Networkgo and PocketGame have unveiled Pickmon, presented as an open-world multiplayer survival crafter where players fight, farm and build industrial empires alongside creatures. Yet an online listing and subsequent coverage document artwork and gameplay elements that closely echo Pokemon, Palworld, Breath of the Wild-era Zelda and Overwatch, exposing a gap between the developers’ framing and the visuals.
Networkgo and PocketGame presented Pickmon as a creature-driven survival crafter
Confirmed: Networkgo and PocketGame announced Pickmon as a multiplayer open-world survival crafter. The developers describe gameplay in which players will fight, farm, and build industrial empires with creatures while working to take down a shadowy organization’s plot.
Confirmed: The project presentation invites players to “embark on a journey to a land of lost civilizations and wondrous creatures, ” to live and fight alongside their Pickmon, and to work with researchers to solve the world’s enigmas. The developers have released a trailer for the title and signaled further updates will follow.
Art and key visuals echo Pokemon, Breath of the Wild, and Overwatch designs
Documented pattern: An online listing and its promotional images show creature and character designs that mirror recognizable franchise elements. Coverage identifies a creature resembling a well-known electric mascot with altered eyebrows and added bits, alongside a creature likened to a yassified Meganium figure.
Documented pattern: Screenshots and key art depict a Link-like character in a Breath of the Wild-era outfit surfing atop a large flying creature similar to an iconic dragon, while brandishing a submachine gun. The listing also shows creatures equipped with firearms, and a nearby tower capped with a structure compared to a popular MMORPG aetheryte design.
Documented pattern: One creature in the art is described as an exact midpoint between an Anubis-like Palworld creature and a Lucario-like design, demonstrating not just isolated resemblance but a layering of references across multiple existing designs.
Palworld comparison and legal threshold remain distinct questions
Documented: Coverage frames Pickmon as more blatant in its visual borrowing than prior examples like Palworld, calling its combination of references an instance of “knockoff singularity. ” That coverage also notes Pickmon’s stated mechanics mirror Palworld in promising teaming with creatures to fight, farm, and build industrial empires.
Documented: The same analysis observes that while inspirations are obvious in the art and marketing, similar similarities may not meet a legal threshold for actionable intellectual property infringement. Coverage points out that a previous high-profile legal action involving a Palworld creator centered on patents rather than character design.
What remains unclear is whether Networkgo and PocketGame intend those resemblances as homage, as deliberate design choices, or whether future updates will alter the art and descriptions. The context does not confirm any developer statements that address the visual comparisons or any pending legal responses.
What would resolve the core question is a specific legal or formal decision. If a formal intellectual property filing or patent claim is made against Pickmon over its designs, it would establish whether the documented resemblances cross the legally actionable threshold; absent such a filing or a developer clarification, the record as presented shows strong visual echoes but leaves intent and enforceability unresolved.
