VGC: Japanese celebrities have reportedly been told not to mention Palworld to avoid Pokémon backlash
- Thread starter Chairmanchuck (另一个我)
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Which fanbase is more rabid, Vtuber or Pokemon 🤔. At least for Hololive, I think their Japan fanbase alone is too strong for Nintendo/TPC to blacklist them.
It's not the brand that is being protected here, it's possible future business relations that are being protected.
I really doubt that those agencies are concerned about Pokemons integrity.
why do that when I could just pick a side and antagonize the other side?
seems a lot easier than this "reading" stuff.
the real losers here are the people who read!
TPC already treats Hololive pretty poorly due to streaming some of their games without permission 4 years ago.
Well, they need to stand up against the billion dollar company. Reading be damned
After Palworld sells like 33 million, can we then start using that argument for them too as they'd be a billion dollar company
They're not trying to protect the brand, they just don't wanna get on anyone's bad side is all.
But the one company has many more billions!!! I stand with the underdog here!!!
man people really just be saying things to hear themselves speak
only thing that explains some of these hare-brained takes and the confidence with which they're delivered. like is it that hard to just read the article? or the rest of the thread, even?
only thing that explains some of these hare-brained takes and the confidence with which they're delivered. like is it that hard to just read the article? or the rest of the thread, even?
Like, what does this even mean lmao
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It really does, even on twitter is easy to see
The more I see it the more I want for a lawsuit to happen
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Palworld has broken the Any% speedrun record for growing one of the most insufferable fanbases of all time, from defending blatant and flagrant plagiarism to just, well, not being able to read I guess going by this thread.
That comparison only works if those agencies only played exclusively Pokemon. But a streamer that plays hundreds of games should not be blacklisted just because they play another product. That is a can of worms that anyone would want to open.
TPC should make a statement that this is silly, that they won't blacklist anyone just because they play another game, regardless of their stance to other companies.
TPC can only lose in this situation if they let this stand, people already are talking about how Palworld is the better creature-catching game, if the public also sees companies trying to bury the success of Palworld behind the scenes, it will only strengthen the argument.
A shame for those who are enjoying the game but can't talk about or stream it, but giving how the poke company is known to behave I guess they are going by better safe than sorry.
Imagine being so petty that you are still punishing people for streaming your game 4 years later!
Imagine being so petty that you are still punishing people for streaming your game 4 years later!
"If", lol.
"If" there isn't any legal issues with what pal world has obviously done as perhaps the most blatant plagiarism in entertainment media is a LONG time, the entire videogame industry will become the Wildwest in short order because that would mean everyone has carte blanche to straight rip other successfully models, make the most minor of changes, if that, and ship it as a new product.
Yep. Palworld even plagiarised the toxicity of the Pokémon fanbase. Can they be stopped??
It means Pokémon is being perceived as the company getting it's just desserts for their poor products against the poor underdog that did better than them. When in reality a shitty low quality ripoff like Palworld would normally be laughed at the same way we laughed at Unearthed.
The narrative will now be "TPC is big mad so streamers have been told not to talk about Palworld to avoid getting on their blacklists"
That's just going to Streisand the above narrative.
That's the point I've been trying to make. This only makes Pokémon look "scared" in the eyes of the dumb internet masses, which in turn feeds Palworld's popularity.
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It almost certainly isn't a lack of permissions, since Pocketpair have essentially given out blanket permissions to everyone:
Pocketpair, Inc.
www.pocketpair.jp
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That doesn't matter. Plenty of other companies have similar disclaimers but the Japanese corporate streamers still require permissions to stream their games. That's just how streaming is handled in Japan. Sure smaller streamers don't necessarily need to get permissions (some still do out of courtesy), but once it's a big company like any of the Vtuber agencies, it becomes a necessity to avoid any possibility of legal backlash from occurring.It almost certainly isn't a lack of permissions, since Pocketpair have essentially given out blanket permissions to everyone:
Pocketpair, Inc.
Yep, and the Pokemon fans don't appear to like having the tables turned. Brutal.
The true test will be whenever Palworld has its #Dexit moment or some other equivalent of it—assuming they aren't sued into the ground for copyright infringement first.
Given that Pocketpair is a Japanese company and presumably is aware of usual practice in this area, I honestly don't think there would be any issue if Nijisanji specifically approached Pocketpair to stream the game. My point is that the company stance appears to be extremely streamer-friendly, even if you make money off it, and that it's very unlikely that Pocketpair is the reason why Nijisanji isn't streaming the game.
Face it BUCKO! The Pokémon ""narrative"" is OVER! Palworld is simultaneously way too different for there to be any problem with TPCI while at the same time being similar enough that TPCI needs to start BEING SCARED!
Supposedly they're already taking measures after the poor WOM SV got despite it's massive sales.
But the interesting thing is that yes, the regular joes are now talking about stuff like graphics and performance so whatever measures they implement will be welcomed.
Sure. I just mean that there being blanket perms doesn't really matter in terms of the world of Japanese streaming. The agencies will still seek out permissions from companies and that disclaimer existing doesn't really say anything one way or the other here.
But we don't really need to speculate on that matter since we have the given reasoning already, and it has nothing to do with gaining permissions.
Huh? Only a small fringe of people would take TPCs silence on a media company not playing Palworld of their own choice as something to get upset over. News like this wont ever cross into the mainstream, unlike a proper statement from the TPC talking about how its fine to play Palworld. Imagine the headlines.
While you were having premarital sex, I was studying my Pals.Face it BUCKO! The Pokémon ""narrative"" is OVER! Palworld is simultaneously way too different for there to be any problem with TPCI while at the same time being similar enough that TPCI needs to start BEING SCARED!
We already have 20 million owners of Palworld
Influencers stream to hundreds of thousands of people every day.
The "Message" will be heard far and wide by the people who matter the most: the audience/players.
A public statement would be dumb yeah, but why not privately reach out to TPC if there's any doubts?
Like I said before, either TPC IS acting on it and there's a legitimate fear from streamer or the ban was decided by actual idiots.
Yup.
In an ideal world, the Pokemon company would be completely phased out and all the rights and control over the Pokemon IP goes to nintendo
You know, I feel like it kind of underlines how important ripping off Pokemon's designs is to Palworld's breakout success that people are pretending that this was something that all the other monster catching games that they've been ignoring over the years have been doing.
Sounds like you don't know what The Pokémon Company does then
damn I thought palworld was kinda iffy but if the TPC like this then fuck them more power to palworld