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On 5ch’s Hardware & Industry (Geha) board, a thread blew up over how closely the monster designs in the new game “Aniimo” resemble Pokémon. The discussion kicked off over “ODDISH,” the English name for Oddish (Nazonokusa), then spiraled as users posted image after image of creatures resembling Kyurem and Dragapult, splitting opinion on whether it counts as a rip-off. Some pointed out that Aniimo’s monster-catching method matches Palworld’s pre-lawsuit mechanics and asked “why isn’t Nintendo suing this one too?” — but others countered that “the current system has already been judged not to be a problem.” The thread also touched on Pokémon’s sales trends and its nomination status at the Golden Joystick Awards.
ODDISH is the English name for Pokémon’s Oddish (Nazonokusa)
Source: reddit.com / Original post here
What people said
Lmao, calling yourself "losing it" when this whole thread is your own posts
Oops, ODDISH
https://img.game8.jp/12937922/bc620f02f3450b1a48b2160454dde16c.webp/show
Here's the real thing
• Thinks "retail" means "small shop"
• Thinks a roadside rest stop is a bus stop
• Thinks a "prophet" is a "god" ←New
No way people like that could understand this
Well, they've already said the current setup isn't a problem, so why would they sue
They're chickens who can only talk big against small domestic indies — no way they'd stand up to Big China
Probably just not worth bothering with since it's small fry
Who even hates Palworld?
https://game-i.daa.jp/?cmd=app_minute&apid=6759098797
It's a better design than "Doretia," so it's fine
That's way too much of a Pokémon battle, lol
Aniimo's groundbreaking, honestly
Hope Nintendo takes some notes
but an IP that built its brand from scratch doesn't get knocked down that easily
So that's why Pokémon's already dead, huh
Yeah, sales are dropping 🤣
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Scarlet/Violet and Sword/Shield were genuinely boring, so this can't be helped
For a long-running series, sales usually reflect how the previous entry was received
The fact that they bothered adding a disclaimer is funny — total damage control for a flop
"Pal Park" lol
I never got to do that since I didn't own Ruby/Sapphire
Weaker than I expected, lol
Pokémon's reign isn't ending anytime soon
Conveniently rewriting the facts again?
So explain exactly how that's trolling lolol
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Palworld's nowhere to be seen
Though that's hardly surprising with a Metascore of 79
Background and Key Points
The thread’s backdrop is the 2024 lawsuit in which Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sued Palworld’s developer over patent infringement tied to “monster capturing.” The claim that Aniimo’s capture method resembles pre-lawsuit Palworld draws directly on that precedent. The Golden Joystick Awards are a UK-based gaming awards show, and the “Still Playing” category mentioned in the thread is a separate popularity-vote category from the main Game of the Year contenders — Palworld’s inclusion there shouldn’t be confused with an actual GOTY nomination. Additionally, the source of the sales-trend images posted in the thread couldn’t be verified within the thread itself, so the accuracy of those figures remains unconfirmed.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware & Industry/Geha) thread “[Sad News] Nintendo Fanboys’ Go-To Bashing Stick “Aniimo” Turns Around and Trolls Pokémon lol“.
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