News Palworld got a working Pokemon conversion mod, and Nintendo's lawyers struck immediately

[Admin]

A Pokémon conversion mod announcement video for Palworld replacing the playable character and capturable Pals with Pokémon characters received Nintendo takedown in under a day.

Palworld got a working Pokemon conversion mod, and Nintendo's lawyers struck immediately : Read more

 

[usertests]

It's interesting that a person can easily pirate virtually any Nintendo game ever made, including Switch games, but fan projects keep crumbling due to legal threats (maybe not this mod, we'll see).

Stay anonymous, my friends.

 

[bigdragon]

I really don't like what ToastedShoes is doing here. His attempts to monetize the IP of Nintendo, Disney, Universal, and others through game mods is one of the two major reasons why so many studios and publishers have become hostile to mods -- the other reason being DLC monetization. He shouldn't be poking the bears like this. I'm not surprised Nintendo acted so quickly.

I also hope there are emergency meetings going on at Nintendo and Game Freak because of Palworld. It's a clunky, disjointed, stylistically inconsistent, weakly motivated, and completely unpolished game that gets the fundamental mechanics and legally-distinct monster designs right! I felt the last monster collecting game I played -- Pokemon Shield -- was an enormous disappointment and essentially the same game I played back in the 1990's. I'm having a blast with Palworld so far and am glad someone finally delivered "Pokemon Breath of the Wild" that I wanted so many years ago. I hope Pocketpair is able to refine and polish Palworld given their sales success. I also hope Nintendo and Game Freak get off their butts and finally try to iterate, innovate, and evolve their stagnant monster franchise.

 

[MatheusNRei]

I really don't like what ToastedShoes is doing here. His attempts to monetize the IP of Nintendo, Disney, Universal, and others through game mods is one of the two major reasons why so many studios and publishers have become hostile to mods...

Since the mod was supposed to be free there's no monetization going on at all.

 

[usertests]

I really don't like what ToastedShoes is doing here. His attempts to monetize the IP of Nintendo, Disney, Universal, and others through game mods is one of the two major reasons why so many studios and publishers have become hostile to mods -- the other reason being DLC monetization. He shouldn't be poking the bears like this. I'm not surprised Nintendo acted so quickly.

There's no use chastising one random person for what I assume was a relatively easy mod to make. Someone else would have done it. 3D models were ripped out of Sword/Shield/etc. years ago, and are available for download after a simple Google search. It's unlikely that an unofficial mod would make Pocket Pair or any other developer legally liable for infringement.

 

[bigdragon]

Since the mod was supposed to be free there's no monetization going on at all.

Take a look at ToastedShoes on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf7P7LZsVOvv8KWs2p1YINw Monetizing the mod would happen through YouTube views rather than paid mod files. This guy appears to make a living off of playing with fire when it comes to IP rights.

There's no use chastising one random person for what I assume was a relatively easy mod to make. Someone else would have done it. 3D models were ripped out of Sword/Shield/etc. years ago, and are available for download after a simple Google search. It's unlikely that an unofficial mod would make Pocket Pair or any other developer legally liable for infringement.

The mod is easy to make and no doubt several people have equivalent Pokemon in Palworld mods ready or in production. I've always been uncomfortable with mods that feature assets ripped right out of a rival retail game. While Pocketpair shouldn't -- can't say isn't because some corporation will surely try -- liable for the actions of their players and modders, a more aggressive anti-modding push is currently being led by Capcom and their Enigma anti-tampering software. AAA is increasingly seeing mods as dangerous to their reputation and something they think they're responsible for stopping.

I love mods. I used to create mod content for UT. I want to see more mods. All I'm saying is putting ripped Pokemon assets into a competing monster game, hyping it up on social media, and then trying to monetize it through YouTube views is behavior that further drives a wedge between behemoths of the game industry and their most passionate supporters (the modders).

 

[derekullo]

Since the mod was supposed to be free there's no monetization going on at all.

Monetization or not Nintendo is required to defend its trademark or else it risks losing it.

Defend Your Trademark Or You Could Lose It | Law Offices of David H. Schwartz, INC.

Defending your trademark is imperative for all businesses. Taking action to prevent infringement of your brand by others will protect you from losing your exclusive right to use it.

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[TJ Hooker]

Monetization or not Nintendo is required to defend its trademark or else it risks losing it.

Defend Your Trademark Or You Could Lose It | Law Offices of David H. Schwartz, INC.

Defending your trademark is imperative for all businesses. Taking action to prevent infringement of your brand by others will protect you from losing your exclusive right to use it.

www.lodhs.com

The design of Pokémon would be copyright, not trademark. I don't believe there's any equivalent 'defend it or lose it' concept for copyright.

 

[AkroZ]

The Pokemon IP is holded by The Pokémon Company (Nintendo hold some parts with Game Freaks and Creatures).
The Pokémon Company is known to be very conservative, one time a pokemon fan wanted to make a pokemon day (announced on Facebook) with a $10 fee for the food, it gained 4000 participants but never happened. The organizer was in courts before that.

 

[gggplaya]

I wonder how Pixelmon gets away with it??? It directly uses Nintendo IP.