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New Pokemon and Zelda ripoff will make Nintendo's lawyers madder than Palworld

PickMon is a totally original new open-world game If there was ever a good moment to slip a bargain-bin mashup of Nintendo’s biggest IPs onto gaming marketplaces, it might be right now, as the Japanese entertainment giant gears up to battle the United States government in court over tariffs. Maaaaaybe Nintendo’s lawyers will be too busy filing briefs to notice another Pokémon-esque survival game starring a Breath of the Wild Link-like creeping onto Steam. Yeah… maybe... Enter Pickmon, a newly revealed “multiplayer open-world survival crafter” from developer PocketGame and publisher NETWORKGO, the latter of which previously released the obscure fantasy title Hainya World. For a game so egregiously ripping off Nintendo properties, hand it to PocketGame for launching a trailer ahead of an unannounced release date! That takes guts. According to its Steam page, Pickmon players will “dive into a vast, uncharted continent filled with ancient civilizations and mysterious creatures called ‘Pickmon.’” Surprisingly, players will team up with the monsters to fight enemies, gather resources, farm land, and build what the developers describe as sprawling “industrial empires.” So you get a little

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Over 2 Million Of Us Have Downloaded Capcom's Pragmata Demo - IGN

Two million people have already downloaded the demo for Capcom's upcoming sci-fi game, Pragmata. Pragmata Sketchbook — the free slice of the game that offers players across all platforms (PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series…

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Over 2 Million Of Us Have Downloaded Capcom's Pragmata Demo - IGN

Two million people have already downloaded the demo for Capcom's upcoming sci-fi game, Pragmata. Pragmata Sketchbook — the free slice of the game that offers players across all platforms (PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch,…

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New Pokemon and Zelda ripoff will make Nintendo's lawyers madder than Palworld

PickMon is a totally original new open-world game If there was ever a good moment to slip a bargain-bin mashup of Nintendo’s biggest IPs onto gaming marketplaces, it might be right now, as the Japanese entertainment…

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Two million people have already downloaded the demo for Capcom's upcoming sci-fi game, Pragmata. Pragmata Sketchbook — the free slice of the game that offers players across all platforms (PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series…

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PickMon is a totally original new open-world game If there was ever a good moment to slip a bargain-bin mashup of Nintendo’s biggest IPs onto gaming marketplaces, it might be right now, as the Japanese entertainment giant gears up to…

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