Honest Game Trailers | Palworld 

If you wanted it to be a Bezos simulator you'd have to make the humans volunteer to be captured 🤣

Gotta -catch- employ 'em all!

@@falcie7743 gotta exploit them all!

The accuracy of this statement is horrifying...

I condense my human captives to make them more powerful.....to work harder.

I chilled out with them and protected them WITH guns.

I felt like it was closer to 'cute ARK where your pets can walk around and participate rather than being locked standing in the same spot for a month.'

It's only the next logical step.

Seems like what would actually happen in a Pokémon world.

​@@genjis5155 because Pokemon are animals and we eat animals. Palworld just doesn't shy away from reality... and also gives the cute monkey an AK 😂

@@zacziggarot It also gives the cute squirrel a weapon and he sits on your head to fire it lmao

Don't forget the soul harvesting

That got a good belly laugh out of me

Same. While not terribly original, that was rather accurate.

May I suggest "Flawless Design" 🤔

You may not. ​@@dcd3lt4

​@@kryptonianguest1903 FLAWLESS DESIGN

Oddly enough, Palworld's Anubis is probably closer to the mythological Anubis than Lucario is... if anything, Lucario would be "blue ethnic Anubis" :D

Sure you weren't Koffing?

Wheezing? *Gamefreak legal team intensifies*

"millenial's spirit animal" was the best one lmao

Spoilers!

And each pal has unique animations for each job it does. I don't think I've seen a single copy yet.

There is more than 1К pokemons in a national dex.

Not only are their more Pokémon that now come out yearly. It’s expansive and it’s a lot of work even for a large company. Palworld ripped off of someone else’s work almost verbatim and didn’t have to spend all of their time on the same world building. Also Pokémon is for kids. Adults just play it (like me bc we played as kids). It’s also a Nintendo game… a game system geared towards kids… like be for real. PAL world is on a different platform with different mechanics and it’s audience is adults 😐 With less knock off pokemon to really have to animate for

@@Colourmechoco Honestly Palworld plays entirely uniquely and the more I look into it the better Palworld looks and the more I'm aware Pokemon ripped off...or doesn't own like Mythological characters or generic concepts like "it looks like a fox or a wolf". At this point I'm willing to say that Palworld is actually its own unique thing and in all honesty is more unique than pokemon is.

@@Ralathar44 Also perfect background music. You just get to listen to nature.... which is nice.

And in development since 2019.

They've been tiptoeing on the legal line since 2019. These guys are maniacs lmao. (Just a joke)

@onebear6504 they really do tip toe the line tho. Found out it was the only way for them to make it in this industry. They call themselves a derivate company and have derivate law linked go their website so they're pretty open about it

And Nintendo went for the neck on another IP all this while.

Exactly, Nintendo would have stopped this in 2019 when it was announced if they could. The fact that it exists and was released, already means Nintendo can do nothing and only said that to stop people spamming their inbox's.

How many Pikachu clones does Pokemon have?

@@raxadianbro why so defensive

I still remember when the first images of Marrill circulated and people called him 'pikablu'@@raxadian

Me too! @@FlyingZard11

​@@raxadianin 1 generation? Just the one. Pikachu. Why would you compare the first group of pals to all like 800+ Pokémon? Pocket Pair didn't need like 9 deer knockoffs for their first go at this.

And then he goes away. 😂

FYI they had pics of the pals before the release asking for community input for naming. The one that is now named like Foxicle or something was named by the community, I opted for Poledancer and I forget the other one...its like an ice fox thing...

I don't blame him. I never saw the full list before but...wow, so many ripoffs.

@@AuraChannelerChris I mean there are Only so many kinds of animals...and then its just colors and little details...so yea... unless u want like a game of abominations then go ham i guess?

@@douglasduda9826We already have that, it's called digimon

Which looked fine when it was 2D & none of the pokemon were animated in battle. But then, they decided to animate them like haunted marionettes having a mild seizure. And then they decided to make 'em 3D. And the fans just kept refusing to tell them no.

@@D_YellowMadness Exactly. And even some of the later 2D games like Black and White had animated sprites that looked pretty good. We've been staring at these same models with the same poses since the first 3DS game.

