Pokémon fans hit back at Palworld's "lazy" Pal designs

As the multiplayer monster-collecting game Palworld continues to clock up staggering sale numbers and break its own concurrent player record, some less enthused Pokémon fans have taken to social media to share just how similar they think Palworld is to Pokémon.

«Pokémon with guns» survival game Palworld – which released as an early access title yesterday, 19th January, and has already sold over 2m copies – but it's now facing claims that the similarities between it and Pokémon are too great to be coincidental.

«Reminder not to support Palworld,» wrote one unhappy user on X/Twitter. «It's not even subtle about its rip-offs, how much else has it stolen?»

«I'm gonna be making a thread of [...] Palworld design analysis, trying to spot every Pokémon they jumbled together,» added another, before sharing a bevvy of startling images that show just how similar some of Palworld's characters are to those found in Pokémon.

The argument that «there's so many Pokemon you can't design monsters without accidentally copying at least one» could be a valid point, but in this case it's incredibly blatant what they're doing.
I haven't seen a single «pal» I can't tell exactly what Pokemon they took from.