Despite Lawsuit Drama, Pocketpair Wants to Bring Palworld to Nintendo Switch 2

Pocketpair has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Nintendo following the launch of the hyper-popular creature collector, Palworld, and it seems as though Nintendo is on the back foot for the time being, with an October 2025 decision by the Japanese Patent Office denying Nintendo's application for a patent on creature capture mechanics. Still, despite the ongoing legal battle between the two gaming companies, Pocketpair's CEO, Takuro Mizobe, has commented in a recent interview with VGC that a Nintendo Switch 2 port may be on the cards, as long as Nintendo is willing to come to the table and as long as those conversations are possible.

Takuro MizobeFirst of all, I should say that we think the Switch 2 is a really amazing platform, not just for games globally, but especially here in Japan and for the Japanese games industry. It's been an incredible platform. If there's ever a future where we have the opportunity to discuss or consider bringing Palworld to the Switch platform in some way, then we'd love to have those conversations.

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