Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Japanese video game studio Pocketpair, alleging that its parody shooter game Palworld is violating intellectual property laws.

A new game is revealed that takes the best features from open-world creature collection games like Palworld and Pokemon GO and makes them its own.

A former developer working on Palworld reveals that Pocketpair made changes to their designs to more closely resemble Pokemon.

ORIGINAL STORY 2am UK: Nintendo is suing Pocketpair, developer of hit Pokémon-style game Palworld, over the alleged infringement of "multiple patent rights".

Pocketpair recently disclosed that it will not switch Palworld to a free-to-play or live-service model. As Toto alluded to above, it's believed that Pocketpair will soon announce Palworld's PlayStation 5 port. Sony and Pocketpair have already teamed up for a Palworld merchandise deal with an eye towards expanding the franchise beyond games.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the Palwoods and hunt large, electric yellow animals of entirely

One analyst reckons that Nintendo's laundry list of patents means it could have sued countless games over the years, but the company is only targeting Palworld over its similarities to Pokemon now because it's inclined to do so.

Palworld has been sued by Nintendo and honestly, I'm not surprised. The so-called 'Pokémon with guns' open-world survival game was hugely popular upon its release back in January, but for many fans, it was only a matter of time before Nintendo addressed the elephant in the room – that strikingly similar character design.

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit against "Pokémon with guns" game Palworld this week, officially kicking off a fight that's been looming since January. Now Palworld developer Pocketpair has responded,