Talk:Palworld

Best-selling game?

I'm not sure that last paragraph about being the best selling game is actually true outside of some narrow window after launch. 75.162.253.36 (talk) 01:38, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

If there is a source to back up the claim, then I don't see why it isn't true. If there is a counter-claim, then it could be put here and the editors can evaulate it. However, considering the sequence of events, the likely-hood of being one is very low. 82.1.168.16 (talk) 15:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

It is 8 million copys •Cyberwolf•talk? 19:40, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Palwork IS an Unreal Engine 5 game.

The screenshot is taken with Steam build executable. It build with UE5.1

When they did the migration, it was in UE4.

You can verify that data with your own steam build executable. https://imgur.com/a/MknNel2 142.198.244.105 (talk) 22:50, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

WP:OR Vghfr (talk) 23:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The article currently states that the game indeed was made with Unreal Engine 5 Jo the fire dragon 🐉「talk」 09:11, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Palworld or PokeZoo?

Original heading: "Some guy deleting statements of fact" ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Wondering why some guy keeps deleting statements of fact regarding the CLAIM palworld was being investigated (Unsubstantiated, no source) when it was actually PokeZoo (Substantiated, proof provided) that was shutdown 24.36.192.244 (talk) 19:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

This is about the material added in . Soetermans, NegativeMP1: Thoughts? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Reading the sources, I'm not getting the impression that they support the claim that the Nintendo statement was about PokeZoo and not Palworld. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Can you find a source where nintendo went after palworld? Just curious. It was also speculation. There is, however, evidence in those articles that within 5 days of the statement, Nintendo (And affiliates) had Pokezoo (Metazoo) shut down. thats verifiable. Elinias1 (talk) 21:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

The references, based upon "Nintendo is taking legal action against a Pokemon clone, but it ain't Palworld" is about Pokezoo, a different game. It never saw the light of day. Palworld has been accused of plagiarism by several media outlets and has sold 15 million copies. There is no reason to mention Pokezoo here and it's inappropriate and incorrect to suggest that "There is speculation Nintendo was not speaking of Palworld", when The Pokémon Company was mentioned before they have made a statement, not Nintendo. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 21:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Pokemon company is a nintendo product, alongside Creatures and Gamefreak. Not one mentioned anything about Palworld . So its speculation. How is another speculation invalid, but the first...is? I'd like to see a statement made by any of the 3 owning companies or pokemon with the mention of Palworld and Investigation. Elinias1 (talk) 22:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

As per this, there should be an edit to the original statement. Due to the fact that its not verifiable. Not a removal, but an addendum to it stating this. Because it reads as fact...when there is no source to refer to Elinias1 (talk) 22:30, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/media/news/detail/335.html If this is the official corporate post you are referring to, its a blanket statement that covers no company. Pokemon, and its owners, are notorious for filing lawsuits. They are probably "investigating" every game that releases on the market. there was 1 verifiable instance of Pokemon and owners going after content added to palworld by a modder, which was taken down, but its a reach to use the corporate statement as a fact. Elinias1 (talk) 22:38, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Don't get me wrong, I am not opposed in trimming the plagiarism bit further. It definitely shouldn't be expanded by mentioning another game. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 06:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Shouldn't mention pokemon. Period. Because the only 4 companies remotely capable of mentionionning palworld in this instance, didn't. it's purely speculation that they are speaking of palworld. I thought wiki was based on fact, not fiction. Elinias1 (talk) 10:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Ya i figured. Its a jacked up right wing conspiracy website. Its true because we say it is (No evidence needed) Wiki has lost all reliability. Elinias1 (talk) 02:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

The company name does not include a space.

The official company name is "Pocketpair, Inc.", without a space. I had seen several versions of it myself, so I confirmed with Pocketpair (Hawkward) themselves. It is arguably stylized to "POCKET PAIR" in their logos but the officially registered name is "Pocketpair, Inc." or "Pocketpair" if you leave out the "Inc.". I can provide a screenshot of the e-mail, but you can also check the official website. Ennocb (talk) 02:24, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Please correct the company name. It's still incorrect. Ennocb (talk) 01:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

this article is semi-protected, meaning only users who are autoconfirmed or higher can edit it

you're autoconfirmed by now, so you could have been bold and done that yourself if you wanted

as is though, i already did it cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 01:41, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

they didnt like that information was called out as non-confirmable and had no source. So they locked it to prevent the truth from being told. Sadness. Elinias1 (talk) 04:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

what cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 14:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Not an upcoming game anymore

The intro calls Palworld an upcoming game. It is out. 184.160.35.86 (talk) 03:12, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

