Playground Games, a division of Xbox Game Studios, has included an in-game radio advertisement in Forza Horizon 6 that references Nintendo's Pokémon franchise. The developers used the in-game audio to make a tongue-in-cheek comment about Nintendo's aggressive legal stance on intellectual property.
Radio advertisement instructs players to grab their camera and snap everything they see.
The advertisement plays during gameplay and instructs players to grab their camera and snap everything they see. A voiceover then compares this activity to a Japanese collecting game where players were not allowed to name it for legal reasons. Fans discovered the reference and reported the details to Insider Gaming.
Nintendo has a long history of protecting its intellectual property through litigation, which has drawn attention from gaming communities in recent months. The developers have not issued any official comment regarding the advertisement or the potential reaction from Nintendo's legal team.
It remains unclear whether Nintendo will take legal action against Playground Games for the reference to Pokémon.
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