The Hilariously Plagiarized "Pokémon" Game - RadicalSoda

[@josephhall8682]

In defense of lamball, the freaking electric sheep in Elden Ring roll at you. That attack is surprisingly damaging.

[@mauvepikmin2006]

All of the sheep in Elden Ring roll even

[@Ron_Junkman]

I was about to text just this very thing. Must be a Japan thing that we just don't get about lambs.

[@squiddu]

love lamps ​@@Ron_Junkman

[@carlosemilio385]

I caught a giant one with Draco Meteor. Turns out it can deal a loooooot of damage

[@diahgo5226]

i was just about to comment this lmaoo

[@This-Was-Sparta]

Probably the most reasonable take on this game I've seen tbh. Being critical of both the Pokemon company and Palworld for their own reasons while still enjoying their output to some degree is not the insane contradiction a lot of folks are making it out to be.

[@nixter3196]

Rare to see respectable comments like this

[@danieldsantiagorodriguez4955]

It seems like the internet culture becomes more and more singular minded with time. Something is either good or bad, right or wrong, etc. People online seem unable to grasp with mixed or complex ideas/feelings.

[@slimebunny5700]

Some people see it as supporting pokemon if you criticize palworld and other people simply don't want to criticize palworld because they want a game that can oppose pokemon. They feel if you criticize it then it won't be as good of a competitor to pokemon. Then you have the people who excuse it being a early access as a reason to not say anything, it being early access is more of a reason to point out issues so the devs can fix it. People are just very one sided in things and can't imagine having a reasonable take. I've mostly seen the comments just latch onto the lamball thing and not actually discuss the other stuff mentioned and then treat that as a big own saying "this is how pokemon fans think" it's weird.

[@ARStudios2000]

Agreed.

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

Agreed, Radical isn't afraid to point out dumb shit in both sides but gives Palworld a fair shake and suggests improvements to make it its own, unique thing

[@greenan984]

A panda with a bamboo grenade launcher named 'Bamboom' sounds like a Skylander, in fact I'm pretty sure there's a Skylander with a bamboo rocket launcher

[@HaloCatArt]

there is lol

[@Goop946]

It’s Zook and you put some goddamn respect on his name

[@GummyPikminProductions]

@@Goop946 o7

[@soulcyclone360]

That would be my boy Zook. Absolutely a top teir Skylander, and yes, I'm incredibly biased.

[@DJFlare84]

In the MegaMan series, there's a boss in MegaMan X8 called Bamboo Pandamonium. He didn't use a bamboo grenade launcher but he fired bamboo missiles.

[@PiousMoltar]

"rolling physics 3D Sonic could only dream of" 😭😭😭

[@Aaaa-g6u8e]

Time for Pocketpair to make their own version of Sonic.

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

​@@Aaaa-g6u8e Sonic Mania all over again having fans make a better Sonic game than actual the actual Sonic team

[@manwhodoesthings]

Sonic fans are pretty much always at the verge of a mental breakdown at this point. I don't think we've gotten an amazing 3D Sonic game since Generations. Frontiers was a success, sure, and I loved that game, but after replaying it a couple of times the only substance to it there really is are the boss fights and ironically the cyberspace levels that have 4 themes to them. I love the concept of open world sonic, but the formula they went with really doesn't work for Sonic.

[@veggsbacon1891]

​@manwhodoesthings Cyberspace is a neat idea that I like to see it evolve a bit, but the repetitive same old (3) generations assets just made me roll my eyes. At least use the "null space" assets and mix them a bit.

[@JoshTheWoz]

Honestly the morph ball in metroid prime solos every single sonic game in general

[@tismeah7]

So on the sheep rolling, Elden Ring sheep also roll for some reason. Thought I was hallucinating it

[@sadi5713]

maybe they dont have real sheep in Japan.

[@AT7outof10]

Some assume they made the Sheep roll to make fun of the Dark Souls meme that spamming the roll button solves all your problems.

[@ASGARD147]

​@@AT7outof10 Love the idea that this is just a Japanese devs misconception, and that japanese people overall think sheeps move by rolling

[@ShockedLogic]

Palworld shows that if there's a genre completely starved of fresh ideas, you can released even a 'just okay' product and it will do insanely well if it has a handful of good, original ideas among the derivative.

[@Ducky_yandere]

truly

[@Bossfightmedia]

Actually palworld just handled its marketing so insanely well that most people should REALLY open their eyes and ears to how they did it. They broke several Steam Records. Actually most of them.

[@slurmpus]

funny considering the complete lack of origional ideas in palworld

[@deltagearadvanced5140]

@@slurmpus I mean... when are there original idea's anymore? You make ANY creature capture game, even with a alternative artstyle, and people will STILL call it a pokemon ripoff/Clone and what are you gonna do to make yourself really stand out? Especially when pokemon introduces a new half baked mechanic every game now it's not gonna be long before there will be a game for every type of creature capture can't escape being compared too. Can't make giants, can't Do time stuff, can't do type changing, can't do special transformations, can't do special moves, can't do special region/biome variants... at this rate? fine, i don't care if it copies/rips off pokemon. Anything is better than the consistent NONE effort of pokemon games these days anyway, they could use some competition to make them pick up their pants and actually start trying and making good things for a change again.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

It doesn't really have much good or original, its just cuz of startlingly good marketing.