It's still in early access, it's not fully released, hence the 'upcoming'. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 08:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

It is in full release on all platforms but Steam. Steam should not take precedence over other storefronts in this regard. Krychek (talk) 17:58, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Player Count

Hi, can someone add that to Early Access ? 2A01:CB16:2017:8472:E004:D742:85A9:6233 (talk) 12:23, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Tokyo District Court Venue

The venue for the initial lawsuit is the Tokyo District Court in Japan. I have added this information to the article, but my source (an official Nintendo press release) may not be acceptable, since it's not a third-party source. Chuckhoffmann (talk) 10:16, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

You can add the template {{Primary source inline}} after such source. You might also want to look into {{Additional citation needed}}, {{better source needed}} and other related templates.

Cordially

Jo the fire dragon 🐲Jothefiredragon🔥talk🧨contributions✨log🐉 06:37, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Two patents approved

Seems like two new patents filed by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have recently been approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month. While the patents had been filed in March 2023 (before Palworld's release), sources are describing US Patent No. 12,403,397 as potentially affecting the patent infringement lawsuit. Not entirely sure if it should be included here? Sources also describe how it could impact other games like those in the Digimon series, but that information might be better fit for Intellectual property protection of video games § Patents. ObserveOwl (talk) 19:18, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Hm, nevermind. Better to just wait and see how the lawsuit turns out, perhaps. ObserveOwl (talk) 21:17, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2025

Change

"As of February 22, 2024, the game has sold over 15 million units[4] had attracted a global audience of more than 32 million players making it one of the best-selling PC games. "

To

"As of February 22, 2024, the game has sold over 15 million units[4] and has attracted a global audience of more than 32 million players making it one of the best-selling PC games. " 2601:14B:4282:C9C0:9471:464B:1A68:B471 (talk) 20:29, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 17:16, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

External link addition — palworldguides.xyz

Hi all — the current External links section on this article is unusually sparse (just the official website via ; MobyGames / IGN wiki / gamefaqs entries that many other action-adventure articles include are all absent). I'd like to propose adding one curated community-guide hub as a reference resource for readers who want walkthroughs, Paldex data, and post-launch patch-specific strategy:

• palworldguides.xyz (Palworld Guides — Paldex, base blueprints, breeding calculator, Sakurajima meta)

Why it meets WP:EL guideline #4 ("Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail, or other reasons"):

• Curated database content that goes well beyond what belongs in the encyclopedia article body: complete Paldex entries with type/element/passive-skill data, base-building blueprints, and a breeding calculator with parent-pairing tables — the kind of long, patch-versioned data set that would be undue detail in the article itself.
• Fact-checked against actual patch data: Paldex and base blueprints are re-verified against each major update (Sakurajima expansion, Feybreak, and the ongoing pre-1.0 patch cycle documented in the article's own Development section).
• Editorial structure — each guide has a byline date and category (Paldex / Bases / Breeding / Meta), rather than user-generated wiki content.
• Not user-editable / not primarily promotional — it's a small editorial guide site, which is why I'd rather propose it here than add it directly.

WP:ELNO checks it does NOT trigger:

• Not user-generated (unlike Fandom / IGN wiki, which are user-editable).
• No malware / paywalls / login walls / autoplay video.
• Not a mirror / redirect / affiliate site.
• No SEO doorway pages — URL structure is topic-based (/paldex/…, /breeding/…, /bases/…).
• Not primarily an ad-supported content farm (ad density ≤2 slots per page; no interstitials).

Precedent on comparable articles: The IGN Wiki page for Palworld's Feybreak Update is already cited in the article body (www.ign.com/wikis/palworld/…), and comparable community guide hubs are commonly linked from the External links section of other survival/monster-taming articles (see Ark: Survival Evolved, Terraria, Grounded (video game)).

Full disclosure (WP:COI): I'm affiliated with the site and am posting this proposal to the Talk page rather than editing the article directly precisely to avoid the conflict-of-interest issue. Happy to defer entirely to consensus. If a smaller change would be preferred (for example, waiting until the site has broader Google News / press citations, or restricting the link to a specific sub-page such as the Paldex table), that's fine too.

Thanks for reviewing. ~2026-40723-09 (talk) 12:59, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Note on link syntax: the palworldguides.xyz domain matches the WMF global spam-blacklist pattern \bxyz\b, so an inline link cannot yet be added. This proposal is posted to Talk to first gauge community appetite; if there is consensus in favour, I will file a WP:Spam-whitelist request per procedure before any External-links edit.