Palworld developer Pocketpair responds to Nintendo & TPC lawsuit

This morning, Japanese indie game developer Pocketpair addressed the lawsuit filed by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company through its website and social media channels.

Pocketpair stated they have received notice of the lawsuit and will begin legal proceedings and investigations. Ath the time of publication, the company also mentioned they are unaware of the specific patents involved.

Though the company stated it will continue with improvements for the game, it said it will have less time to spend on game development due to the lawsuit.

Here’s the company’s full statement released today:

Regarding the Lawsuit

Yesterday, a lawsuit was filed against our company for patent infringement.

We have received notice of this lawsuit and will begin the appropriate legal proceedings and investigations into the claims of patent infringement.

At this moment, we are unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon, and we have not been notified of such details.

Pocketpair is a small indie game company based in Tokyo. Our goal as a company has always been to create fun games. We will continue to pursue this goal because we know that our games bring joy to millions of gamers around the world. Palworld was a surprise success this year, both for gamers and for us. We were blown away by the amazing response to the game and have been working hard to make it even better for our fans. We will continue improving Palworld and strive to create a game that our fans can be proud of.

It is truly unfortunate that we will be forced to allocate significant time to matters unrelated to game development due to this lawsuit. However, we will do our utmost for our fans, and to ensure that indie game developers are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas.

We apologize to our fans and supporters for any worry or discomfort that this news has caused. As always, thank you for your continued support of Palworld and Pocketpair.

Pocketpair

[Source]: Pocketpair.jp: Regarding the Lawsuit – [Archives: 1; 2] – [Screenshots: 1; 2]. @Palworld_EN (X/Twitter): Regarding the Lawsuit – [Archive] – [Screenshot]. @Palworld_JP (X/Twitter): 当社に対する訴訟の提起について – [Archives: 1; 2] – [Screenshots: 1; 2].