The Pokemon (with a little thing on the e) Company has announced it intends to investigate Palworld (over eight million sold).
techcrunch.com/2024/01/24/pokemon-company-says-it-intends-to-investigate-palworld/Except that The Pokemon (with a little thing on the e) Company announced no such thing. Tech Crunch includes the full text of the announcement, and it's lawyer boilerplate that TPwaltoteC will take legal action against infringing content.
Palworld has been in development for three years now. No action from TPC.
A mod that made Palworld look just like Pokemon came out this week and it was taken down the same day.