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[Draugoth]

Japanese entertainment professionals have been reportedly told to refrain from mentioning Palworld in public or on social media, to avoid potential backlash from The Pokémon Company.

Toyko Sports reports that, according to a talent agency source, talent have been advised not to mention the game in case there are issues.

“We have told our talent not to mention Palworld on social media or in public,” the source said. “This was done out of consideration for the Pokémon side as an agency. This decision was made in consideration of future potential collaborations.”

In short, talent agencies aren’t looking to make enemies of Pokemon and are doing what they feel needs to be done to stay on good terms with Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.

via Sankaku Complex

 

[ManaByte]

 

[adamsapple]

Nintendo going back to their Yakuza roots.

 

[Krieger]

Palworld is the coughing baby, Nintendo/Pokémon is the nuclear bomb. You don't want to anger the nuclear bomb.

 

[Alexios]

The text says something completely different to the title. Why are you like this?

 

[The Stig]

bravo. absolute genius.

I bow to you sir

 

[AzekZero]

Sounds like it might be a good time for streamers who can speak Japanese but don't work for an agency beholden to Japanese law/interests.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

 

[justiceiro]

The text says something completely different to the title. Why are you like this?

Internet points, obviously.

Anyway, those celebrity agencies on Japan are cancer. They bow down to any hate mob and treat any talent like disposable trash, although that last part can be said about plenty of other japanese companies.

 

[Mownoc]

"indirectly blackmailed"? What? Lol.

Just sounds like some people are worried about mentioning palworld as they think it could negatively affect their relationship with Pokemon and/or Nintendo.

 

[Pop]

It sucks being second best when you had a 30 year head start

 

[ManaByte]

LEAK! Nintendo is working on their own Palworld competitor. It'll be revealed in the next Direct. Here's the Pikachu render:

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

LOL

I understood that reference.gif

 

[Banjo64]

It sucks being second best when you had a 30 year head start

List of highest-grossing media franchises - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Second best my ding dong

 

[daclynk]

Nintendo right now.

 

[daclynk]

edit: sorry for double post.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

My uncle is somewhat of a japanese culture expert, and he says shame and guilt are a huge part of japanese society.

 

[simpatico]

If they play their cards right I could see Nintendo being a Top 5 paid mod seller in the PalVerse. They better not burn that bridge.

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[MiguelItUp]

Fucking incredible, lmao.

This really do be sounding like some yakuza shit though, hands down.

"Please don't mention it, if you do, there could be trouble..."

 

[The Pleasure]

 

[BlackTron]

I read a whole post expecting someone to be indirectly blackmailed by Nintendo at some point, but I never got it?

You guys realize this is no different than a web site not wanting to leave a bad review or say negative stuff out of fear they will not work with you any more right? But this time it's fear of yakuza...okay lol

 

[General Lee]

Some of these talent agencies have pretty crazy rules I think. I remember the guy that was cast on Judgement had some really bizarrely strict portraiture rights so Sega couldn't make a PC version of the game before settling it. It's just Japanese businesses being Japanese, wildly out of date in some aspects. You can still see it even with vtubers that are part of a group really have to watch their words constantly.

 

[LakeOf9]

Huh?

The talent agency is doing tis (and it's a simple, don't promote the competition if you want to promote this product kind of thing). Nintendo, Game Freak, Pokemon Company don't even factor in.

Media literacy is dead, and Palworld becoming so popular has shed a lot of light on the average person's reading comprehension and contextual awareness. No wonder we think ChatGPT is "intelligent" when this is the average level of human "intelligence"