After unveiling multiplayer life sim Palfarm yesterday, comparisons between the cozy game from Palworld developer Pocketpair and new Pokemon spin-off Pokopia (which was itself revealed less than two weeks ago) have unsurprisingly surfaced. However, the timing means that any similarities truly are just a coincidence.
Global community manager John "Bucky" Buckley seems to imply as much in a new online post, reiterating what was said before – that Palfarm has been in the works "for over a year now" – and Pocketpair doesn't house "wizard-level" devs who can magically conjure up a game in just one week. "A certain % of silliness and grumpy people were expected when announcing Palfarm," and "a smaller %" of anger towards Pocketpair was too, he writes.
