Developer Pocketpair, Inc. has announced a new title called Palworld, which promises a a staggering array of crafting elements.
The Pokémon franchise is known for the bright, colorful creatures which inhabit its settings and lend it its name. These lovable beasts have sparked joy in millions of fans worldwide and moved an impressive amount of merchandise, from stuffed animals to action figures to sleeping bags. The broad appeal of the hundreds of different pocket monsters in the franchise have led Pokémon to celebrate its most profitable year ever in 2020.
This success is not without imitators, though. On June 5th, crafting elements are robust, and include firearms, which can be used to engage in firefights with human enemies in the game. These weapons can be crafted with the help of Pals, with all the dubious ethics that implies; one particularly jarring clip on the game's Steam page shows a line of whimsical squirrel-like Pals working on a conveyor belt to produce assault rifles.
Palworld isn't the only Pokémon homage to make news recently. 2020 saw the rise of an MMORPG called a PS5 rerelease in December. Unlike Palworld, whose titular creatures can lay down their lives to provide cover for players during a shootout, Temtem stuck to a more approachable and innocent theme, much closer to Nintendo's source material.
As long as Pokémon has existed fans have speculated on the dark ramifications of Nintendo's bright and cheerful world. For the most part, this speculation has been nothing but a good-humored way to the time. But when Palworld releases in 2022, it will give players a chance to explore their grim theories like never before and finally experience the Pokémon shooter that Nintendo will likely never give them.
Source: Pocketpair/Twitter, Palworld
