Watching the trailer gave me the impression as well. Of course Pokemon are based on real life animals, but they also a lot of unique designs. No way they made pals by accident that look like Hatterene and Garchomp but different colors.

What I don’t get is why this article is so shit. Can’t be that hard to let someone who played the latest Pokemon games install Palworld and make some comparisons themsevels instead of just sharing some Twitter posts. OK, actually in get it. That’s how modern videogame journalism works.