s been targeted atPalworld’s art team, which he claims has included death threats. In his statement, Mizobe said that the game’s designs are supervised “by multiple people” and that he is “responsible” for the game’s production. Mizobe asked that people stop harassing thePalworlddevelopers. Unfortunately,asPalworld’s popularity continues to grow, one has to imagine that so too will the target on its back.
SomePokemonfans are not happy aboutPalworldand haveaccused the game of ripping off Pokemon designsfor its creatures. Evidence has been shared online showing very clear similarities between Pals and Pokemon, with some going as far as to accuse Pocket Pair of plagiarizingPokemon. If there is solid evidence that Pocket Pair did indeed plagiarizePokemon, one has to imagine The Pokemon Company and its lawyers will get involved. It should go without saying, butPokemonfans who are genuinely upset aboutPalworldshould leave the situation to The Pokemon Company - sending death threats to game developers is not going to accomplish anything.
It’s unfortunate thatPalworld’s developers have been targeted by angry people online, but the game should have an incredibly bright future ahead of it. FuturePalworldupdates should go a long way in ironing out the game’s technical issues, not to mention enhance the experience with new content that should hopefully keep players engaged with the game for the long haul.Palworldis showing no signs of slowing down, and it will be exciting to see where it goes from here.
