Following yesterday’s lawsuit from Nintendo and the Pokémon Firm, Palworld developer Pocketpair says it is “unaware of the precise patents” it is alleged to have infringed upon.
In a assertion posted on the PocketPair web site, the studio revealed it wasn’t notified of specifics and mentioned it is “really unlucky that we’re pressured to allocate vital time to issues unrelated to recreation improvement attributable to this lawsuit.”
“Our aim as an organization has all the time been to create enjoyable video games,” wrote Pocketpair. “We are going to proceed to pursue this aim as a result of we all know that our video games carry pleasure to thousands and thousands of gamers world wide.”
No particular patents had been listed in Nintendo’s press launch saying the lawsuit. The Swap maker beforehand indicated it will examine whether or not to take authorized motion in opposition to Palworld not lengthy after its January launch and subsequent success.
On the time, Nintendo mentioned it’d been knowledgeable Pocketpair infringed on the copyright of its personal monster catching franchise, spurred partially by Palworld itself being generally known as “Pokémon with Weapons.”
Pocketpair continued its assertion by claiming it is merely a “small indie [studio] based mostly in Tokyo” and pledged to “be certain that indie recreation builders will not be hindered or discouraged from pursuing their inventive concepts.”
“We are going to proceed enhancing Palworld and attempt to create a recreation that our followers will be happy with,” provides the assertion. “We apologize to our followers and supporters for any fear or discomfort that this information has brought on.”