Like it or not, Pocketpair's Palworld has strong ties to Nintendo's Pokémon franchise. Sure, the gameplay might be different, but the theme, art, and even concept heavily borrow from Nintendo's money-printing IP, to the point that Nintendo sued Pocketpair for it.
This is why it's kind of odd that Palworld is available on almost every gaming device except Nintendo's console, the Switch. It seems it's not a case of Pocketpair refraining from releasing on the console but mostly due to technical limitations.
Palworld Devs Considering Porting Palworld to Nintendo Switch 2 If It's "Beefy" Enough
Speaking to IGN at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Pocketpair Communications Director John "Bucky" Buckley shared, "If we could make the game work on the Switch, we would, but Palworld is a beefy game."
But with the Nintendo Switch 2 housing a more horsepower under the hood, could we see it there, then? Bucky couldn't confirm that, though he mentioned that Pocketpair is interested. However, the dev team hasn't gotten a chance to check under the hood of Nintend's upcoming console.
Bucky said, "We haven't seen those specs yet...Like everyone else, we're waiting. I'm walking around GDC hoping someone will tell me them, but...
