“Palworld, Pokemon Fake” Discussion on Social Media

In just 24 hours 2 million sales Palworld, which has achieved great success on both Steam and Xbox at the same time, is the only thing the gaming world is talking about lately. When the game became so popular, it was claimed that some of the designs in the game were taken from another famous production, Pokemon.

“You stole my monster” fight between Japanese

Pocketpair is currently available for images. productive artificial intelligence It is a company that uses them, has no hesitation in announcing that it uses them, and is thought to go a little too far in taking inspiration. The similarity between our friends named Pal at Palworld and their Pokemon designs quickly turned the tables on the company.

palworld, looks more like a survival game than a Pokemon game. In the game, which takes place in the parallel universe of Pokemon, our aim is not to die, we do not aim to catch any living creature. However, when it comes to visuals, the situation changes. Players are directly accusing Pocketpair of stealing pokemon designs.

Pocketpair is not shy about taking inspiration from others

Pocketpair in discussions The point that puts us in a more difficult situation comes from the company’s managers. As if it wasn’t enough that the company had developed a game called “AI: Art Impostor” in the past, the visuals of that game were clearly influenced by another game. In that game, productive artificial intelligence is among the main mechanics of the game.

CEO of the company Takuro Mizobe He also praised artificial intelligence in terms of content production. Moreover, in an X post dated 2022, he stated that artificial intelligence could one day get around legal restrictions. In a post dated 20221, he said that new Pokemon could be produced with artificial intelligence. Although there is nothing to prove that the characters in Palworld are produced by artificial intelligence, the fact that the team developing the game is quite inexperienced is also used to support these claims.

Earlier this month Midjourney, Stability AI and DeviantArtHe went to court against thousands of artists. Artists claimed that these artificial intelligence platforms used their own works for education.

But according to a post the CEO shared last week, the characters were designed by a newly graduated designer. The CEO stated that this person had previously applied to 100 companies and been rejected, and now he drew most of the 100 character concepts in Palworld. Despite this, the allegations on social media still continue.

Here are some similarities between Palworld and Pokemon that fans have noticed

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