@@D_YellowMadness If they go back and make a mainline Pokemon 2D with some enhanced audio and visuals (where appropriate) I bet it would sell like hotcakes AND actually be pretty good. If they aren't willing to make a more "modern" Pokemon that matches the fidelity that the recent games have, then I think embracing and enhancing the 2D would be better. I mean look at games like Octopath Tarveler. A Pokemon game using visuals like that would be sick. Plus I think not being 3D would actually allow them more room to breathe and be creative. Imagine a more expansive and deep secret base system that we used to have. Or some procedural dungeon/roguelike experience for players in the same vein as the Safari Zone but a bit more dangerous.

Aye and each pal has unique animations for each job it does. I don't think I've seen a single copy yet.

​@@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4 pokemon's problem is not going 3D but going 3D and not changing anything gameplay wise. What is the point of going 3D but still the battle system and interaction are the same.

Yup! The statement they made should basically be read as: "You guys... WE KNOW! Seriously, WE FREAKING KNOW! It's not that bad, and there's nothing we can do, so just STOP PESTERING US ABOUT IT, DAMMIT!"

They (The Pokemon Company, not Nintendo) probably could take them to court over some of the designs tbf, but it wouldn't be a clear open/shut case. And the outcome I am uncertain on what it would mean as it may just mean altering some of the designs slightly.

@user-ds8rj2vc4v They will and they will win. They would then be entitled to money made of the game. Nintendo doesnt own pokemon so theres that too

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v Also from what we know of the cut content a few of the specifically cut Pals looks like they were cut for being just a little bit *too* close to Pokemon designs.

@@zachariahsmith9130 I don't think they would just be entitlted to the money from the game. They might get some money, but unlikely to be all of it. It'd be up to the courts to decide what (if any) damages have been incurred and decide a fair settlement from there.

with all of the puns about attractiveness, they could have gone with "Hot Deer" XD

Meanwhile Pokemon: "Best I can do is Twinkle tackle" (seriously Game Freak did you let the CEO's nephew animate this?!)

Depresso mining and Mossanda hammering are my favorites. Depresso just slowly and sullenly swinging the pick, and Mossanda holding a tiny hammer delicately between thumb and forefinger. :)

@@sloft-70 If you ignore the huge amount of animations they also have for everything else x 1000 Also of course animations are better, they were taken from other things

​@@icecontrol1 What were they take from?

@@icecontrol1 Your proof?

I suspect that's actually due to Microsoft. If they sue PP would likely sell out to MS to protect itself which is something Nintendo doesn't want because now MS owns Palworld. No matter how much money Nintendo has Microsoft has waaaay more, in the trillions. I mean they just casually bought Minecraft for like 3 billion dollars like it was pocket money.

Yeah, they couldn't do anything against Genshin. So looks like they are safe. It's weird who Nintendo decides to hunt down.

@@Adonteon21 GameFreak (Nintendo) only mentioned stuff like that to make the Pokemon fan base stfu lol, they could sue palworld if they really wanted to especially since they are both based in Japan and Japan has bad fair use laws, they just know if they did it would backfire greatly from the community lol

@@rarehyperion I think I heard somewhere that Nintendo tried to sue Digimon in the past and that fell through so they might not have as much of a case as people assume

@@sebastianrochefort6763they don’t because there’s a threshold you need to clear to avoid be copyright infringement, for example, Grizzbolt and Lamball are something they can’t be sued for

It’s almost like the Palworld developers get the time they need and deserve unlike GF. Point the fingers at the actual villains for once.

@@Mojo1356nah game freak sucks at making games. But it’s true that they also have over 52k animations to make if they want to meet this all mons fully animated with he textures arbitration by the fandom.

Yes, because they are not really tied to quite weak hardware :)

​@@Pecisk That's not an issue considering Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey did just fine. Give GameFreak more than 1 year to develop a game and that will make all the difference. Sonic Frontiers is proof of that point if you understand their history with Sega.