[@HiddenForbidden2]

Sheep are notorious for rolling over onto their backs accidentally and then not being able to get back up on their own 💀

[@wdf70]

7:36 Eikthyrdeer is also inspired by the norse Eikthyrnir which is literally just a Stag in Vahalla. Even Valheim played around with the idea and made him a big lightning boy with horns made of bone and iron. Xerneas no doubt used the same kind of inspiration back when X and Y released.

[@spinningpeanut]

Yes Pokemon X and Y, famously norse, look at the beautiful eikthyr tower in the center of the nordic city Kallas.

[@Highstar25]

​@@spinningpeanut all of the XY legendaries are based on the mythical creatures that reside on and around Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. Which is indeed a strange theme for France, but they also put a Chinese legendary quartet in Spain, Buddhist gods AND French Musketeers in New York and the Biblical Leviathan, Behemoth and Ziz in Okinawa.

[@Tink00]

It also means that Eikthyrdeer is kinda just "Deerdeer" lol

[@TheXell]

Well of course Zelda has balls, I mean, could you imagine if Zelda was a girl?

[@_hama_8]

😢 no , my twink

[@johnvicaireiii5537]

This comment confused me so hard for a second.

[@KingKayro87]

Either you're confusing Zelda with Link or you know something we don't.

[@TheXell]

@@KingKayro87 Google "What if Zelda was a girl", young one.

[@muffetmissulena6540]

@@KingKayro87r/whoooosh

[@arkauthor]

I love how Depresso only got his name cause people called him that in a contest.

[@velconx15]

Damn, that's like letting Reddit name your baby

[@Zillionman2010]

@@velconx15 You leave Baby McBabyface out of this!

[@LunarNeedle]

Dude Bamboom is such a better name, I feel robbed

[@maskedkoopa6252]

Thats already a pvz plant though

[@CiromBreeze]

Just saying, there IS a reason to ride Rushoar: He's a mount with Mining as a Work Ability, so you can use his attacks while mounted to mine real fast early on. (At least, until you get something more dedicated like a Digtoise, anyway) (And I'm pretty sure Rune Factory did the whole "rolling sheep" thing before? I know RF3 did it because you play AS a sheep in that game, and rolling was definitely an attack you could do. Rolling sheep seem to be a thing in a LOT of games, actually.)

[@CompletelyNewguy]

yeah once I found out how good Rushoar is at mining, I basically never used a pickaxe again. Just wish there was a pal for trees now, need more fiber.

[@CiromBreeze]

@@CompletelyNewguy ... Eikthirdeer?

[@CompletelyNewguy]

they don't have the same kick as Rushroar. Like you can't ride on them to destroy trees easily.@@CiromBreeze

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

@@CompletelyNewguy What about relaxosaur?

[@retroelite1019]

15:36 "Let me ride my lopunny." I see what you did there.

[@Furluge]

There might not be laws against the Pokemon, Batman. But there are definitely laws against doing it in the open world.

[@retroelite1019]

@@Furluge I hate that joker meme

[@cravonomire9971]

13:59 I dont get the criticism earlier he said "its just an elephant with some rock and grass" as if there aren't tons of pokemon that arent "animal but element"

[@ShaneStapler]

its the usual pokemon fan argument ignoring pokemons similar premises

[@darcidious99]

Well us pokemon fans are all hypocrites we just deny it. "Food mons are bad" followed by "oh we like alcremie and fidoughs evo". "Object mons are bad" followed by "chandelure is one of the best designs period". "Newer mons just aren't as appealing or good". No, muk/grimer/voltorb exist, you're cherrypicking. The truth is we all have designs we hate and we think we have to justify them, so we give halfassed and hypocritical reasons. Like how dudunsparce is quite possibly the laziest design I've ever seen, but tandemaus is cute and silly cause mice like to multiply. Or how we all hate bipedal pokemon but we all love gardevoir and charizard.

[@juanokug4]

​@@darcidious99i think the difference is that the good ones have some sort of twist or something that makes it feel more unique (except alcreamie i never got the hype) . Chandelure has a cool pattern on it's face and a cool type, fidough has a fun pun for a name and a fun design, but there's bad ones. Vanillice is just an icecream with a face. Not all of them are bad but they can be bad

[@babulbi]

I mean, most Pokemon are not animal but element. That's one of the most common criticisms fan Pokemon get.

[@roonkolos]

@@glurpious73 yes but it still applies at times even still

[@OlyChickenGuy]

I have NO idea how I got to this video (I literally mis-clicked SOMETHING and this video just... started playing), but I'm glad I did. It was a lot of fun joining you on this journey of opinion, and I appreciate the differentiation between a "good" game, and a "fun" game.

[@jeannepixel4692]

I always hear about people talk about creature catching games and talk exclusively about pokemon when the Switch has like a million different creature catchers... SMT V, Monster Hunter Stories, Dragon Quest Monsters, World of Final Fantasy, Persona 5... honestly, I think pokemon and GameFreak would have more competition if people didn't pretend these games weren't in the same genre or just straight up didn't exist...

[@jefufflekluse9573]

Its not about mechanics, its about v i b e. None of the games you mentioned FEEL the same as pokemon.

[@MatthewCobalt]

15:36 Don't think we wouldn't notice that, Soda. A sentence like that is like a fog horn at close range.

[@dura_digi]

Bro let his intrusive thoughts win

[@Eliagiulio]

​@dura_digi those thoughts ain't intrusive, they are front and center

[@setster007]

AHHH!

