Palworld Modder Returns With 'Legally-Distinct Pocket Creatures'

I think this is what gamefreak should aspire to compete with. Fun, open-world gameplay where you can do all sorts of things with your 'mon. And somewhat ok graphics (which somehow Pokémon's are worse)

@IceClimbersMain “somewhat ok graphics” compared to what? Scarlet & Violet look like GameCube games, sadly

How to make it a Pokémon mod step one: launch the game, it’s is preinstalled!

Such is the Wrath of Nintendo!

There's a reason it's called a "takedown"

Maannn, hopefully we get some Nintendo news soon.

Pals are cuter than many Pokemon, showing how much the Pokemon franchise detoriated since Atsuko Nishida left (after gen 1)

I still love many Pokemon and the franchise but I can't help but notice that

Man how i wish that all this competition would make GameFreak actually care about their next Pokemon game. People are craving a good Pokemon game, one that doesn't feel like an insult due to how downright lifeless and devoid of love it is. Current Pokemon games to me feel like "lol you'll buy it anyway you idiot". And it saddens me to see something so important to so many people being treated with such little care. Hell, if people are even modding Palworld to have Pokemon, it just goes to show how the answer to "how to make Pokemon better" is right in front of them.

It's like some folks really only upload (or even personally mod) this stuff with the sole purpose of waving the red rag and farming further clicks on a tearful story of being oppressed by despotic corporate business.

Anybody else getting fed up with all the articles about this game?

Oh no the company that is having its IP stolen rightfully defended its ownership. Is this the part where I feel bad for the thief, I mean “little guy”? He got his deliberate 15 minutes of fame. Moving on.

Looks like Nintendo Everything has not jumped on this band wagon so they are actually talking about switch games currently.

https://nintendoeverything.com/

@Ryu_Niiyama
Lol was just thinking that too, seems to be a whoooole lot of non-nintendo news on this nintendo news site of late.

@StefanN it is such a sad thing because yes, a lot of people really love pokemon. I used to. But now a days the fact that it's a private asset that generates revenue for shareholders gets in the way and these stupid release calendars get made and not enough resources go into the development and so we get the half-baked, unfinished games we get. Such a shame because the developers themselves do show interesting ideas and changes to the formula, but at the end of the day it's the stakeholders greed that gets the upper hand. Just a money making "they'll buy it anyway" machine.

@Kingy Clicks keep the lights on. But stuff like this is why I keep my adblocker on here. And usually turn it off for Nintendo Everything. I don’t know if it is because they are grassroots, but NE tends to focus on Nintendo news and info more than other sites. They just have a terrible comment function.

You guys are really milking this one.

And see, kids, this is why Nintendo Ninjas are so protective of that brand name. Might look like one thing one day then the next you have Pokemon with RCP-190s and Klobbs running around.
It’s all about the “brand” and being in positive control of it

@IceClimbersMain You guys should just admit you don't like Pokemon (probably never did) at this point.

@IceClimbersMain So you want Gen 9 then?

@Princess_Lilly Most of the best Pokemon designs came in Gens that aren't Gen 1 and Gen 9 contains some of the best PM in the entire series. Gen 1 has some very good designs but take away your nostalgia its no better then Gen 2 or Gen 3 or Gen 4 and so on, it has many of the things people hate about "modern designs" as well.

@Jiggies I actually love Pokemon but I also love half-decent graphics, interesting mechanics and more interactions with my pocket monsters so the mainline games have gotten old.

I love Let's Go Eevee for example because it's the best looking Pokémon game on Switch, it has good interactability with your Pokémon, and it has some fun catching mechanics.

@DennisReynolds The graphics on Gen 9 are so bad it ruins the experience for me. There's artistic styling, and then there's that.

@piyuv I was honestly comparing it as "somewhat ok" because it does dip and chug and there are some poor textures here and there but it's leagues better than Gen 9 for example

@IceClimbersMain They are no where near that bad. Palworld looks worse especially with its asset flip art style that barely works on Xbox.

I don't get why a lot of people on youtube are acting as if this is in any way a competitor to pokemon?

@DennisReynolds Agree to disagree

@Jack_Goetz, I'm getting tired of seeing these articles pop up on here as well. I know it's a big discussion, but Palworld is not on Switch. So it's not Nintendo news.

@IceClimbersMain You love Pokemon so much you wish it essentially became a different game. Maybe you should play Digimon or get yourself a Tamagotchi.

@Jiggies Hey, I love LGE. All I need is some decent graphics, stable framerate, and some interactability with your Pokémon. All Gamefreak has to do is take some time and make a really good game.

I'll admit, the DLC for Gen 9 made the game much better, but the graphics and unstable game still breaks the game for me. Palworld is in early access and it still runs better. The biggest multimedia franchise in the world could do better.

@Jack_Goetz Yes, the game isn't even on Switch... or any other Nintendo platform. This game has literally nothing to do with Nintendo, except for it being a cheap Pokémon knockoff.

They're certainly pushing their luck.

This isnt a mod. This is the actual game. The released game is the mod that the devs had to put 5 minutes of time on to 'make it original art'

@weisske
Same reason people were claiming Multiversus was a competitor to smash for like a week.

Palworld is a fantastic game, I am 70 hours in and absolutely loving it. It plays NOTHING like Pokemon and I honestly feel like I'm having the adventure of a lifetime while playing it.

