As the legal battle between Nintendo and Palworld developer Pocketpair continues, the game itself has received an update that seemingly sidesteps a patent related to Pokémon. As of patch 0.3.11, survival action game Palworld has adjusted the way creatures are summoned in battles.

We may be seeing the first fruits of Nintendo’s lawsuit against Palworld as the survival game has changed the way players summon its totally-not-Pokémon pocket monsters. According to the latest patch notes that went live Nov.

According to the release, instead of throwing a 'Pal Sphere,' a device that houses a creature to stow and bring up, the 'Pal' will now appear near a player when it is summoned from their party. This detail is best known in Nintendo's game as throwing a PokeBall to bring out a previously caught Pokemon.

In the latest patch update v0.3.11, Palworld devs, Pocket Pair, removed the Pal Sphere throwing mechanic and now when you summon a Pal it just appears next to your player character. Before the change,

Palworld developer Pocketpair seems to be making changes to its hit survival game in an effort to tone down similarities with the Pokemon franchise. The game recently released an update that removed the ability for players to summon creatures from Pal Spheres after they were thrown, in the same way one would throw a Pokeball to summon a Pokemon.

Palworld, lovingly referred to as "Pokemon with guns", is currently undergoing a legal dispute with Nintendo over similar mechanics. One of the mechanics that Nintendo claims Palworld has taken right from Pokemon is its Palsheres which,