Palworld

This page details one or more prototype versions of Palworld.

To do: Pre-release differences from the various trailers, screenshots, and Twitter videos. Some models have been changed, compare them if possible.

Unused Pals#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Did they have any in-game stats/data defined besides the models and elements? List them here if so.

These pals were unused and their models could be found in the files, until update 2.0.6 when their models were removed from the files altogether.¹.

Boltmane#

A Pal that resembles Luxray and was featured in a early trailer with a yellow color motif. To add to the comparisons, it was originally mono-Electric Element. In the earliest early-access versions Boltmane now has a red firey motif instead, although it is still scrapped for now.

Dark Mutant#

A Pal that resembles Mega Mewtwo Y. It may have been replaced with another Mega Mewtwo Y-like Pal, Lunaris, which is also internally called mutant. True to its name, it was of the Dark Element.

Dragostrophe#

A Pal that looks like a fusion of Zekrom and Zoroark. It may have been replaced with another Zekrom-like Pal, Astegon. It was Dark and Dragon Elements.

Revisional Differences#

To do: Upload a comparison video for the before and after.

On November 8, 2024, Nintendo filed a lawsuit claiming that Palworld was committing patent infringement against a series of patents related to mechanics seen in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, namely the concept of catching creatures inside of balls in an open-world space to make them fight on a third-person perspective.

While the settlement for this lawsuit is to be determined, on December 9, 2024 an update was rolled out which removed the functionality of Pals spawning where their Pal Sphere landed but instead always next to the player, likely to conform to the patent restriction.

References#