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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Reading the article explains that it's not that their aesthetic is shared, it's that some of the models are extremely similar to S/V models, beyond the likelihood of coincidence, and Nintendo plans to investigate if it's coincidence or actual asset theft.

[–] CosmoNova 29 points 10 months ago

Reading the linked article? You are asking the impossible.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That was disproven several times - the guy who claimed it even admitted he'd altered Palworld's assets to show that supposed 'similarity'

[–] HandBreadedTools 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for that? This is the first I'm seeing that the claims were fraudulent.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago

The guy apparently rescaled the models to make them similar in size, which, idk if I'd call that altering

I still think it's kind of a BS claim though

[–] Sheeple -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Source? Or is this a "dude trust me"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Screenrant Article here from a day ago. It does still state that Nintendo intends to investigate, but most of the stolen/copied asset claims have been refuted or rescinded. With the main "they stole assets" person admitting they fabricated the proof because they hate how Palworld glorifies animal abuse (which is extremely ironic to me because no one had a problem when Pokémon was cockfighting for children)

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

No they are not.