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[–] AClassyGentleman@lemmy.world 151 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

One extra thing a lot of articles haven't pointed out is that the mod was locked behind a patreon paywall. Sticking mods behind paywalls has been a hot subject (to put it gently) in the community for a while now. Not to rush to the defense of the most profitable franchise in the world, but yeah that's absolutely gonna get you shut down.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 88 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Paywalled mods are debatable themselves. Throwing one of the most protected IPs that’s ever existed in the mix?

Lmao, yeah. Of course this would happen.

I’m surprised it hasn’t happened to Palworld directly.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My guess is Palworld has done their homework on how to be "legally distinct" enough. It's quite a different gameplay loop, after all and Nintendo can't copyright "cute little animals that do the manual labour for the humies" otherwise things like Digimon already wouldn't exist.