[Khalos]

Is that not sort of exactly the point?

People love the concept of pokemon and monster collection, and it hasn't really evolved beyond the same RPG formula in 20 years.

Nintendo has utterly failed to deliver different experiences in the franchise. There's clearly an appetite for it.

I don't think different genres mean a completely different target audience. Most gamers play multiple genres, and there's a massive overlap of fans of Pokemon and fans of Palworld in particular.

[WhereIsTheTruth]

Game Freak is the Pokemon's developer, not Nintendo

[Khalos]

Nintendo is the publisher and co-owner of the franchise. They have outsourced development (e.g. Bandai Namco) or licensed to other developers (e.g. Niantic) in the past, and seemingly could have done so more often.