@@GottaFistDemAll thank you. Finally- somebody understands that GF is trying the best they can with these stupid ass draconian whip cracking rules that TPC forces onto the poor guys. Words can’t express how bad I feel for GF. There’s clearly something amazing here in SV between the writing and it being even easier to dive into competitive battling (where I feel Pokemon is at its most fun). People wonder why anyone would defend GF- it’s because sensible ones realize they’re victims and not the true villains.

No wonder he's such a clown.

That's like a Ruby Saphire/ORAS situation. MC's Mother with her house packed with Machamps 👀

​@mrjonjohnny7919 I think you mean Machads.

That's why Ash can use megapunsh. Why else would Mewtu use his psychic power to stop him?

Nah, they've had longer with actual Pokemon titles.

I will admit, despite Stonetoss being an unironic nazi, that one comic was actually funny.

Sega can cope and seethe all they want, but the fundamental difference is that Palworld made a new IP and they didn't. Giving Batman a gun will always get someone criticized.

Maybe because it isn't Pokemon; it's the "Nintendo should make the next Pokemon game darker" crowd-pleaser knockoff.

Sonic did that since PS2. Do you even born yet? Go search Shadow the headhodge Kiddo

Pokémon actually got at least an episode banned for pulling out guns which left fans wondering how Ash got a herd of Tauros, so who’s eye to bat? Makes sense being the only missed idea Game Freak hasn’t look back into besides capturing humans (Which also happened ounce in the anime)

Carbuncle was not only done in Final Fantasy first but also is literally a Mythological creature. You can't copyright mythology.

The Carbuncle just ate itself

I always hate when I forget that's a creature in Final Fantasy and look it up on Google Images.

tell that to square and pokemon. @@Ralathar44

@@RarutoUchiha2 Yeah the initial search before you add more keywords is a gross medical image lol.

AI would have been much more creative.

The only one in danger of being changed is cremis who looks like eevee which is trademarked too.

@@JT-yl9yt not even cremis, it's a cloud fox with the appropriate naming convention of cloud formations. GF has no ground to stand on to claim it

They own copyright over every individual pokemon what are you talking about? You all also fail to understand a few things. This is not a parody, so its not protected. A copy mom doesnt have to be 100% a trace. Go draw Mickey and make his ears pointy and try and sell merch and a series and see what happens. Hes supposed to be public domain and it still wouldnt fly. Copyright laws are made to protect these large companies. Literally drafted for their benefits. They trademark other aspects of the designs once the trademark cant be extended. Thats how theyve been doing this for decades without a problem.

@@zachariahsmith9130 I didn't say this was parody. Even without the parody exception the copyright Nintendo/Gamefreak has over most of their Pokemon don't extend much further than depictions of animals/humaniods that are extremely similar or obvious modifications to the Pokemon that they created. Case in point: Digimon have some creatures that are similar looking to Pokemon but neither infringes on the copyright of the other since the Digimon/Pokemon that are similar are also based off stuff animals/myths that are considered public domain. TL;DR: Nintendo/Gamefreak does not have the copyright to the concept of "a cartoonized elemental animal" or to the animals/myths that exist in the public domain that their Pokemon are based off of.

@aaronmccullers384 digimon and pokemon are similar only the monster name. I dunno how old you are but i grew up with these things and they were always seen as vastly different. Their designs aren't similar at all. Theres enough differences there. I love digimon btw. Digimon tamers is better than any season of pokemon. This has monsters in a capture device that look like literal pokemon designs and clearly inspired. It's not just like dog or cat. I don't know why it's hard for people to just acknowledge the obvious. I also don't hate palworld btw, i just don't think it's that great.

I thought I was the only one who remembered. All these years... and now I know, there are at least six of us! Counting the writer, myself, you, and the other three people who left a like!

There are dozens of us!

There was even a sequel!

I still listen to the JJ version of Carol of the Bells. It's amaze-balls!!

Same. Great music and gameplay.

