‘Nintendo was foaming at the mouth’ over Palworld

Last Thursday night the bomb dropped, Nintendo sued Pocketpair for patent infringement. Many were surprised that it took eight months for Nintendo to decide to take action, but Pocketpair responded shortly after that they are prepared to fight Nintendo in court and will not go down without a fight.

What exactly the fight is about, we don’t yet know. But at least one well-known analyst, Dr. Serkan Toto, has now explained why he thinks Nintendo has finally decided to respond and, more importantly, take action. He tells GamesRadar:

“This lawsuit would never have happened if Palworld had 500 users a day on Steam. (Nintendo) would have said, ‘Okay, whatever, let’s leave these guys alone; the game will die.'”

As you know, Palworld was a monstrous success, and although the number of players has decreased, it still has a solid audience and will soon be coming to Sony’s consoles, which should give it a new boost. Toto continues:

“You can’t do that with Nintendo. I understand that Nintendo was foaming at the mouth saying, ‘Look, these guys are going multiplatform, they’re making anime, and they’re selling their Pals.’ And Nintendo felt threatened or disrespected or just angry, and they dropped this bomb on them.”

He also believes that Nintendo is really pissed off and will try to mess with Pocketpair in every possible way. He concludes:

“It’s like a mafia. They won’t kill you right away. They let you cook a little bit.”

What do you think, is Nintendo being unreasonable or are they doing what they need to do?