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With plenty of creative players already anticipating Palworld‘s possibilities, many are wondering how compatible the Pokémon-adjacent game will be. Mods are a popular way to tailor personal experiences in any game, but not all titles are as welcoming to this fan-made content as others.
While games like Skyrim, Minecraft, and even Baldur’s Gate 3 have all been boosted by content created by players, other titles are a bit more rigid. Nintendo has never looked favorably at mods, leaving players to adapt their own “inspired-by” versions through the hard work of dedicated communities. With modding more popular than ever, it would be unfortunate if Palworld didn’t offer a way for players to put their flair on gameplay.
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Pocketpair has stated that it supports modding, will have Steam Workshop support ready not long after the game’s release, and are actually excited to see what mods fans make. Thankfully, in a short FAQ they posted on both Steam and the Pocketpair Discord, the company clarified its position early on after the game’s launch.
Just a few short days after the game’s release, a YouTuber claimed they had modded the title to include Pokemon. However, this mod cannot be downloaded or played, and the videos of it have since been copyright stricken, most likely by Nintendo.
The developer also addressed a lot of other common questions in this FAQ, and not all of it was good news. But, the question about modding was not something a lot of people expected to see answered.
As with a lot of other mid-sized studio or even AAA studio releases in 2023 (and now 2024), Palworld is developed in Unreal Engine 5, which is likely a pretty new territory for modders
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