Pockpair continued their defense against Nintendo’s lawsuit by listing out various game titles that allegedly use the same mechanics that Nintendo is suing them for. Included in the list were Nintendo’s own Legend of Zelda, Rune Factory 5, ARK: Survival Evolved, and Final Fantasy 14.
As for the exact basis for suing Pocketpair, one of the claims Nintendo is founding their lawsuit on is that they supposedly own the monster capturing mechanic when it involves throwing out another fighting character – a mechanic Pockpair argues exists in other titles that are not facing lawsuits.
Here is the complete list Pocketpair presented as examples in the legal document:
- Craftopia (Steam link), released by Pocketpair in 2021
- Pocket Souls (Nexus Mods link), a Dark Souls 3 mod released in 2020)
- Ark: Survival Evolved, or ARK (Steam link), released by Studio Wildcard in 2017; partly in combination with a Pokémon mod
- The Legend of Zelda (Wikipedia link), published by Nintendo
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Wikipedia link), published by Nintendo
- Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield (Wikipedia link), published by Nintendo
- Final Fantasy 14 (Wikipedia link), published by Square Enix
- Tomb Raider (Wikipedia link), originally created by Core Design
- Far Cry 5 (Wikipedia link), published by Ubisoft
- Monster Super League (product website), a mobile game by Smart Study Games
- Pixelmon mod for Minecraft (product website)
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Pikipedia link)
- Rune Factory 5 (Wikipedia link) by Marvelous
- Titanfall 2 (Wikipedia link) by Electronic Arts
- Path of Exile (Wikipedia link) by Grinding Gear Games
- Octopath Traveler (Wikipedia link) by Square Enix
- Dragon Quest Builders (Wikipedia link) by Square Enix
- Nexomon (Steam link) by VEWO Interactive
- NukaMon mod for Fallout 4 (Nexus Mods link)
- Monster Hunter 4G/Ultimate (Wikipedia link) by Capcom
- ArcheAge (Wikipedia link) by XL Games
- Riders of Icarus (product website) by VALOFE
The defense was filed on February 21, 2025 – the legal document was first accessed by gamesfray. Pockpair reportedly filed preparatory briefs arguing that “Nintendo’s patents-in-suit shouldn’t have been granted in the first place because there was prior art before the relevant priority date that already covered what Nintendo claimed to have invented.”
The legal battle between Nintendo and Pocketpair is currently ongoing. Palworld continues to see patch updates – having even celebrated their 32 million cumulative player count in February.