There's a reason Depresso is quickly become the favorite pal.

more like every "mental health advocate" 's spirit animal

and the animations... other pals carry stuff to the storage, Depresso drags it, looking pissed off

Most of which was wrong. For example Lucario and Anubis are based on Anubis. In the previous game by the devs of Palworld you turned in proof of accomplishments to the literal god Anubis to power up. In Palworld the Anubis Pal is the statue of power which you turn in items to power up. Whereas Lucario kept the Anubis basings more subtle the Palworld version was just like "yo, this is just cartoon Anubis". Its the same thing with alot of pokemon, for example Carbuncle and Ninetails are both straight up just Mythology. Chillet is an ice ferret, hence chillet. Not a water snake like Dratini. People trying to give Pokemon way WAY too much coverage as well as ownship of all of mythology lol.

@@Ralathar44 I get Ninetails is a Kitsune, but what is Carbuncle?

@@AmandaFessler Mythology from Chile. Small animal with a gem (literally a carbuncle) in its forehead head. But has also been described as other types of animals too.

@@Ralathar44 I see! Thanks for explaining that. I had no idea that forehead gems came from a specific myth. 😃

I call that Pal "Go-Go Boots". The Melpaca doesn't get more than a silly name. Ethnic Lucario is a pretty canon Anubis, though. Fun times when you can have god-clones doing make-work in your base.

Deadpool is the first Disney film I'm interested in for like 15 years, and that's because it's basically a continuation of another company's films.

He said it !!!!

Pet the fox for me once you have it!

@@molybdaen11 😂 Will do

Or better yet, using the money they'd waste on lawsuits and pump it into their games since they've sucked ass for 15 years now.

@@SharpWits2013 You're right on the fact that Nintendo should just invest more in development. I still remember when Hey You Pikachu came out for N64, I thought that was going to be the future of Pokemon. They should really start keeping their innovations around instead of leaving them in the past.

@@SharpWits2013 They've sucked since Gen 2 when it became obvious each new Pokemon game was just gonna be a carbon copy of the last one with some more pokemon

I totally saw Flammie in Quivern.

@@coyoteclockworkstudios3140 it was honestly the first thought I had. And Im okay with that because I got to fly my personal flammie now!

People trying to give pokemon ownership of all of mythology and even basic animals. Anubis, Carbunkle, Ninetails, Chinese Dragons, ferrets, foxes, etc. And the irony here is that pokemon stole all its own ideas. Even its pokeball is just straight up a recolored version of the capsule from Robotreak. Red and white instead of orange and white.

OMG your right! I haven't played Secret of Mana since the SNES era but I can certainly see some of Flammie in Quivern's design.

It was live at first sight for me. I thought „Oh, it's the white dragon from secret of mana”. And then I spend a week breeding them, still not done.

Yeah! For democracy!!!

Are the servers working

For super democracy!

Managed Democracy

Probably will be after Suicide Squad lol

So True😉👍

I have no interest in Palworld. But I do hope that this means the Pokemon company puts in some damn effort. Or that we get more Monster catcher games in the future (preferably without guns etc).

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v i was also really sceptical about Palworld, all that hype and everything. Game looked like another genshin+pokemon combined. But i gived it a try. Now im addicted. So if you didnt tried it-give it a chance, game is much deeper and funnier than it looks.

@@user-ds8rj2vc4vLol what is wrong with guns? Ur mom not let you play with guns as a child? They are tools...who and how they are used is essential.

@@douglasduda9826 1 - I have no issue with guns in games (they're not suitable for everyday people) 2 - I was clearly saying that I want a game that directly competes with Pokemon doing what Pokemon does, but better. Palworlds has some Pokemon design ripoffs, but the gameplay itself is compeltely different. It's more of a survival game like Ark or Valheim etc, and not so much a monster catcher RPG.

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v Have you seen TemTem? I think one issue is having it on consoles that most kids have...

Tell that to all the fangames with more creative designs than this. I was willing to give Palworld the benefit of the doubt until now. This is the first footage I've seen of it. And I can say without hesitation that they didn't even try to be original in the designs. I can't even pretend that they misrepresented the game. The video showed over 2 dozen different designs. More than half of them are just ripping off a Pokemon design. Even if this video was maliciously dishonest, just the possibility of misrepresenting the game to such a degree demonstrates that no real effort was put into coming up with designs.

