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.

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.

Pocketpair has introduced an update for Palworld that changes how the Pokémon-inspired throwing mechanic works.

In a notable development, Pocketpair has now released an update for Palworld which changes the Pokémon-like throwing mechanic in the game. As detailed in the latest v0.3.11 patch notes, "player-owned Pals" are now always summoned "near the player". In other words, you can no longer summon Pals with Pal Spheres in certain spots on the map.

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,

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 developer Pocket Pair has released an update for the creature-catching survival game removing the ability to summon creatures by throwing Pokéball-style Pal Spheres - all as its continues to fight Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's patent infringement lawsuit.