Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit against "Pokémon with guns" game Palworld this week, officially kicking off a fight that's been looming since January. Now Palworld developer Pocketpair has responded, claiming it has no idea why it's being sued. This actually isn't as absurd as it sounds.

Palworld was released in January, and at the time, The Pokemon Company said it was investigating the game, which uses characters and settings that are similar to those in the Poke

Pocketpair, the company behind Palworld, says it doesn’t know what patents it violated. The game has been described as “Pokémon with guns” by many players online.

Today in news everyone saw coming, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing " Pokémon with guns" game Palworld. In less likely news, the lawsuit might have nothing to do with the creatures' designs.

Nintendo and the Pokemon Company's lawsuit against fellow creature-collectathon Palworld is for patent infringement, rather than copyright infringement, and one analyst reckons that means Nintendo has "given up" on trying to argue that Pals look too similar to Mons.

This lawsuit comes almost nine months after the release of Palworld, which first became available for players on Jan. 19, 2024. Palworld saw a ton of success upon its initial rele