Palworld clearly has some similarities to Pokemon but anyone who has played the game knows that it is a very different beast altogether. However, former Capcom game developer Yoshiki Okamoto’s doesn’t think that way and has said in a new video that Palworld has genuinely ‘crossed a line that should not be crossed’ leading to a backlash from Japanese fans. Many pointed out that games Okamoto has previously worked on in his career usually borrowed aspects from other games. You can read more here.
Palworld had “crossed a line that should not be crossed, and I don’t want the world to become a place where this kind of thing is acceptable.”
“if a settlement is reached with Nintendo, then I think it (Palworld) will become a game that is officially fine to play. However, it is currently a game that’s being sued so it’s unacceptable. By playing the game you are supporting it, so please don’t buy it.”
This comment and his labelling of Pocketpair as an “anti-xxxx” (Okamoto bleeped out and distorted the last kanji character of the word in both the audio and subtitle in the video) prompted a flood of criticism in the comments — and many did not hold back.
