A former legal manager at The Pokémon Company believes that Palworld was ” just another scam ” that was often seen in the video game industry.

Palworld is played on PC , Steam Deck , Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass and its success is palpable, Pocketpair never wanted to do anything illegal . Of course, the former legal chief at The Pokémon Company is surprised.

Its creators assured that the game ” is not a scam ” in their Steam FAQ and even defended themselves against those who described it as “a lying game” in itself.

His entire studio and the CEO himself have come out to defend themselves against the accusations, although a former manager at TPC is quite surprised by what they have achieved.

The Game File media has talked about this phenomenon and compiled several investigations, such as all the accusations of plagiarism of Pokémon and the use of AI made shortly after its release.

But what seems curious to Stephen Totilo is that The Pokémon Company has not said or done anything since its first trailer was shown back in 2021, which is said to be soon.

The aforementioned media itself asked the person who once led TPC’s legal team from 2008 to 2020, the date on which the pandemic began globally .

All Pals are now fun in Early Access

His response is quite curious: ” This seems like the typical scam I would see a thousand times a year when I was Legal Chief in Pokémon. I’m surprised it made it this far .”

The questions of inspiration versus copy are pretty vague, and if that’s not enough, the game works very well. It doesn’t sell just because it’s similar to Pokémon, but because what people play is good enough for others to want to join.

Furthermore, Palworld has not come out of nowhere and has been in development for several years. In June 2021 it was already described as ” Pokémon with weapons ” or with guns, so it didn’t catch anyone off guard.

The game is not available on PlayStation 5 , although the studio will consider it and Shuhei Yoshida appears to be working on it .

And this is the Pokémon mod for this game , which is sweeping PC and Xbox with more than 6 million copies sold to date; and it’s in Early Access.

It is clear that the former legal head of The Pokémon Company comments that Palworld ” seems like the typical scam I saw a thousand times a year “, but its success leaves all this behind.