Palworld Community “Taking Precautions” Over Pokemon Mod That Is Likely “Very Illegal”
It was only a matter of time before Palworld, the wildly popular monster-collecting survival game the internet has come to refer to as “Pokemon with guns,” received a mod to turn it into actual Pokemon with guns. That time is now here, just days after release, and it’s for that reason the game’s modding community is attempting to get ahead of any potential legal action from Pokemon parent company Nintendo by distancing itself from the mod ahead of time.
In a post on the Palworld Modding Community Discord server (accessible via a link on the PalworldMods subreddit), server admin Archery 100 announced that links and files related to Pokemon mods would be banned on the Discord, and anyone caught posting such material would be immediately banned. However, players can still engage in “casual discussion” of the mod.
“Hey y’all, I’m sure many of you have been seeing all the content regarding the Pokemon mod for Palworld,” Archery 100 writes. “While the memes and such are hilarious, the mod alone hosts a giant risk to the community and we’ll need to take precautions so that Nintendo’s lawyers don’t nuke all of us with litigious actions. The mod is highly likely using ripped assets and is very illegal in Nintendo’s eyes.”