Regarding the lawsuit, changes to Palworld and the future | 株式会社ポケットペア
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On November 30th, 2024, we released Patch v0.3.11 for Palworld. This patch removed the ability to summon Pals by throwing Pal Spheres and instead changed it to a static summon next to the player. Several other game mechanics were also changed with this patch. As many have speculated, these changes were indeed a result of the ongoing litigation.

Furthermore, we regret to inform our players that with the implementation of Patch v0.5.5, we must make yet another compromise. From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals. Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide.

  • pishadoot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    18 hours ago

    “Allowing bullying”

    You walk up to kids that got their face punched in on a playground and tell them to quit being a little removed, too?

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      7 minutes ago

      I don’t think I understand your argument here.

      I think a better comparison would be am I going to feel bad for the kid who got punched in the face with padding on, then decided that getting punched in the face was OK so they removed the padding. And the answer is firmly no.

      The fact that they changed anything before legal proceedings finalized, with the fact that it’s clear that what Nintendo is chasing after is being selectively enforced because other games have run the same mechanics, for example Ark survival evolved had the glider mechanic from a creature you tame long before Pokemon ever did, means that I lost most respect that I had for the studio. (disregarding the fact that they are known to abandon their IP before completion)

      And honestly the fact that they are already working on the next game without this one being finished tells me all I need to know about whether or not they’re going to fight this legal battle or not.

      My fanboying over having an Ark x Pokémon game can only go so far, I’m not going to congratulate a company for bending over backwards to the playground bully, they had an amazing thing going, and I appreciate what they did, but they threw in the towel the moment Nintendo decided they didn’t like it and as an effect it made their game worse and as such now has a review stating so