Have you ever heard of Palworld? This is a game “inspired” by Pokémon but with weapons. If players welcomed it warmly, this is not the case with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company who took legal action against Pocketpair, the studio behind Palworld. Despite this complaint for patent infringement, the game continues on its way and will soon arrive on mobile thanks to a partnership with Krafton.
Palworld made official on mobile
If you don’t know what we’re talking about here, Paleworld is an open world survival monster collecting and crafting game that launched in preview on January 19th on PC via Steam and on Xboxes from Microsoft. It was recently launched on September 25 on the PlayStation 5 (PS5) from Sony Interactive Entertainment. Players can collect over 100 different creatures called “Pal” which can be used to fight, build, farm or work in factories. The game was hugely successful, selling 15 million cumulative copies on Steam, 10 million users on Xbox, and becoming the third most concurrently active game of all time on Steam (around 2.1 million users). ‘simultaneous users) less than a month after its launch.
Known for its global successes with PUBG and PUBG Mobile, the company Krafton commits to adapt Palworld for Android and iOS smartphones in a version as faithful as possible to console and PC games. This strategic partnership aims to guarantee an optimized mobile experience, promising perfect graphics quality and gameplay for fans.
Through this agreement, Krafton will extend Palworld’s intellectual property to mobile platforms. It will faithfully reimagine and implement key fun elements from the original game for the mobile environment. The project will be developed by PUBG STUDIOS, a creative studio within Krafton.
Touch screen required, the port will not be basic but designed for smartphones and tablets, while retaining what is the essence of the original game.
The adaptation of Palworld to mobile is highly anticipated. On the one hand it will make it possible to reach a wider audience, with billions of potential players. On the other hand, it could inspire new ideas to developers, the constraints and possibilities of phones forcing creativity. With Krafton’s expertise and Pocketpair’s vision, there is no need to worry, we will inevitably be treated to a magnified version of this unique blend of survival, strategy and monster capture.
Release date
To date, no specific release date has been announced, but given the official announcement, we suspect that it will not be for ten years.
Despite everything, we must keep in mind that Pocketpair must face a legal battle with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, who accuse it of similarities between certain creatures from Palworld and the famous Pokémon, particularly in terms of the capture system reminiscent of Pokéballs. . The case had also delayed the release of the game on PS5 in Japan, although it had already been available on Xbox and PC via Steam for a while.
Who among you is waiting for Palworld? Remember that Miraibo Go is coming to mobile very soon, a sort of homage to Palworld. Or a clone, depending on your point of view.
