People didn’t mistake a DQ monster for pokemon, I wonder why….
TheStaticFrequency
Dogshit comparison, tbh
OakFish9
So dragon quest just copied animals then?
xxxNothingxxx
They sued for patent not for copyright
Krider-kun
We can insult Nintendo as much as we want but at least let’s not misinformation. Nintendo is suing Palworld not for copyright infringement but patent infringement (which is still BS btw).
jamcub
We all know what this is about. But no, not at all the same.
SamuraiKenji
As a DQ fans, this pic never makes any sense to me. But whatever fits your narrative, I guess.
BadSince1992
This post didn’t turn out the way you saw it would in your head, did it?
JumpingCoconut
It’s a patent lawsuit. Nobody knows about what specifically. But it’s not about copying monsters.
I’m just guessing here, but maybe catching pals with pokeballs wasn’t that good of an idea.
avengywengy
Ahh yes they copied *checks notes* animals?
gereffi
Tweaked versions of animals and mythological creatures isn’t the problem here.
BenHDR
The only ones that look remotely similar to me here are Shellder and *maybe* Caterpie. How do you look at the vast majority of these and think “*yup, those are just copies*”
Paper_Champ
Damn people are salty
FrankWoodson69
They didnt sue for copyright, they sued for patent
Hypno--Toad
They are suing patent infringement.
So more like how the ball wobbles or the fact that you fight gym leaders.
Deletedtopic
Is there an Smt variation this?
AzyKool
1) If you knew the first thing about Japanese and wider world mythology you would know these are based off the same inspiration. What’s more, what they have done with inspiration doesn’t even look remotely similar. Also, you can’t copyright “crabs”, genius…
2) If you knew the first thing about this case you would know Nintendo is not suing over monster designs (despite many having been proven beyond reasonable doubt to be modified pokemon models) but that the case is actually over supposed patent infringements.
alfadasfire
Some of these i can sort of see, but most of these are really far fetched. Like psyduck? Sheldor? Geodude? Pidgeotwhatever? Come on it’s not even close
Serious_Course_3244
One of these is just a slime in a shell lol what a stupid picture
Nightwingx97
Yes Dragon Quest came up with Pterodactyls and caterpillars lmao
kriffing_schutta
Pokemon has a creature that is also based on a bat
“This copied dragon quest. They came up with the concept of bats”
Palworld uses ampharos’ exact model
“They just took inspiration from pokemon and riffed on that general idea”
Yhamerith
So that’s why I love Dragon Quest…
Endolphine
TIL you can captor DQ monster and train them to fight other monsters
nightrogen
Copyright law is one of the ways the world is rigged for those on top, and why everything eventually sucks.
I wonder if the artist of Dragon Quest knows about Dragon Ball Z’s caterpy! /s. >!Akira Toriyama is the Character designer for Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball!<
SenAtsu011
Holy shit, that is actually awesome.
1LT_0bvious
Soy Palworld fan spotted.
couldbedumber96
So other than the difference between patent and copyright, palworld also straight up Pokémon’s designs, whereas pokemon has different designs than dragon quest, toriyama’s art is so unique you KNOW when you’re looking at it, the same can be said for pokemon
deadhead4077
Oh snap, never knew this lol
Bowens1993
That’s not what they’re sueing them for… it’s because they stole the pokeball mechanic.
Corescos
Yeah… no. People seem to always make this comparison and it’s just wrong. The only one I would even call close is ghastly and Nidoran-M. The execution of these ideas is so beyond different that even these cherry picked designs don’t really fit the narrative.
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The art style ain’t even the same
TIL Dragon Quest invented crabs.
People didn’t mistake a DQ monster for pokemon, I wonder why….
Dogshit comparison, tbh
So dragon quest just copied animals then?
They sued for patent not for copyright
We can insult Nintendo as much as we want but at least let’s not misinformation. Nintendo is suing Palworld not for copyright infringement but patent infringement (which is still BS btw).
We all know what this is about. But no, not at all the same.
As a DQ fans, this pic never makes any sense to me. But whatever fits your narrative, I guess.
This post didn’t turn out the way you saw it would in your head, did it?
It’s a patent lawsuit. Nobody knows about what specifically. But it’s not about copying monsters.
I’m just guessing here, but maybe catching pals with pokeballs wasn’t that good of an idea.
Ahh yes they copied *checks notes* animals?
Tweaked versions of animals and mythological creatures isn’t the problem here.
The only ones that look remotely similar to me here are Shellder and *maybe* Caterpie. How do you look at the vast majority of these and think “*yup, those are just copies*”
Damn people are salty
They didnt sue for copyright, they sued for patent
They are suing patent infringement.
So more like how the ball wobbles or the fact that you fight gym leaders.
Is there an Smt variation this?
1) If you knew the first thing about Japanese and wider world mythology you would know these are based off the same inspiration. What’s more, what they have done with inspiration doesn’t even look remotely similar. Also, you can’t copyright “crabs”, genius…
2) If you knew the first thing about this case you would know Nintendo is not suing over monster designs (despite many having been proven beyond reasonable doubt to be modified pokemon models) but that the case is actually over supposed patent infringements.
Some of these i can sort of see, but most of these are really far fetched. Like psyduck? Sheldor? Geodude? Pidgeotwhatever? Come on it’s not even close
One of these is just a slime in a shell lol what a stupid picture
Yes Dragon Quest came up with Pterodactyls and caterpillars lmao
Pokemon has a creature that is also based on a bat
“This copied dragon quest. They came up with the concept of bats”
Palworld uses ampharos’ exact model
“They just took inspiration from pokemon and riffed on that general idea”
So that’s why I love Dragon Quest…
TIL you can captor DQ monster and train them to fight other monsters
Copyright law is one of the ways the world is rigged for those on top, and why everything eventually sucks.
[Caterpy looks a bit different in 1993](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/b/b0/CaterpyS4.png/revision/latest?cb=20120119232638) as well.
I wonder if the artist of Dragon Quest knows about Dragon Ball Z’s caterpy! /s. >!Akira Toriyama is the Character designer for Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball!<
Holy shit, that is actually awesome.
Soy Palworld fan spotted.
So other than the difference between patent and copyright, palworld also straight up Pokémon’s designs, whereas pokemon has different designs than dragon quest, toriyama’s art is so unique you KNOW when you’re looking at it, the same can be said for pokemon
Oh snap, never knew this lol
That’s not what they’re sueing them for… it’s because they stole the pokeball mechanic.
Yeah… no. People seem to always make this comparison and it’s just wrong. The only one I would even call close is ghastly and Nidoran-M. The execution of these ideas is so beyond different that even these cherry picked designs don’t really fit the narrative.