[@Spiney09]

One thing I will say: there is an enormous amount of Ark in this game. I have 5,000 hours in Ark, and Palworld is extremely derivative. However, it’s derivative in a good way. There is far less grind in Palworld than in Ark, the creature management is far more streamlined, and both games are equally as glitchy. But what Palworld has that Ark doesn’t is forward momentum. The devs are actively working on the glitches and bugs. There have already been several major updates that only work on fixing bugs. Ark hasn’t had that in a long time. Official Palworld servers have really long timers for things. This is another aspect taken from Ark, but the timers are much nicer to players in Palworld. And, base setups allow for automatic resource collection, something Ark still doesn’t really have. All in all, some people may find Palworld grindy, but you have to understand that it’s a vast improvement from the blueprint they built the game on. Huge eggs on official servers take 80 hours or so to hatch. That’s a really long time. But compare it to Ark, where the largest creatures take 24 hours to hatch, but then require the player to log in every 4-5 hours to press e on that dino so you get full imprint bonus. And you have to log in every 4-5 hours for a WEEK! That’s how bad Ark was, and with that context, Palworld is FAR more respectful of a player’s time. I do hope they lower the timers further, but they’re moving in the right direction at least.

[@b-sidecassette]

came for the thumbnail, came to the thumbnail, stayed for soda

[@BigSmiggles]

Its like a rollercoaster

[@MrNickPresley]

Wait, this isn't a rollercoaster. This is.. GRAND METROPOLIS! doodeedoo~

[@BigSmiggles]

@@MrNickPresley 2DDDDDDD DOOOOBEEEDOBODEBOOOOOBEEEDOO

[@blakeellis9171]

Cassette Beasts has been out for a while now and ain't no one talks about it even though it's the best pokemon game since gen 5

[@YellowYeti21]

I never realized the rolling sheep in Elden Ring are a just knockoff of Wooloo

[@Goremize]

Yeah this "pokemon was the first to do everything" Mindset is not exactly a good mindset. Like Nintendo somehow owns animals and anything resembling them has to be a ripoff/copy from Nintendo because they somehow own everything. Meanwhile other games do it and because they get less scrutiny its fine? They only did it with Pal World cause it was popular :D And its only Early Access :D

[@Fl3cheF]

@@Goremize girl be real, what u’re saying is nonsense, noone saying that, just look at the material. Most of the pall ARE carbon copy or and ugly sum of multiple pokemon, and thats not to defend gamefreak, pocket pair is just a fraud and thats all

[@420starchild]

Elden Ring is my favorite creature catching game.

[@Natoursofcourse]

​@@Fl3cheFhow do you watch a video then fail to retain anything the video said

[@Fl3cheF]

@@Natoursofcourse i have not finished it, and ?

[@vasylpark2149]

To be fair sheep in Elden Ring also roll. Edit: also to be fair Direhowl looks like Tiger from Monster Rancher

[@SilvyReacts]

Direhowl honestly just looks like a typical direwolf. The design is way to generic for anyone to claim it's a rip off pokemon in my opinion. I think it's one of the odder pal to pokemon comparisons, since it seems like such a stretch to me.

[@Zyroes]

​@@SilvyReacts I agree that it is unreasonable for people to just go, "This stylized wolf looks kind of like this _other_ stylized wolf, so they must have stolen the design!" A wolf is going to look like a wolf.

[@anguset]

Based Monster Rancher enjoyer

[@bastel_art]

Radicalsoda's really seeing how far he can go with these thumbnails, all in the name of getting clicks I suppose haha

[@knightofblackfyre7950]

To be fair I do remember seeing Sheep that roll like a ball in a game before pokemon. for the life of me I can't remember what game it was, maybe some phone app game, but I have seen the "sheep that rolls around like a ball" before pokemon Sword/shield so I can't confidently say Palword ripped that off of Pokemon specifically.

[@crazyfanboy16]

11:10 Heya! RushoarFan420 here! Ive actually found that ingame my precious boar Rushmoar has the ability to make mining a breeze by charging into mineral deposits while mounted. Not sure if this is a Rushoar exclusive thing or an ability shared by any Pals who can mine and are also mountable, but I assure you I very much appreciate saving on pickaxes and getting twice the resources twice as fast. Sidenote: You can actually breed Pals with traits like “Runner” and “Swift” to make em faster as mounts. I thought that was pretty neat. However I do wish they had more of an application in battle. They seem to be only relevant when it comes to movement while mounted.

[@hudsonk1racer]

I still don't get why everyone got livid over that Dinossom redesign it genuinely looked better imo, and I'm 95% sure that Palworlds devs *already* did something like that with Lunaris if that cut Shadow Mewtwo's internal name is anything to go by.

[@Shadow30.]

tbh i can't not see it as Breloom + shit, and now your cursed with it too. even have similar the same color pallet

[@ThRealBuddy]

@@Shadow30. Bro Breloom is a huge stretch. If you REALLY wanna curse someone with palmon to pokemon similarities, Dinossom is literally just grass type Goodra. Has the tail twirl, body type, eye type, LITERALLY JUST A GRASS TYPE GOODRA.

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

What's funny is the new Mewtwo is stolen from digimon's venmon and palworlds copied version loops back around looking closer to venmon than the new mewtwo

[@camo6465]

6:37 Typhlosion’s color scheme? Typhlosion is my favorite Pokémon, and I don’t see it honestly

[@checkerhat327]

the body is cream, the pants are blue, that's about it really.

[@camo6465]

@@checkerhat327 Exactly, and the shade of blue isn’t even remotely the same. Saying it’s Typhlosion’s color scheme seems to be a bit of a stretch at that point

[@checkerhat327]

@@camo6465 It's not really a stretch if the only difference is a slight shade. (of ONE of the two colors, no less.)

