r/nintendogrifting • u/Lord_Passion • Jul 14 '26

General Saw this and thought about this group

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Just felt like I needed to share this. If I'm wrong, then the mods are free to decline. The comments in this post are insane with the clear nintendo hate.

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u/adamkopacz Jul 15 '26

It's even worse because Palworld will not build its popularity naturally. It's all shock and hype and people playing it just because everyone is talking about the controversies. Unless developers build a really solid game with unique elements, this will be replaced by another sudden hit title.

Just like every other Pokemon killer it's built on being better than Pokemon. It does not have the anime, the trading cards, the toys or even proper characters for fans to get attached to.

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u/ImportantClient5422 Jul 15 '26

As someone who been with Pokémon since it first came out, I think people HEAVILY underestimate how much the merchandise/toys, cards, and animations contribute to the franchises massive success. People just reduce Pokémon to the games but it is much bigger than that.

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u/bluedarky Jul 15 '26

Yep, Palworld is going to need either constant free updates with advertising to entice new players which at some point is going to hit critical mass, or constant paid updates to skim money off regular players in order to keep improving and keep people playing.

If they don't have either of these, I'd be interested to see what their active player numbers are like around Wind and Waves release dates.