[xandrius]

I absolutely agree, I'm not for protecting big IP when fanmade alternatives are created.

But Palword feels such a rip off of Zelda BOTW (the intro and the items are 1:1 the same of Zelda, even the tablet!) and Pokemon.

For most if not all "pals" I could instantly name their Pokemon counterpart, that is textbook copyright infringement done in the weakest form.

[Aeolun]

> For most if not all "pals" I could instantly name their Pokemon counterpart

That's not surprising, because for ever Pokemon it's also fairly easy to name their real-world counterpart. There's a finite amount of recognizable real world animals, so you quickly get there even if you've never seen a Pokemon before.

[zmgsabst]

You’re allowed to turn in the same story with different names and scene descriptions.

That’s not copyright infringement: you copyright the form, not the plot.

[tourmalinetaco]

This is inconsistent. If you don’t want to protect big IP then why are you against using that IP? Especially when everything you just complained about is protected, hence why PocketPair didn’t get sued for copyright infringement.