[@what.5693]

⁠​⁠@@checkerhat327typhlosion doesn’t own the combination of cream and blue, man. It’s definitely a stretch to say they copied a color scheme from pokemon when you’re talking about 2-3 common colors, they’re not exact copies, the monster itself looks completely different, and you’re comparing it to a franchise including over a thousand monsters designs each having an alternate form with different colors. Outside of more “exotic” color schemes like the Xatu clone’s it’s just not a great point in general. Personally I think it’s a waste even bringing them up when you have blatant copies like the Cobalion one.

[@irritatedlibrarian9057]

Matches Huisian Typhlosion.

[@_zealos_8213]

"There's no reason for a sheep to roll unless you're copying Pokemon." ... *_It's ball shaped._* There's also no reason for hedgehogs to roll into a ball to attack, but here we are.

[@snufkin8940]

... Hedgehogs roll up in nature. They are covered in spikes. It's not a huge stretch

[@soulcyclone360]

​​@@snufkin8940sheep are known for rolling too, it's just that more people have played pokemon than have spent a decent amount of time around sheep.

[@AHylianWarrior]

Have you never seen a hedgehog before lol they actually do roll in to a ball that's like their most defined trait other than their spikes lol

[@soulcyclone360]

@@AHylianWarrior yeah, and it makes them basically defenceless and immobile. The polar opposite of how sonic does it

[@LordLemmysLabs]

@@soulcyclone360 Same with armadillos and pill bugs, but they are often made to roll around in video games or other media because that's just a common trope. Thing rolls into ball, can roll around. It wasn't a new concept even by Sonic's creation.

[@bben11plays15]

You forgot to mention another important thing in Palworld! ... YOU CAN CATCH HUMANS.

[@spider59er35]

20:02 That little “WhaaAaa” in the background got me goooood

[@Intellyellthismyoldchannel]

Sheep in the og Spyro games were also round and wooly and roll around. So to assume it's copying Wooloo is still a massive stretch

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

Pokemon should be ashamed of copying Dragon Quest and kaiju movies and now Spyro too.

[@catasplurge1000]

just cause theres other things where sheep roll doesnt mean wooloo wasnt where they took the idea, but its a generic enough design anyway its not really a huge deal and the other ones are bad enough already

[@themanwithoutaplan9389]

It’s the design being so similar combined with the rolling that makes it sus, not the rolling animation in a vacuum. I’m pretty sure that would be a better point to make than the “why have fantasy sheep roll”.

[@shrimpchris6580]

@@themanwithoutaplan9389 The designs look nothing alike, you people are blind.

[@eur0be4t3r]

@@themanwithoutaplan9389cuz sheep roll irl

[@thiagoxavier6737]

If we're lucky radical will find the other Monster collector games that exist out there, cause there is many, and a lot are REALLY fun

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Yokai Watch moment.

[@thiagoxavier6737]

Yooo there is a neq yokai watch on the works so maybe

[@Danominator]

Yokai Watch deserved better man, those games are surprisingly really fun and the battles are way more involved than anything pokémon has put out. Really big shame we never got it on the Switch...

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

I heard about a game called Cassette Beasts, not sure about its quality though.

[@thiagoxavier6737]

@@DoctorDisasterDracula Cassette beasts is one of the best games ive played all year, whole heartetly reccomend

[@PiousMoltar]

5:16 "Why does it roll?" Have you not played Elden Ring?

[@snintendog]

Someone hast been to the UK and had their car hit in the highlands yet. The wild sheep are a enough to be an insurance claim espicial when they be coming down the mountain.

[@DW_17.]

or skylanders

[@dagreatzoink5559]

A new RadicalSoda video, I guess all of us are now “FEELING GOOD”

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

28:38 - Gotta love how Shadowbeak also straight-up has Silvally's crest thing At this point I'm starting to think that not only was the Pokemon design cramping very intentional from a time saving/creative bankruptcy point of view, but specifically because they knew it'd've gotten people talking about the game, and that's pretty much why the game exploded as big as it did, free advertising, basically

[@darcidious99]

Additionally it makes them easier to like or associate with things we do like. I've played other creature catchers and couldn't name you a single memorable creature, they just don't have as appealing of designs to me. But meganium goodra? Oh that's dinossom and its cute. Bushi? Oh you mean tall mawile that has a sword and shoots fire, yeah he's kinda cool. Lovander? Haha, its like if they removed all filters on salazzle that's funny! Granted some fly too close to the sun, cremis is despicable and azurobe is blatant on where it comes from... But I can still recognize and name not eevee and not primaperior.

[@hilotakenaka]

They mentioned that some of the modeller members of staff were teenagers, so part of it might just be out of sheer laziness/inexperience

[@bluetoad6848]

Or it could just be a fun game, and that's why it got so popular.

[@JDReC100]

@@bluetoad6848 ...why not both?

[@killerduck9022]

Man, This is Radical

[@kaizermierkrazy6886]

So Soda man

[@herecomesjakob420]

Whys your comment labeled as 3 days ago

[@solidskullz5736]

Man I wish I had a soda

[@SoulCore413]

SODA!!!!

[@raze2012_]

​@@herecomesjakob420probably early access. Lotta patreons will get to see the unlisted video link earlier.

