Pocket Pair, Inc.

And then of course Nintendo saying to themselves right now, "Boy- I just don't like it, man ... you know what I'm saying? I just don't like that shit, man.

You feel me? Nintendo looking at PalWorld, they looking at Pocket Pair, and they just saying to themselves, "Boy, if we catch you- I know that ain't who I think it is ...

I said, if we catch you- I know that ain't who I think it is ... it's on sight between Nintendo and PalWorld devs till the day they die.

No cap.

Landfall also had its hands in Peak, which was a co-dev effort with AgroCrab.

Phasmophobia developer Kinetic Games launched Kinetic Publishing earlier this year, while PocketPair created PocketPair Publishing in the wake of PowWorld.

Of course, not all models are alike.

For instance, Outer Sloth and Evil Landfall don't act as conventional publishers for the outside projects they fund.

We know these studios because they produced exceptional games.

That doesn't mean they are exceptional capital allocators, and the bets are already on the table.

Kinetic revealed five games in August, AgroCrab signed two, and PocketPair has been shipping since 2025.

The new publishers still need to prove that they provide meaningful value beyond writing a check.

to work for you.

But then there's companies like Pocket Pair who kind of create that expectation because PAL World Early Access compared to PAL World 1.0 is like a complete night and day difference and you got a ton of brand new stuff.

That is also true.

There is an exception to every rule.

Well done, Nick.

He interviewed some of the devs from Palworld, Pocket Pair.

And one of the key themes that came out of that interview was this overuse of Steam's data is inaccurate.

And in some ways, it's damaging or hurtful, or at least makes the developer sad when you rely on this and it's not the complete picture, or it's used in a way just to batter them, whether it's good or bad.

Phasmaphobia developer Kinetic Games launched Kinetic Publishing.

Um, Pocketpair has launched Pocketpair Publishing.

Uh, Landfall Games that made Peak has launched the publishing label, Label Evil Landfall.

Um, so lots of stuff like that happening.

So we're going to go back to the conversation where we had on the show, which was Power World.

When we first talked about Power World, we were talking about why I finally decided to play it, the whole Pokemon comparison, Nintendo's lawsuit against Pocket Pair, and whether Power World was actually doing something different than Pokemon.

Well, now you've got another game in between the conversation, Anemo.

And you got...

catch can work around your base they can farm they can mine can generate electricity they can carry things they can fight alongside you um they can do transportation um but anemo asked what if we did something completely different with it and those people answered

yeah i'll play

that uh nintendo and pokemon uh obviously in september 24 nintendo pokemon company suit pocket pair the developer of Power and Command, and this is where there's been a misinformation online.

Everybody keeps saying, yeah, Nintendo lost, Nintendo lost.

Who created Power World? Pocket.

Pocket Pair.

Pocket Pair.

Pocket Pair.

Jesus Christ.

To sue Pocket Pair.

And, and, and.

that.

[laughs]

... too close to original Pokémon? And Palworld and Pocketpair obviously have survived and thrived and-

Mm-hmm

... as we speak, looking at the Steam leaderboard, Palworld is the number-four game in concurrent player count.