Beware the Moon Podcast

Hot take: Pokemon cant compete with this Pokemon has certain principles they uphold, and certain gameplay mechanics and rules they refuse to let go of. Pokemon has gotten lazy over the years, it lacks the whimsy it once had, hence why Palworld is popular in the 1st place

🚨Palworld just achieved what Pokémon has not managed in years 855,525 concurrent players on Steam this Sunday Second most played game on the entire platform behind only Counter-Strike 2 Pokémon has been the biggest gaming franchise in the world for 30 years And a small indie studio from Japan just outpaced it with a survival game about creatures with guns What do you think Pokémon needs to do to compete with this?

This prologue scene in Treasure Planet where Jim while solar surfing, cuts the engine and plummets always floors me because of how accurately it treats the physics of a free fall. The sheer sense of weight, speed, and genuine air resistance they managed to capture. The violent camera shake perfectly mimicking how you'd experience it in a real dive.

🎉 Palworld 1.0 is OUT NOW! The journey that began in Early Access reaches its climax, and from here, a new Palworld begins. Sunreach, a mysterious new island in the sky...the World Tree... 72 new Pals, Mutation, Awakening, large-scale overhauls to many systems and MORE!