[@charliemacsart]

For Grizzbolt, I think everyone is distracted by only comparing them to Pokemon, when personally Grizzbolt looks like a yellow Totoro knockoff. You could argue it has Gengar's face but it's definitely Totoro.

[@dse763]

Grizzbolt is clearly a mix of Electabuzz and Snorlax (who is clearly inspired by Totoro).

[@tylercoon1791]

@@dse763I thought it looks more like Zangoose than Snorlax with claws like that

[@unf3z4nt]

If Totoro is the odd but likeable neighbor who does his own thing, Grizzbolt would be the neighbor from Hell who you call the cops on countless times.

[@darthgalaxo155]

this game lets you live the fantasy of playing ark without needing a terabyte of free space

[@ythegamerita]

Jokes aside you could probably fit an actual gigantosaurus in your PC and ark still would take half the hard disk

[@KingsNJenssons]

Okay so the reason why he's having so many multiplayer issues it's because he's playing with people very far away happens when my Aussie friends plays on our server in the UK, even tho it's fine for all of the rest of us

[@Cornbread33y]

7:46 okay but in all seriousness, can we just take a moment to appreciate this art, holy shit. This looks great!

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob]

The intention behind it sucks, but the art is just extremely well made

[@donovanjoseph737]

@@FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob”The intention behind it sucks”. Wtf do you mean he explained himself perfectly. He redesigned the Pal to not be so derivative of pokemon, what about it?

[@RedMage4evah]

The reason you would want to ride on Rushoar is because while on it you can mine ores REALLY fast. Give him some moves or just use his dash through a quarry and you'll be overburdened in no time flat!

[@JuanRecomienda]

19:13 Of all the glitches in this game, I didn´t expect the player character to suddenly come back to the camera from out of bounds while doing the iconic Sonic Adventure 1 pose

[@TheCobraKing209]

13:30 “oh dude I think I’m gonna die” *spots water* “Ah, no there’s water I’ll be fine” *Dies*

[@theViceth]

"With the only real simmilarities being... well, you know, Jesus Christ" I'm kinda glad auto-captions don't consider any pauses.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Palworld seems to be scratching an itch that pokemon fans have been having for decades. Pokemon has become stale and are only now hopping on trends that were popular 10 years ago.

[@Otuhh]

It's not about the adventure, it's about the pals we sacrificed along the way

[@endersalasa3396]

"Sheep don't roll." Elden Ring for some fucking reason:

[@ESPmrBrough]

dat thumbnail art tho 👌

[@jmiyabi]

Agreed

[@lanz228]

busted one for the thumbnail

[@Camphreneas]

Cultured. *_-I’m also deathly surprised that RadicalSoda’s Poppi didn’t have ANY art of her in R34, nor any tags related to her in said website.-_*

[@mageofchaos]

@@Camphreneas Possibly because you misspelled it. Try "Poppy". -a fellow human of culture

[@Axvzar_A.F.U]

That's the only reason why I clicked on it 😂

[@ThatOneCloudGuy]

I still don't get the argument for Anubis, you can't trademark an ancient egypt god, i feel like an anubis like creature is public domain. I also don't believe Pokemon can trademark animals, those kinda just exist in the world, just because they made a bird, a sheep and a ferret doesn't mean they own the rights to the animals.

[@BloodwyrmWildheart]

Pokemon fanbois don't understand copyright law.

[@dbear7717]

It's not exactly the concept which is the problem. The proportions are almost the exact same. And nobody was saying pokemon can sue for that design specifically. Although we did see they couldn't sue over the designs.

[@GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX]

_"I don't know if I ever played such a glitchy game before"_ Sonic Colors Ultimate:

[@lasarousi]

Literally any 3D Sonic.

[@newgirlde]

1.3k comments I'm sure someone said it, but Rushoar is one of the best early mining mounts. Their charge attack practically explodes the early ores.

[@SmartAlec86]

Technically, Palworld can't get into legal trouble. Most Pokemon, despite how protective Nintendo can be of it's products, are not copyrighted/trademarked. Dire Howl is just a wolf (probably a dire wolf). Saying it's ripping off Lykanrock is saying Lykanrock is ripping off a wolf.

[@thenoobygamer9000]

The inspiration isn't copyrighted, but the actual design of it is, so something that is a clear copy of it would be infringing Nintendo's copyright. As long as it is a few minor features with different mannerisms, then it should be okay. It has to be distinguishable enough from what someone is trying to say is a copy to not get the two confused when looking at them. So yea, Pal is fine, Nintendo is not going to be happy about that, though. They fought a while, but eventually, the community just made what we asked from them ourselves, a more mature pokemon game.

[@DexDexter0]

Its stunning to see the reaches people make ro defend designs that are pokemon parts staples to each other. If pokemon/Nintendo was really so awful, people sure gi out if their way ti copy their stuff and try justifying it with crap excuses

[@keystrix3704]

@@DexDexter0 And it's stunning to me how much people froth in anger over Palworld using such legally distinct designs. The entire look of the game is obviously supposed to evoke the feeling of "Pokémon-ish" and there's no downside to getting more "Pokémon-ish" games. I get this "Pokémon-ish" game that I'm loving, and you get actual Pokémon games that you love for whatever reason. It's a win/win. Why complain? But remember that Nintendo/Game Freak has been scummy in their own ways. They were copying designs way before Palworld, pitching lies about their copy-pasting of models, hacking apart their pokedex entries into small chunks with every new game, selling copies of the same game for full price with only slight changes, and delivering full-games as broken messes. They're not the ABSOLUTE worst, but they certainly deserve to get their balls flicked a bit here.