Mewtwo with the BFG2000

Gotta shoot 'em all, Packin'mon!

Another clear case of FAFO. Nintendo & Pokemon Co. were fine with the base game, but people just had to push it.

@locky-mavo I mean, even if Nintendo wasn't fine with the base game, they couldn't do anything about it. And it's the mod makers in hot water here, not Palworld devs.

@Lxlxrxzx Dude totally! The ideas in Legends Arceus were so great. Pokemon was finally fun again (well, for a while until i noticed that it was too easy again which ruined the whole resource gathering survival-ish aspect of it) - but it still felt like an alpha version. An early access Steam game. Like, you could tell that this was a good game, just released a year too early.

Correct: In the face of all these homework-copiers, the Pokémon franchise seriously needs to do better.

Also Correct: Nintendo/The Pokémon Company/Game Freak has the legal right to slap these mods off the face of the planet.

@axelhander never said they were going after the devs. But just for clarity, my saying that they were “fine with the base game” i.e. they haven’t found any wrongdoing and the fact that they know copyright laws better than any keyboard warrior.

And in this case, like many others, Nintendo have every right to go after people using their IPs. And unless they actually find something “wrong” with the base game, I doubt that they’ll go after it.

@locky-mavo For sure.

It may be annoying and the guy doing the video may be kinda lame… but when that toaster with bread suddenly appeared and chased after him I laughed pretty hard.

"Legally-Distinct Pocket Creatures"
Pokémon at Home.

"You have to applaud his audacity"

Do we? It's just some childish, troll-tier modder trying to antagonise a big corporation for cheap internet fame, which sadly this website is all too happy to give him.

Isn't this Palworld thing not just chip paper by now!!

I really dont like these Palworld developers

@DennisReynolds what barely works on Xbox? Seems to work for me just fine as an early access game. Not had any issues except with the UI…

The creatures in the new parody mod are unironically more legally distinct than the actual pals

Tired of seeing such articles on a Nintendo website, which should inform about Nintendo games and related stuff playable on their console.
Let the PC kids have their rip off game.

I love this. Unironically and unequivocally.
Stick to 'em.

best name since Untitled Goose Game.

@NintendoKnower I don’t care if it is game of the year, it isn’t on switch and unless Nintendo/TPC does something it isn’t worth covering (beyond clickbait which I already mentioned. ) I am sure you are trolling with your “every day comment “ so I will move on. Keep generating clicks! NL appreciates you.

Why does NL keep giving this free marketing? It's not a Switch game.

These are not the Pokemon your looking for

The only people who have a "problem" with Pokemon are the 40-something-year-olds who have been with the series from the beginning. They feel that the series should change and evolve with their personal tastes, failing to realize that Pokemon has always been for a younger audience and is not for you anymore.

@IceClimbersMain
"All Gamefreak has to do is take some time and make a really good game."

The point, problem and <that many people> still do not understand is that.
Game Freak has problems with its flagship game because its immediate "boss", The Pokemon Company, has not allowed it to fix it; with excessive deadlines and little support to develop games that cannot be developed in less than 3 years, Game Freak is not entirely to blame as half the world wants to make it seem; Does they have responsibility? Yes, but they are not the villain. I don't think they themselves want their franchise to sink after so many attempts to improve (and even creating new Pokémon, human characters, settings and backstories); and that the same fans have cruelly turned their backs on them, but they already regretted it (hello 5th generation, I'm talking about you), but it's late, +10 years late...

As long as The Pokémon company does not change its strategies (and Nintendo should also intervene), and the fans do not receive the "good" changes, we will continue with these problems of a franchise damaged by consumerism...

It may sound a bit strange, but there is an episode of a cartoon that precisely shows this sad situation, and it is no joke, I recommend watching it and you will see that it is almost exactly what, I personally, see how everything happens between Game Freak, The Pokemon company and the franchise Pokémon, and until the fans.
The episode is "Canterlot Boutique", yes, the cartoon is My Little Pony, Friendship is magic.

Oh good, there hasn't been an article on this Xbox exclusive on this Nintendo site in .... hours! I'm so happy we get to talk about it more.

“It’s totally not Pokemon” and yet the Nintendo news website keeps publishing articles about it.

Can’t play this on the Switch. It’s not by Nintendo. But it’s relevant content for this site because….?

The implication that there are “growing concerns” is such a load of BS. That’s been pretty much put to bed.

I tried to look on the switch eshop and couldn't find this game. What nintendo console is it on?

@Waluigi451 Simple. It gets clicks and generates traffic for ad revenue. Once the well dries up they'll move onto something else.

this guy is obnoxious.

"Look, the whole thing is rather annoying, to be honest"

No, no it's not. A cheap little indie ripoff blows the actual 20+ year old series out of the water with its dead and uncaring team pushing product.

Thats beautiful and what this country was founded on. May the best product win. Simple as. Pokemon does NOT make good games anymore regardless of your contract with them to always lick their boot.

I’m actually one of the biggest Pokémon fans in the world, but look, folks: Taking any company out of its comfort zone is ALWAYS a good sign; I totally believe that, in the crossfire between two companies, the CONSUMER ALWAYS WINS, ‘cause the more good games (and fewer bad games), the better for everyone! Long live the free market economy!!!