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This development should come as a surprise to practically no one.
(Thereseven a bespoke websitelisting the companys past legal actions, though it hasnt been updated since 2022.)
How Nintendo is targeting Pocketpair is a point of curiosity.
As glib as it is, the shorthand is broadly accurate.
(you might instruct them to build out your base, you see.)
Its not hard to see why.
To begin with, theres thePokemonof it all.
you’re able to seeFortniteall over its aesthetic, right down to the contours of the avatars bodies.
Its base-building mechanic sits somewhere betweenMinecraftandRust.
Of course, video games are a distinctly iterative medium.
But the curious thing aboutPalworldis how each individual component often feels distinctly like the game its clearly borrowing from.
This prospect pokes at a nerve thats pretty raw for many in game-development circles of late.
None of this would necessarily matter ifPalworldwasnt actually fun as hell to jam with.
So it is withPalworld, which, despite its jankiness, delivers a very satisfying gameplay loop.
But the game is balanced in a way that feels devilishly sticky.
Since picking it up over the weekend, Ive unwittingly sunk 12 hours into the thing.
All of this has led toPalworldbeing one of the stranger gaming phenomena of late.
However successful it will be in that pursuit,Palworldcan probably already claim some means to a legacy.
