Palworld Continues Challenging Nintendo Lawsuits By Using Legend of Zelda and Other Titles as Examples
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- Palworld defends against Nintendo lawsuits by listing other titles that Nintendo has not challenged.
- The other titles contain similar mechanics as the ones Nintendo listed in their initial lawsuit against Palworld.
- Pockpair, the team responsible for Palworld, listed Legend of Zelda, ARK, Final Fantasy 14, and many other titles.
Pockpair continued their defense against Nintendo’s lawsuit by listing out various game titles that allegedly use the same mechanics that Nintendo is suing them for. Included in the list were Nintendo’s own Legend of Zelda, Rune Factory 5, ARK: Survival Evolved, and Final Fantasy 14.
As for the exact basis for suing Pocketpair, one of the claims Nintendo is founding their lawsuit on is that they supposedly own the monster capturing mechanic when it involves throwing out another fighting character – a mechanic Pockpair argues exists in other titles that are not facing lawsuits.
Here is the complete list Pocketpair presented as examples in the legal document:
- Craftopia, released by Pocketpair in 2021
- Pocket Souls, a Dark Souls 3 mod released in 2020)
- Ark: Survival Evolved, or ARK, released by Studio Wildcard in 2017; partly in combination with a Pokémon mod
- The Legend of Zelda, published by Nintendo
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus, published by Nintendo
- Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, published by Nintendo
- Final Fantasy 14, published by Square Enix
- Tomb Raider, originally created by Core Design
- Far Cry 5, published by Ubisoft
- Monster Super League, a mobile game by Smart Study Games
- Pixelmon mod for Minecraft
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe
- Rune Factory 5 by Marvelous
- Titanfall 2 by Electronic Arts
- Path of Exile by Grinding Gear Games
- Octopath Traveler by Square Enix
- Dragon Quest Builders by Square Enix
- Nexomon by VEWO Interactive
- NukaMon mod for Fallout 4
- Monster Hunter 4G/Ultimate by Capcom
- ArcheAge by XL Games
- Riders of Icarus by VALOFE
The defense was filed on February 21, 2025 – the legal document was first accessed by gamesfray. Pockpair reportedly filed preparatory briefs arguing that “Nintendo’s patents-in-suit shouldn’t have been granted in the first place because there was prior art before the relevant priority date that already covered what Nintendo claimed to have invented.”
The legal battle between Nintendo and Pocketpair is currently ongoing. Palworld continues to see patch updates – having even celebrated their 32 million cumulative player count in February.
