Aug 13, 2025
This is no Pokemon
Nintendo when Palworld: 😠🤬 Nintendo when Palland: 😇😁
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This is no Pokemon
Nintendo when Palworld: 😠🤬 Nintendo when Palland: 😇😁
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Nintendo putting a palworld rip off of on the switch is funny as hell actually but also your OPTICS in the middle of a LAWSUIT???
What are you DOING Nintendo?!
Palland is a clone of the survival crafting sim without the Poké Balls
Nintendo approving this for sale on their eshop amid the legal battle between Pocketpair and Nintendo over Palworld is funny enough on the surface, but it gets better.
From this video and this video (courtesy of Run n Game Entertainment, and Oersted respectively):
This was not published by Nintendo, it's only being distributed on the eshop. The game was made and published by BoggySoft, a developer known for ripping off popular games via asset flips.
The game was made with either a pirated, unlicensed, or personal use version of Unity. This is speculative but it's based on the splash screen "Made with Unity" in the opening of the game that can usually be removed with a licensed version of Unity. So either the person just neglected to remove it or they don't have a licensed version of Unity.
Several hours after Run n Game made his initial video on Palland, he got a copyright notice that caused about a minute of the video to be muted. This was caused by the Palland trailer as it's using copyrighted music in it's own trailer. It's unclear whether the developer got a license to use this music.
Oersted datamined the game and discovered 2 separate files with both "PokeWorld" and "Palworld" in the names.
One of the file names looks like it was specifically generated using Bing's AI.
Oersted noted that the graphic for the title screen was suspect (as in possibly generated by AI).
They were also able to source one of the 3D models from an asset pack from Meshtint.
A few things to note:
Given the combination of issues around licensing and the clear links between Pokemon and Palworld, there's doubts as to whether any of the assets is being used with a license.
There's nothing inherently wrong with buying assets or using free license assets in a game you're making. Buying/using free assets isn't a crime or mark against the quality of a game. The problem lies in "shovelware" and "asset flips" like Palland flooding the market for a quick buck.
For context on how Palland plays, please watch this short clip of Dunkey playing the game.
Final note:
While this situation is really funny, it really highlights the lack of oversight when it comes to content regulation on Nintendo's Eshop. There were complaints of shovelware and asset flips flooding the store long before genAI entered the conversation. Maybe this will actually get Nintendo to reevaluate how they regulate content on the store (assuming there's any oversight now???) but who really knows with them.