{"id":86084,"date":"2026-07-16T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86084"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:37:26","slug":"similar-art-styles-make-the-comparisons-inevitable-palworld-and-pokemon-fans-are-arguing-over-whether-new-whale-pal-panthalus-copies-kyogre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86084","title":{"rendered":"‘Similar Art Styles Make the Comparisons Inevitable’ \u2014 Palworld and Pok\u00e9mon Fans Are Arguing Over Whether New Whale Pal Panthalus Copies Kyogre"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Palworld<\/a> and Pok\u00e9mon fans are arguing over whether a new whale Pal called Panthalus copies the Pok\u00e9mon, Kyogre.<\/p>\n

Palworld creature Panthalus is a massive legendary blue-green whale with a white belly, flared fins and tribal-like markings across its body, plus a large bronze decoration. Beloved Pok\u00e9mon Kyogre, meanwhile, is a legendary blue whale with a white belly, flared fins and tribal markings across its body, with no bronze decoration.<\/p>\n

Writing on social media, some fans have said that the design of Panthalus is “clearly inspired” by Kyogre, even if the concept of a mythical whale is not unique to Pok\u00e9mon. One fan dubbed the design as “brazen,” though others said it looked “legally distinct” enough.<\/p>\n

“I feel like the similar art styles make the comparisons inevitable,” tweeted<\/a> video game content creator Josh Scorcher. “Like, Game Freak doesn’t own the concept of a legendary\/divine whale creature… But you have to be incredibly dishonest to not immediately think of Kyogre when you see this.”<\/p>\n

Others, however, have dismissed the comparison. “Literally the only thing they have in common is that they’re both whales,” one fan said<\/a>. “Panthalus looks NOTHING like Kyorge,” another added<\/a>. “Concept is there, but I can easily visually distinguish them.”<\/p>\n

oh my god<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Palworld and Pok\u00e9mon fans are arguing over whether a new whale Pal called Panthalus copies the Pok\u00e9mon, Kyogre. Palworld creature Panthalus is a massive legendary blue-green whale with a white belly, flared fins and tribal-like markings across its body, plus a large bronze decoration. Beloved Pok\u00e9mon Kyogre, meanwhile, is a legendary blue whale with a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":86086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86088,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86084\/revisions\/86088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}