A new Palworld mod set to be fully unveiled tomorrow has swapped out all the Pals and other characters for Pokemon, and if anything was likely to cause late-night calls between Nintendo and its lawyers, well this is it.

Palworld has already been criticized in some quarters for, shall we say, bearing a striking resemblance to Pokemon in more than passing ways.

Now modder Toasted has put a short video on X (assuming it is still there by the time you read this!) showing all the characters in his Palworld game having been replaced by authentic Pokemon such as Pikachu.

The clip shows Ash Ketchum in place of the standard character and highlights a Pokemon boss fight. Even if this mod gets canned it is likely a thousand more will pop up out of nowhere in the coming weeks if Nintendo clamps down hard as it usually does.

Palworld already has a Pokemon mod

Full video on my YouTube tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/X1ohT6mJiT

— Toasted (@ToastedShoes) January 22, 2024

With a full video promised by Toasted tomorrow on X that is going to get a lot of people very excited. 

Plenty of other mods are already popping up on modding sites such as Nexusmods for Palworld, with things such as map unlockers and performance fixes for the game proving popular.

Games that are easily modded tend to blossom in popularity and with Palworld already having sold so many in its first days of life, these are exciting times for what the game may become, even when Nintendo makes sure that Pokemon do not inhabit the world.

So for now, if you want to enhance your Palworld, and maybe up its performance or improve its looks you can check out that page above. We will bring you news on what happens with the Pokemon mod tomorrow when Toasted reappears on X.

Paul McNally

Gaming Editor

Paul McNally has been around consoles and computers since his parents bought him a Mattel Intellivision in 1980. He has been a prominent games journalist since the 1990s, spending over a decade as editor of popular print-based video games and computer magazines, including a market-leading PlayStation title published by IDG Media. Having spent time as Head of Communications at a professional sports club and working for high-profile charities such as the National Literacy Trust, he returned as Managing Editor in charge of large US-based technology websites in 2020. Paul has written high-end gaming content for GamePro, Official Australian PlayStation Magazine, PlayStation Pro, Amiga Action, Mega Action, ST Action, GQ, Loaded, and the The Mirror. He has also hosted panels at retro-gaming conventions and can regularly be found guesting on gaming podcasts and Twitch shows. He is obsessed with 3D printing and has worked with several major brands in the past to create content Believing that the reader deserves actually to enjoy what they are reading is a big part of Paul’s ethos when it comes to gaming journalism, elevating the sites he works on above the norm. Reach out on X.

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