Nexus Mods says hosting Pokémon-themed Palworld mods ‘is almost certainly going to put us at risk of legal action’
Nexus Mods is “not comfortable hosting this content”
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Popular modding siteNexus Mods, which allows users to share and download mods for thousands of games, has confirmed that it’s “not comfortable” with hostingPokémon-themed mods forPalworld, Pocketpair’s early-access survival and crafting game.
In a statement sent to TechRadar Gaming, Nexus Mods said that “hosting content that adds copyrighted characters or assets into the game is almost certainly going to put us at risk of legal action,” especially “givenPalworld’s similarity to thePokémonfranchise as a base game.”
Despite thinking that “addingPokémoncontent toPalworldis a very cool idea and we understand why people would want such a thing,” the website’s team is “not comfortable hosting this content at Nexus Mods.”
Continuing, the statement says: “We don’t think it’s worth the risk to allow this content to be shared in our community. At best we would have to deal with the headache of DMCA/legal threats from Nintendo and at worst they may seek to take action against us and uploaders of the mods directly.”
Wrapping up the statement, Nexus Mods noted that “there are many creative opportunities to explore mods for this game that add to the world and gameplay, but do not infringe on existing IP so obviously.” It added: “We’re really excited to see what thePalworldmodding community comes up with.”
Comparisons toPokémonhave been made ever sincePalworldwas first revealed - many fans call it ‘Pokémonwith guns’ since, yes, the cute creatures can wield guns and be shot with them in the game. However, in a recentinterview,Palworld’s producer and the CEO of developer Pocketpair, Takuro Mizobe, said that the developers “have absolutelyno intention of infringing upon the intellectual propertyof other companies.”
If you’re just starting out in Palworld, be sure to take a look at our guides for how to getPalworld Leather,Palworld Wheat, andPalworld Nails.
Get the best Black Friday deals direct to your inbox, plus news, reviews, and more.
Sign up to be the first to know about unmissable Black Friday deals on top tech, plus get all your favorite TechRadar content.
Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
Valve just single-handedly upgraded content creation for PC gamers – Steam’s Game Recording feature is now available to all
The future of PC gaming will be AI-driven - AMD confirms machine learning FSR 4 for 2025, launching in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Red One isn’t perfect but it proves we need more action-packed Christmas movies