Curiously, in Japan there are no Fair Use or parody laws, so it would be an even riskier move on the part of the company behind Palworld to do something like that if they weren't completely certain that Nintendo can't touch them. But putting that aside, everyone knows that Game Freak invented the concept of animals, elements, and colors!!!!

@@diostaku2 And considering it's been public for 3 years or so and they (pocket pair) are I believe located in Japan, this would have been shutdown a couple years ago. I'm pretty sure even Nintendo understands they don't really have a case here.

@@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4 Yea, people act like Nintendo is late to the party, when it's clear that they are the ones most aware of things like that, remember how they pulled down the pokemon mod for Palworld just hours after it was announced lol. They are clearly very aware of the matter and if they could do something, they would have done it by now, I think in fact they are already preparing Palworld merchandise at this point, so they seem to be quite confident with this.

my thoughts exactly.

I mean, they're probably gettin' sued. I'd love it if Nintendo's lawyers come up blank, though. Gotta root for the cheeky underdog! Especially considering it's a fun game and all.

​@@hazukichanx408I don't really see much indication that they are getting sued. All the quotes people point to are just "we are investigating and will take appropriate action". Appropriate action is almost certainly going to be either nothing or telling Pocket Pair to knock it off on the one or two details where they did cross the line. Nintendo took something like 2 days to take down the Pokemon Palworld mod. Meanwhile this game has been in development for years and been out for weeks, and they have done nothing. Just as they haven't done anything to Temtem (in fact, that game is available on the Switch).

@@hazukichanx408 someone made a pokemon mod for palworld and nintendo came for that bastard within a day. If nintendo could sue pocket pair, they would've done so 2 years ago when the game was announced.

@@zirconiumdiamond1416 Nintendo was actually talking about a copyright infringing card game, not Palworld.

If TemTem didn't get sued, this game wouldn't. Besides two or three pals, they can easily get away with parody law

We all know that our cats become ferral again once the sun goes down 😅.

thats exaactly what i was thinking

Seriously, hell, some of the Pokémon he said were the Pals were the WRONG Pokémon to compare it to. They also skipped Necromus who ISN'T a variant like some of the other Pals, even if he is another Centaur knight.

@@SeelkadoomandJokic00 like the one they always compare to meowth, that should be more accurately compared to purrugly, it looks nothing like meowth other than kind of being a cat

​@@bradhaines3142it's specifically galarian Meowths mouth and eyes. But who gives a F?

This is satire. He’s not trying to be a Pokémon Stan. He’s making jokes

You mean like three front legs?

The onla AI here are the raiders trying to catch a mammoth 20 levels above them...

Are you telling me this was done intentionally by actual humans?

​@@federicomarintuc Yes, at least where all the evidence points to. Although, Honest Games is just using the popular talking points for comedy, who knows if he actually thinks this game will get sued lol.

@@michaelm6179 As litigious as TPC is, they would have sued by now. I don't think they have a leg to stand on.

nah, the top half is just gen 9's Ceruledge

​@@davos6129 top half, lmfao, people like you literally grasping at straws to justify this game is "stealing" from pokemon

Looks more like a digimon

Palworld is walking this fine line between the highly detailed monster design of digimon and the simple and cute design of pokemon. The result is damn effective.

@@DenLim123 The most hilarious picture is that one with Verdash and Cinderace being used as 'proof' of plagiarism. When you can also UNIRONICALLY use said picture to claim otherwise. XD all these malding from that haters are just the cherry on top.

Hopefully Palworld shakes Nintendo and Game Freak from their complacency, they have been recycling the same game for decades and the quality has only been getting worse.

@@Voltaic_FireWell, given how hard this game has been falling off since launch…it won’t.

@@theshepdawg6809 Falling off? lmao It's an indie game with a shoestring budget that sold 10 million copies in 3 days and is the second most played game on Steam of all time, you're overdosing on copium.

​@@theshepdawg6809​yeah I'm not seeing any evidence of that being the case Like it can decrease in player count and start to equalize Like any game in the history of man lol But to say it's "falling off" needs some drastic evidence of steep and steady decline

@@maxexist4763 Well, seeing as at the time of writing this comment, the game has had a 75% drop in peak players in 19 days, I think everyone would say that's a pretty hard fall off. And if you want the evidence, go look at Steam charts.

