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The Nintendo Switch 2, though?

Pocketpair is certainly interested, though that depends on whether the console has the hardware capabilities to run Palworld.

Palworld screenshot showing a green dinosaur-like creature with a red mushroom cap atop its head sitting in a wooden hot tub

It’s a “beefy game,” after all.

“We haven’t seen those specs yet,” Buckley says.

“Like everyone else, we’re waiting.

Palworld screenshot showing a man petting a bird creature

“If it’s beefy enough, it’s 100% worth considering.

We did a lot of optimization for Steam Deck, which we were really happy with.

Still work to do, but we’re really happy with how it turned out.

Palworld

So we would like to get it on more handhelds if possible.”

Of course,Nintendo’s lawsuit against Pocketpair for alleged patent infringementlooms in the background.

Maybe it is just down to the specs.

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