[@DexDexter0]

@@keystrix3704 my love for both is about even. I've got 135 hours in palworld and had a great time despite being quite bored with it now I'm not going to pretend that it's not a mishmash of Pokemon, Ark, and Botw

[@thenoobygamer9000]

@@DexDexter0 And pokemon is just a collectathon version of Dragon Quest, but people don't really mind that when saying Palworld copied Pokemon.

[@blargcoster]

Wow, I didn't have nearly as many bugs as you. Didn't even fall through the map.

[@KingsNJenssons]

Most likely because he is joining a server from another continent happens to my Aussie friend when he joins our server in the uk

[@blargcoster]

@@KingsNJenssons Ooohh, large ping I can easily believe would cause things like that, yeah.

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

For the first few weeks I did fall a few times, that was it though. Comes down to luck I guess

[@otwayrpg]

Alright I know this has nothing to do with the video but Soda is pushing his luck with these thumbnails.

[@nixter3196]

@triplexagon He's done worse. Or better depending on your point of view. Had to change the thumbnail and all

[@an0bserver2000]

im like a sleeper agent. i hear the activation phrase "open world survival crafting game" and fall asleep.

[@DerrickLong87]

15:40 bro really tried to sneak Lopunny in 💀

[@DamnDaimen]

Early on, health and weight load is what you wanna level up. Late game, you pull the trigger on a respec and full send into attack. You can actually oneshot frostallion with a rocket if you have the right setup and gear. It takes a bit to get to that point, but it feels pretty good.

[@dsshocktrooper7523]

No stamina upgrades?

[@DamnDaimen]

@@dsshocktrooper7523 Ranged weapons don't use stamina. If you're mining, you can generally get a full node before running out, then by the time you get to a new node, your stamina should be back. Honestly, as long as you don't pump work speed, and get a bit of weight load, you'll be okay.

[@bigchungus7870]

I heard from the dev himself that apparently part of his process in making games is putting lots of different things together. Take this as you will

[@estrildidnot-4639]

Looking at the companies history, yeah... and finishing early access games ain't really in that pattern.

[@PiousMoltar]

Yeah I think he said he's a "trend-follower" and literally took a bunch of current trends and mashed them together. Seems like too weird of a mix to me but I can see how it would be fun.

[@kyucumbear]

@@PiousMoltar I mean, throwing shit at a wall and then seeing what sticks is a genuine method of game design. They just got lucky when they picked the traits that fulfil a niche in the market that has not been done correctly before. And I say that as someone who genuinely likes Palworld. I hope they continue working on it now that they struck gold.

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

I mean, look I do that with my little projects too, but the idea is to put a little more effort into making it your own.

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

I'm also convinced that Rad shares the same passive as ol' Vinny Vinesauce, which is to say being a glitch magnet

[@BonkHazard]

To be fair Mossanda's name is such because he is naturally a mossy panda first, the grenade launchers are human interference, so naming the pal Bamboom is not really correct, as not every Mossanda has grenade launchers to pull out.

[@Nilon241]

6:58 Wow this one's literally just Gleam from Yokai watch! Down to the pose and the flame ontop of the hat. I guess they thought they could be less original if they took from a much more obscure franchise :(

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob]

Both Gleam and Bushi are based on Ronins, but it's weird how they both have flames on their hats

[@hiroshotreplica]

11:00 you can actually ride some pokemon in the lets go games, but im not sure if enough people even bought the game to discover that

[@sydneywellesw-vtr1439]

I have no idea how RadicalSoda got away with that thumbnail, but godspeed my man!

[@Liam-uh5fh]

6:34 Funnily enough, this one might actual be a rip-off of a yokai from yokai watch, google Sheen and Gleam, it looks very VERY similar and I get they are both based on the same thing but like, wow. also great vid btw

[@GeorgeCowsert]

You raised an honestly good point. Some Pals, like Jetragon, really should control more like planes instead of helicopters. Just a constant forward-moving motion you have to steer, trading controllability for sheer velocity.

[@roonkolos]

Speaks rather loudly when an apparently plagiarized version of Pokémon is somehow more fun than the actual Pokémon games as of late Not saying PalWorld is flawless or without its genuine criticism. It's not. But it's still actually a lot of fun as far as what it has so far

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

it’s not about being more fun it’s about being different, pokemon has been stale for the last 15 years or the like so people just want something new with actual effort put into it. it’s why everybody liked legends arceus so much, and why people are not only happy it’s getting a sequel but that the game is NOT coming out this year, it shows they might actually be trying this time, and with the new formula at that

[@roonkolos]

@yourehereforthatarentyou isn't that more or less what I said? I'm not disagreeing but thats basically what my statement is referring to

[@tpfoxCastro]

Why do [people that don't like turn based RPGs] trying to explain why they prefer [palworld] over [pokemon] always have to say that [palworld] is better or more [fun]? I get it, you don't like the [RPG mechanics] in the [turn based RPG game franchise], but asking for [pokemon] to be more similiar to it is not only unrealistic, but weird and in my bad days I might even add, dumb.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

This game has essentially nothing to do with Pokémon. It's an ARK clone with the dinosaur models replaced with bootleg pokemon. They're different kinds of games, so comparing their "fun" levels isn't exactly useful. That being said if you find survival crafting games fun I just... I just wanna talk, ok?

