• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    At this point it would be better for nintendo to buy palworld from the delveloper and make pokemon multiversal with palworld existing in an alternate universe.

    That way they could cash in on the massive success, separate it from their actual pokemon IP all whilst appeasing fans of palworld by keeping the game alive.

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        10 months ago

        I didnt k ow about this. Just read about it now. Wow. Really interesting. I want to try the Japanese super mario bros 2 now haha.

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            10 months ago

            From what ive read, doki doki panic was a seperate game and was reskinned to become what the western world got as super mario bros 2. Japan had a different super mario bros 2 game that was built using the original game engine.

            One key difference was that in the western version mario picked up and threw enemies but in the japan game mario jumped on enemiea like in the original.

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              10 months ago

              Oh no way, I didn’t know that. When you said you wanted to try the Japanese Super Mario 2, I thought you were just referring to Doki Doki Panic.

              Now I really want to play the Japanese Super Mario 2 as well.

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      10 months ago

      Nintendo doesn’t own Pokemon. GameFreak does.

      If someone stole your IP - why would you pay them for it back? What a terrible idea.

      Do you buy your bike back from the guy who stole it? How often does someone steal it?

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        10 months ago

        Actually, pokemon is owned by nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. It’s a joint ownership. Look it up.

        Palworld didn’t steal their IP. They very closely mimicked the IP and potentially with just enough legal distinction to claim its not infringement.

        Your analogy would be much more relevant if it was i own a bike company and another company started selling bikes that were extremely similar to my design which disrupted my sales.

        In which casez yes i absolutely would buy out the other bike company before i lost too much business and either close it down or absorb it into my own business. This is not a terrible idea its a fairly common business practice.

        But ok…