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Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe also tweeted to say they had received death threats, and hit out at “slanderous comments”.

“Currently, we are receiving slanderous comments against our artists, and we are seeing tweets that appear to be death threats,” Mizobe said. “I have received a variety of opinions regarding Palworld, but all productions related to Palworld are supervised by multiple people, including myself, and I am responsible for the production. “I would appreciate it if you would refrain from slandering the artists involved in Palworld.”

 

[German Hops]

 

[ReBurn]

lol gamers amirite

 

[Nickolaidas]

Imagine someone wishing you to die for making a game with similar elements to another game.

Fucking retards.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Twitter is such a vast and incredibly toxic cesspool almost always. I hate everything about it, honestly. But it definitely can't be blamed for everything. People can be so awful.

 

[Magic Carpet]

The Fur suit wars have begun.

Is this going to delay the Peach game?

 

[Mortisfacio]

Probably clutching their Pikachu plushies while they make the threats.

 

[DJ12]

They think this is bad, wait until Nintendo send them an email

 

[Sleepwalker]

Palword devs:

 

[SmokedMeat]

I can’t tell which is which.

 

[Basil King]

Fucking Nintendo Stan’s, get a grip

 

[Mortisfacio]

They think this is bad, wait until Nintendo send them an email

For what? Nintendo ripped so many of their Pokemon off of Dragon Quest. You really think any court is going to say "Yes, Nintendo can win this legal battle because they own the creative rights to what a sheep or anime cat looks like"?

 

[FoxMcChief]

For what? Nintendo ripped so many of their Pokemon off of Dragon Quest. You really think any court is going to say "Yes, Nintendo can win this legal battle because they own the creative rights to what a sheep or anime cat looks like"?

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I no longer care when I hear about "internet death threats" report them and move on.

 

[Fake]

Can wait for IGN/Gamespot calling pkmn fans toxic.

 

[StueyDuck]

The marketing team behind this game should be studied.

They at least deserve a raise

I haven't seen so much fake drama around a game in years its like I'm watching CNN and Fox going at each other

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Social media was a mistake.

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[Kilau]

MFs really taking the meme serious.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

God, what sad cunts there are in the world.

 

[GHG]

I can’t tell which is which.

The haters wish Pokemon looked this good.

 

[BennyBlanco]

God, what sad cunts there are in the world.

That guy used to work at Bend and Ember Labs too

 

[Oppoi]

The haters wish Pokemon looked this good.

I wonder how popular the official Nintendo Pokemon would be that's made for PC. They blew up on mobile with worse graphics. I mean the hunger is there and it's not because anything but Pokemon let's not kids ourselves.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

 

[kiphalfton]

Fucking Nintendo gamers and death threats.

They did the same thing when reviewers didn't give Zelda Breath of the Wild a 10/10.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Why do people even fuck with Twitter anymore, especially business owners?

 

[TGO]

Can wait for IGN/Gamespot calling pkmn fans toxic.

They would have already if they wasn't the ones that sent the threats

 

[BouncyFrag]

What the hell is happening?

 

[jshackles]

What the hell is happening?

Palworld inadvertantly became the poster child of the modern console wars. Nintendo fans are screeching because "muh Pokemains!", PlayStation fans are butthurt that this isn't on their favorite plastic box, and Xbox fans are busy playing the game (and gloating that others cant).

 

[knguyen]

The mental nuckleheads who sent the death thread need to be rounded up to sent to the asylum for at least a few years. These basement crawlers are so unstable they can be dangerous.

 

[bender]

PlayStation fans are butthurt that this isn't on their favorite plastic box.

Yosp is taking care of this.

 

[tusharngf]

I can’t tell which is which.

These are ps2 level graphics? Switch game

 

[Hawking Radiation]

This game came outta nowhere and is blowing up in both good and bad ways lmao

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Those Pokemon Switch screenshots are so bad. High grossing IP gets shit treatment and defended as if it's peak gaming every iteration. It ain't Zelda.

 

[Sacred]

Made over 100 million dollars in 5 days, I would be alright with some random trolls sending me death threats.

 

[adamsapple]

Brilliant.

Called out for his bullshit on the spot.

 

[10101]

Why do people even fuck with Twitter anymore, especially business owners?

Give it time, they are slowly waking up!


On the plus side, any adult pearl clutching for a fucking Pokémon game is highly unlikely to have the mental capacity to leave the basement and enact their death threat. I just don’t understand why people would do this

 

[Saber]

Here we go with "dead threats" calls for attention.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Stay strong Palworld…

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Brilliant.

Called out for his bullshit on the spot.

I am pretty sure that death treats are coming from the people with platform allegiance. And looking at the discourse surrounding the game - some of them are psychopathic Nintendo fanboys for sure. Probably sending something along the lines "Go die! How dare you copy Pokemon!" and stuff.

 

[Team Andromeda]

No doubt the typical Nintendo virgin's living in their bedroom and the only girl they've ever kissed is MUM

 

[Sybrix]

I wonder if these incels are more pissed off with the Pokemon rip off or the fact that Palworld is actually a better game than any bullshit Pokemon game released so far?

 

[Hudo]

I wonder if these incels are more pissed off with the Pokemon rip off or the fact that Palworld is actually a better game than any bullshit Pokemon game released so far?

I highly doubt that this game is better than Pokemon Gold/Silver. Or Pokemon Black/White.

But I guess it's better or on par with the recent ones.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Brilliant.

Called out for his bullshit on the spot.

Ok, I'm never believing anything this guy says ever again, who is he?

Holy fuck I just checked his twitter, guy looks like he is 60 and is a full on fanboy Sony shill. WTF..... How can you act like that at his age...

 

[Filben]

Who the fuck is Alex Smith? And he just says something without naming any sources and people believe that? And this gets 87 retweets? Can people be critical for just fucking once?

 

[Ceadeus]

Imagine receiving death treats from pokemon fans

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Brilliant.

Called out for his bullshit on the spot.

I swear if this game isn’t released on Dreamcast I’m going to sign up to twitter and spend the rest of the day sending vile messages!

 

[Hohenheim]

Homo sapiens 4 ever... The world is full of miserable cunts.

 

[Revolutionary]

Straight out of the "so your game is receiving criticism" playbook: just say you're receiving death threats and gullible people will eat it up.

 

[adamsapple]

Ok, I'm never believing anything this guy says ever again, who is he?

Who the fuck is Alex Smith? And he just says something without naming any sources and people believe that? And this gets 87 retweets? Can people be critical for just fucking once?

Based on his twitter bio, he's a former Sony Bend and Ember Labs (Kena Bridge of Spirits) developer.