The beginning of 2024 saw Palworld, a game that appeared to be heavily influenced by Nintendo’s Pokemon, become a breakout PC hit. Palworld sold millions in a very short period of time earning its devs at Pocketpair a small, unexpected fortune became a phenomenon. With more than a passing resemblance to Pokemon, with the added feature of guns, the gaming world was quick to point out that notoriously litigious Nintendo would soon be knocking on Pocketpair’s door to ask them to stop that. Way back at the start of the year Nintendo confirmed it would look into the matter and see if it, and sister brand The Pokemon Company had been infringed in anyway.