Pocketpair CEO Has Accused Tencent of Making a Palworld Clone

[John Elden Ring]

CEO of Pocketpair, Takuro Mizobe, has taken to social media to accuse Tencent, the biggest gaming company on Earth, of making a ‘Palworld clone’.

Tencent is already making a Palworld clone game! In China, various companies are simultaneously developing mobile clones of Palworld, and the budget scale is about 10 billion yen, 10 times that of Palworld… It looks like there will be a ton of Genshin-quality monster (or girl) breeding games released next year…

Mizobe didn’t provide a link or title to the Tencent game he referenced, but he offered a screenshot of the game, which is fairly reminiscent of Pocketpair’s sensational indie hit. It’s not easy to gauge his sentiment – at first blush, he seems angry or disappointed that Palworld clones are surfacing, but then he wraps up the message by stressing it’s ‘amazing times’.

 

[Johnic]

That's rich, coming from a Pokemon copycat.

 

[quest4441]

All I will say is those in glass houses should not throw stones

 

[ethomaz]

The irony

 

[Batzy]

Self aware challenge: Impossible difficulty

 

[Zzero]

That's rich, coming from a Pokemon copycat.

Having played both, they aren't remotely alike.

 

[ethomaz]

Having played both, they aren't remotely alike.

If you ignore all monsters that are copycat from Pokemon then I agree with you.

 

[Zzero]

If you ignore all monsters that are copycat from Pokemon then I agree with you.

Sure, but there's far more to the games than just having collectable monsters. Or, to put it another way, in regards to gameplay they are way further apart than, for example, Mario World and Sonic 3. Or Galaga and Xevious. CoD and Battlefield, etc.

 

[Yurinka]

It's laughable to see him blaming others for making clones.

 

[Spyxos]

He is the last guy who should say that.

 

[TubzGaming]

 

[Would_you_kindly]

CEO of Pocketpair, Takuro Mizobe, has taken to social media to accuse Tencent, the biggest gaming company on Earth, of making a ‘Palworld clone’.





Mizobe didn’t provide a link or title to the Tencent game he referenced, but he offered a screenshot of the game, which is fairly reminiscent of Pocketpair’s sensational indie hit. It’s not easy to gauge his sentiment – at first blush, he seems angry or disappointed that Palworld clones are surfacing, but then he wraps up the message by stressing it’s ‘amazing times’.

The irony