There was a brief tangent about people attempting to cancel Palworld, so I’ll add more context:
Twitter users discover Palworld for the first time, and that they use popular design elements from Pokémon without fully copying any one Pokémon itself
(which is how they “get away” with it legally, as long as it isn’t fully crimping from the individual Pokémon. unless Pokémon copyrights the individual design elements that make up each Pokémon, they are in the clear, as it would set a dangerous precedent for all creative work going forward if that were to happen)
once pushback against the twitter freaks started, they attacked Pocketpair paying lip service to AI and NFTs, much like most major companies years ago, and made a game where the focus was you playing against AI, but you wouldn’t want to support the heckin’ evil AI that is ruining the industry, would you? 1 copy of Palworld sold = 1 support for AI, and it must be disavowed entirely, folks.
Meanwhile, 2 mil copies sold in the first 24 hours and growing, and in the top 10 concurrently most played titles of all time on steam. Truly, a tragedy that could possibly eclipse the literal genocide wrought by Hogwarts Legacy, if not even moreso.
EDIT: also accusations of copying fan designs of Pokémon, same arguments as above, truly an unrepentant evil.