>>55803412Palworld was an actually good(for its genre) game with a lot of promise and it revealed just how lazy Gamefreak has been this whole time. These two things generated a shit ton of hype for it.
Palworld was to Gamefreak's games what Horizons was to the Ashime. They both showed off just how terrible the older thing was, and how much better things could be. This is why Zactoshi, the #1 biggest ash fan on youtube, is praising Horizons despite his favorite character being gone. Even he recognizes how much of an upgrade this new formula is.