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OMFG, yes. How have they not done one yet?

„Remember the console wars? This are Them now, feel old yet?”

They... did like a two thirds of them... did you watch to the end?

Wrong question. Its who was Ash's Mom doing.

Let's just say Mr.Mime's next act was "pretending" to eat Clams

"What or Who?"

@@darryljack6612 i grew up on that show, and that never occurred to me, i did not need that

Letz say, she welcomed Mr.Mime into the family...

agreed, this is probably the laziest "Honest Game Trailer" episode. Normally I love these skits but this one just felt like propaganda to stir people up. And the Liar who even claimed assets were AI generated already apologized and stated they were just mad because of depictions of Animal Cruelty.

But random people without any credibility on the internet say they are!

@@diostaku2 Tbh with how often I see some "anti-AI" bro spit out the most misinformed take on how image generators work, I just can't take them seriously anymore

@@nocturne6320 The ai bros are significantly worse than people fighting against ai art. AI art is a problem, but it's also a problem to make baseless accusations like people did against palworld.

@@nocturne6320 They even claimed AI made the Pal models. Um, pretty sure AI can't use Blender. AI isn't at the level of J.A.R.V.I.S. or Star Trek.

And a Rimworld one too.

And not turn-based. OH NOOO!!

@@D3adCl0wn Each creature has its own unique animations that move about in real time and don't just stay in balls their entire life? What is this maddness! The attack actually had to make contact with the target! :O

@@Goremize I can build a Palbox to summon 20 Pals to defeat a world boss? 0/10 bad game :((((

Notice how no one is accusing actual indie games like cassette beasts of plagiarism? It’s because they made their own designs Just because you like the game that doesn’t make it immune to criticism

@@rayquarizard2911 Found the mad pokemon fan that can't tell the difference between a real life animal and a pokemon

Pokémon stans trying to outlawyer Nintendo lawyers. Bruh.

GF has always cared. Nintendo doesnt own pokemon. This game will literally be litigated out of existance which is kinda funny how bad some of these are copied. The copy mon alone are worth the price honestly. Theses nothing amazing about palworld tho

@GeraltofRivia22 Child stop talking. Lawsuits take a while. They dont pop up over night. Learn how the law actually works. They wouldnt just have to sue in Japan BTW. Its def going to happen if you knew anything about Nintendo. They have sued private citizens. That being said i actually said its worth it just to see the crappy knock off. Its like finding knock off yu-gi-oh cards in the Bodega, a great source of entertainment

As a pokemon fan, I do not agree with those fans. This game rules and Gamefreak could learn a thing or two imo.

@@zachariahsmith9130take a while? bloodborne kart *cough* *cough*

What he said

The movies we wanted 30 jears ago and have no story at all. Effects are great though.

Yeah, but that's what we love about this game. It's what Pokémon should be.

Ethnic Lucario is just perfect.

Yeah because a cartoon cat and a deity from Egyptian mythology are design concepts totally invented and owned by Pokemon. Istg Pokemon stans are the most delusional fandom to date 😂

if it was even subtle plagiarism, we would have seen legal action already. Unfortunately for you, it may never happen.

Because people don't actually put thought into what actual copyright is or they don't consider what Pokemon took inspiration from and assume pokemon are just all original designs.

The games suck ass but the Pokémon themselves are great. Don’t pretend tinkaton and primeape aren’t sick

No this is just throwing together a bunch of stuff from their previous games.

Usually that results in a total mess of a game, where the mechanics don't make sense with each other, the entire game feels bloated and unnecessarily finicky, and one obvious strategy dominates that renders the rest of the mechanics completely unnecessary.

If that is what they did, it seems like they used it as a challenge to force creativity instead of using it as a way to push out a shallow generic game. Sometimes, the dartboard strategy works because limitation breeds creativity.

Many games have done this to be fair. The difference is Palworld managed to make them all work together and makes the process streamlined enough to be fun.

It always was!

No, not really. You're exploiting animals. Nothing fun about that.

Yveltal with a hint of Hisuian Braviary