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“Bootleg of a Bootleg”: A New Pokémon Lookalike, Pickmon, Seems to be Ripping Off Both Palworld and Pokémon

9 March 2026 at 19:54

A colorful, cartoonish creature with a flame tail and a heart icon above its head stands near a wooden fence, with a

When Palworld was first announced back in 2021, the internet immediately clocked it as 'Pokémon with guns,' and it was the least surprising thing for Nintendo to initiate a lawsuit against the game's developer, PocketPair, even if it meant trying some "Hail Mary" tactics by going after patents for game mechanics, rather than attempting to catch PocketPair on copyright infringement with the design of the Pals coming very close to the design of popular Pokémon. But even amidst the lawsuit, Palworld has been a smash success - it may never arrive on a Nintendo console, but it doesn't have to […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/pokemon-palworld-rip-off-pickmon-announced/

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