Palworld developer Pocketpair has released a statement regarding changes to its monster catching survival game which were made due to its ongoing Pokémon lawsuit.
Nintendo announced it was suing Pocketpair for infringement of “multiple” patents towards the end of last year. It was later confirmed the lawsuit was targeting three patents in particular. Then, as part of a winter update, Pocketpair subsequently removed the ability to summon creatures by throwing Pokéball-style Pal Spheres.
Writing on social media platform X earlier today, Pocketpair expressed its disappointment that such actions were required back then, before stating it was now having to make “yet another compromise” due to the lawsuit.
This ‘compromise’ arrives with Patch v0.5.5. “From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals,” the Palworld team wrote. “Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide.”