[@tpfoxCastro]

@@yourehereforthatarentyou "with more effort put into it" If there is no effort, if they are lazy then tell me, why does shiny sandyghast not dissappear in the rain? Why do sandyghast disappear in the rain? Why are there so many neat interactions and exclusive animations? Why are always new items, abilities and pokemon made for competitive? If the games are stale why are there so many people saying they changed for the worst, if they didn't change at all? Now maybe you can grow half of a brain and realise that the 7 and a half working souls inside of the 3 japanese man working on this game are not lazy because the tree doesn't look good, especially when snake's scales and robot's metal do. It's not stale, it's your impatient ass that doesn't like turn based rpgs crying because the turn based rpg games aren't actually a magic spell that will put you in the world of digimon. Just say you don't like the game. Don't say it's objectively bad cuz you know it isn't. Don't say they are lazy, say they are dumbasses that don't know how to programm on any engine that's less than 20 years old. Maybe more offensive? But much more accurate! Before saying that they are lazy and the formula is always repeating itself try to tell me what in the actual french revolution would be "a new formula", because or you will describe the most generic and boring gameplay ever or you will just describe what another franchise already does and in that case, I don't need to make further explainin'.

[@axis1247]

Ya know what my favorite Palworld argument is? When people bring up Sales as if thats some kinda moniker of the game being good when Palworld has outsold in terms of copies; Nier Automata, FF7 Remake, Baulders Gate 3, Armored Core 6, Elden Ring, and God of War Ragnarock

[@lenathemaid]

All those games are trash tho

[@kyucumbear]

@@lenathemaid Lowest quality bait. Try again, maybe you'll make someone mad next time.

[@Goremize]

BG3 was an interesting game. Act 3 was long and boring with epic parts and act 1 was great. Finished 2 playthroughs including an honour mode run but it makes sense that Pal World outsold it as to me? Even in Early Access Pal World is a better game. Unless you mod Bg3 then you can have a whole lot of unintended fun ;)

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob]

But unlike those games, Palworld became the #1 game on Steam

[@JDReC100]

@@FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob really makes you think doesnt it.

[@silomenezes2935]

I think the sheep rolling thing is just because they're round enough and devs think: "That would be cute". And honestly, it is.

[@TheOneTrueMar]

Let's remember kids. The game has barely entered early access stages of gameplay/development. I'm really looking forward to how this game is gonna look and feel after a few years of development.

[@michaeladames4932]

I am going to google zelda balls, right now. No one can stop me. ... Except for my internet provider.

[@Gabriel-doodle]

6:33 Whenever I see this Pal, it reminds me of Sheen from Yo-Kai Watch. I would let it slide b/c they’re both cloaked ronin, but they both have a tuft of fire on their hats!

[@TheLastArbiter]

One tiny thing I appreciate about PalWorld is the care taken in giving every Pal unique animations to match their design and behavior. Not in Pokemon. Also 7:07 Grizbolt is more like Electabuzz and Zangoose had a love child.

[@Goremize]

Best part about Grizbolt? A gun expert looked at the guns in the game and was amazed as to how accurate they are. Grizbolt using his own bodies electricity to spin the wheel of the gun as its needed to function

[@TheLastArbiter]

@@Goremize that’s pretty cool

[@thelovelybunny9012]

Izzzyzzz compared it to totoro and now I can't see it any other way lol

[@AsecasJavi]

What the hell are you talking about animation lmao they have animations lifted from pokemon and you say they don't have em?

[@TheLastArbiter]

@@AsecasJavi majority of Pokémon games either don’t really animate their pokemon and just kind of wiggle the sprites around, use screen effects to simulate motions, or they reuse similar animations on all pokemon. In Palworld for example, Depresso has a unique mining animation where it hits the rock really unenthusiastically. The martial arts panda bows before chopping trees. The cloudy one pulling into a cloud ball to sleep he showed in this video. They pay attention to the Pals’ personality and design and build very believable and tailored behavior animations for them.

[@KaijinZero]

funny thing about bosses in multiplayer, they have MORE HEALTH the more people on the fight.

[@rileyfairfull2548]

You cannot upgrade your defense stat, its only determined by armour and pal skills

[@emmad.1110]

I’m really enjoying the editing quality and flow of your more recent videos! Keep it up!

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob]

Palworld is an early access game, so it makes sense why it has so many glitches and bugs. However, for a $30 game, I'm suprised that its performance and graphics look infinitely better than Scarlet & Violet, which costs $70 (the hardware excuse doesn't apply here, because TLoZ TotK and Pikmin 4 are also on the Switch. Gamefreak makes the deliverate choice not to improve their hardware)

[@mrcaos999]

Well most of it is the shining UR5 engine. Its really not that dificult to achieve better grafik and performance in it as pokemon does. I bet you could do with minimal effort as long as you have the assets.

[@Nekoszowa]

I strongly dislike the hyper realistic environments Why not just go with a simple, cartoonish textures and models, it looks weird

[@D3adCl0wn]

@@Nekoszowa They moved from Unity to UE4 then 1 year before release they moved to UE5. The gameworld in Palworld is a placeholder. Your comment is one of the reasons people have to hammer down the point that Palworld is early access and not version 1.0

[@BloodwyrmWildheart]

@@Nekoszowa I wouldn't call Palworld "hyper realistic" by any measure.

[@thegoblin4948]

That thumbnail is uh... testing limits

[@ZackGoWee]

Smash, next question

[@Nekoszowa]

But that's an owl...

