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Pokémon Legends: Arceus lets players roam an open world filled with Pokémon for the first time. But what if you could do more?
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could run a farm with your monster pals or explore the world together?
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If this is the first time you’re seeing it, welcome to Palworld. The Pokémon-inspired open-world game was introduced in 2021 with an inscrutable trailer that certainly left an impression.
A bow fits Palworld’s aesthetic better than a gun, but the way this deer ragdolls into the distance probably isn’t meant to be this funny. Or is it? I honestly can’t tell.
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The new trailer ends with a boss battle against not-Lucario, with the protagonist riding a Pal like a mech, which of course has its own machine gun.
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The trailer isn’t all bizarre gunplay, though. There’s also a quick glimpse at how you’ll be able to manage your Pals and even get them to craft.
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Maybe coolest of all — and certainly most in the spirit of Pokémon — is the ability to actually fly around the world with the help of your Pals.
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Of course, a previous trailer also showed Pals being experimented on and forced to build guns, so it won’t be quite the same carefree adventure as Pokémon.