nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 11 days agoPalworld Dev Reveals Patents at the Heart of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company Lawsuit — and How Much Money It’s Being Sued Forwww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down10
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minus-squarestarman2112linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 days agoSome of them are extremely similar, but there were over 3,000 existing Pokemon designs as of Palworld’s release. It would be a statistical wonder if none of them looked similar, especially when our criteria can be as loose as “fire fox” and “Anubis”
minus-squarestarman2112linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agohttps://www.cbr.com/just-how-many-pokmon-are-there-really/ Between original Pokemon, shinies, regional versions, and weird upgrades like gigantamax or whatever
minus-squareiAmTheTotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoI mean, shinies are a palette swap, no? I don’t really know if I’d call that a different design.
Some of them are extremely similar, but there were over 3,000 existing Pokemon designs as of Palworld’s release. It would be a statistical wonder if none of them looked similar, especially when our criteria can be as loose as “fire fox” and “Anubis”
Where are you getting 3,000 from?
https://www.cbr.com/just-how-many-pokmon-are-there-really/
Between original Pokemon, shinies, regional versions, and weird upgrades like gigantamax or whatever
I mean, shinies are a palette swap, no? I don’t really know if I’d call that a different design.