[@ZackGoWee]

@@Nekoszowa still would

[@menosproblemos6993]

I think every suggestion you made for Pal World was to mimic an other game's feature. "This game is just parts of other games combined. It should be more like Final Fantasy IV" ^^D I just noticed it. Not against the ideas at all. Underwater exploration would be a great addition. I kinda want several pals out at once when I'm out and about. Maybe put one on resource gathering while you fly away to find a good place for a base, retract your pal with the stuff. Idk just an idea

[@AirRideMaster]

The thing that bugs me most, watching footage is...the enviornments, Pals, and humans all look like they belong to 3 different series/artists. They feel very incongruous...

[@ARStudios2000]

Kind adds to the unhinged feel of the game

[@just_a_hampa]

Those names of the pals…. My favorites are “Hey, Arnold?”, “Peepsi” and “7 Days at Fruddy’s” (not to mistake for “5 nights at Freddy’s”.)

[@HypercomboProduction]

Just throwimg this out there, Breath of the Wild didnt invent that climbing mechanic. That was Shadow of the Colossus. In fact, in both of these 2 said games; They have the same climbing animation. They both use a circle for thier stamina. They both save some stamina when climbing diagonally. In both games, you can gain stamina by eating lizards. Also, stamina needing to sprint, also not invented by Zelda. Unless you are saying Fortnite and Skyrim are ripping off Breath of the Wild somehow.

[@docholiday4129]

Palworld is like the only example I've seen of a game ripping off so many things. That it loops around to being fun and entertaining

[@thorsndergaardjespersen6897]

In defense of lamball, its a ball.

[@HedgehogY2K]

13:06 hey Halo called, they want their plasma rifle reticle back.

[@MattisticStatistic]

If they were to make a sequel/update where they redesigned all the Pals to be more unique, I think that'd be neat. Just neat.

[@arigangan]

I loved the little animated bird fella

[@djuv4375]

It's always nice to see a new radicalsoda episode. You're probably one of my top 3 youtubers.

[@djuv4375]

Also boobies

[@ghuruzilla]

26:00 There is a book in game where it tells you what the Free Pal Alliance believes in. They are supposed to be a parody of Peta.

[@NotsilYmerej]

“There is no reason for a fantasy sheep to roll other than if you were copying Pokémon” It is a sheep that is a ball. Like real life sheep with an overgrown coat. What else is it supposed to do, fly?

[@Thewaterspirit57]

Game freak is only failing with their games, because they’re given such a small time frame for a game that needs FAR MORE time. I mean… we all thought Legends would release in November (but then released in January), so there was even less time for S/V…. Which for the game, it’s the opposite. Since it’s “early access” they have far too many stock assets everywhere, and even with whatever time they had, the code is still spaghetti for an early access game compared to lots others. And most of the pals being very clearly plagiarized, with some actually unique ones like the skull wolf and drill turtle guy, they had potential…. But still did not limit themselves with outside sources to make legitimate original creations. Plus the drill turtle could probably also be compared with digimon if we go that far. This game just reeks of laziness, and attempts and making just a quick cash grab due to that “Pokémon killer” tagline like others have had before. The developers have a habit of making rip off games, so it’s expected. It’s good you agree with everyone about the problems with the game…. But also playing the game for 100+ hours doesn’t help your case. Also Cassette beasts does everything Pokémon does, but with a new fun type of mechanics, and also has unique monster designs lol. Play that instead.

[@reiex1589]

funny how he says the stamina bar is from botw but my mind went right away to genshin which was also inspired by botw all comes full circle like like botw's stamina meter lol

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

Yeah, because BOTW holds a copyright over a stamina bar.

[@reiex1589]

@@addison_v_ertisement1678 the almighty green doughnut Btw keep up the good work ❤

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

And before that Dark Souls had stamina

[@tsrenis]

before genshin was released it was called a botw clone

[@rorynorris4248]

lol, @ Eikthydeer, I was replaying Valheim not long before palworld, its literally a cartoony version of Eikthyr, who is in turn a knock off of viking mythology. I mean people look at real animals, think; "How can I make this look cartooney" and it looks like a hundred other images, its just how things go.

[@pkmasterjt4899]

Your clickbait thumbnail goes as hard as always

[@gemodemplay415]

I caught the tower bosses with that glitch. Beat only 2 of them but I have them all at my base. As for merchants, without a glitch, you can capture them, put them at your base for infinite ammo or other things as long as you have the money. Pretty good stuff.

[@WobblesandBean]

28:30 That's not Type Null, it's Silvally.

[@eljoel89]

6:26 Funny enough I was thinking Hawlucha and Decidueye. And a little Blaziken for good measure. All the fighting birds. They slurried so many Pokemon together it somehow comes out the other side original again.

[@ashtongiertz8728]

6:13 similar? How? The only common features I see is that their both lupines.

[@chriskoloski32]

Oh bolt mane is being added. Except they changed him from electric type into fire type and made his yellow parts of the mane have a firey effect inside

[@dsshocktrooper7523]

I hope boltmane gets added to further piss off the butt hurt Pokémon meat riders.

[@D3adCl0wn]

@@dsshocktrooper7523 I actually feel sorry for those who mald about the Pal designs. I hope they know that design philosophy ain't goin nowhere. Especially when Ken Sugimori is not the Pokemon designer anymore. Cinderace is NOT designed by Ken, but the Verdash designer got that Sugimori style goin.

[@slimebunny5700]

​@dsshocktrooper7523 this is the most confusing thing to me, I'll never understand wanting people to get upset at something just cause they disagree with you it's so weird.