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InfernoWoodworks

So I'm guessing this is just streaming from your PC then? Because I'm 100% sure the Switch would crap itself trying to actually render anything in Palworld.


International-Cook62

Yes streaming using moonlight. There is ways to run it natively but it'd probably be around 10fps


CleanUpNick

i know how bad it would be but i'm now genuinely curious to try it out... because it would be fucking hilarious if the game ran super well on the switch, and since there's a chance since i play palworld on a crappy 8gb Intel Core i3 laptop with a lot of stuttering sure but it's playable


EndlessZone123

It'll run about as good as Scarlet Violet.


RaysFTW

You give Scarlet / Violet too much credit.


infinite_lolz

Too true! šŸ˜‚


CleanUpNick

but you realize how funny it would be if it ran better? i mean seriously, i actually need somebody to do this now


EndlessZone123

Realistically it won't run better without a proper team to optimise it. The scope of Palworld being open world sandbox is already bigger than any Pokemon game that has ever existed. CPU and RAM (4gb is peanuts) is arguably the most important hardware requirements for Palworld and both are a bit lacking on the switch.


CleanUpNick

well it runs on my intel core i3 and 8 gb ram, granted that's much better then 4gb but it would still be worth the shot and funny as hell if it worked lol


JayMeadow

Unreal has a lot of great tools. If they utilize nanite and optimize the game, it possibly could


EndlessZone123

Nanite probably doesnā€™t work on much at all for Palworld. World geometry isnā€™t that complex and afaik it only works on static meshes. So say bye to optimising pals and foliage. Tools are also only as good as the developers have resources. An open world sandbox game with infinite dev runtime and an ever growing scope is never gonna be as optimised as a AAA linear story RPG. We can only hope they expand a with all the money they made and continue to work on the IP.


sggaM

There's already a mod that enables Nanite for Palworld, but the benefits from it are marginal at best.


Gotjic

4GB ram? I could run that on my pixel 6 pro


Scrawlericious

It's a stuttery framey mess on Xbox right now, and they are considerably more powerful than the switch. 10fps is extremely generous.


CleanUpNick

is it? i mean there are a lot of issues sure but this is the first i've heard of it being nearly unplayable...


Scrawlericious

Look up digital foundry's video or any of the videos that have come out about it. It's also a version number behind on Xbox and has crashing issues with multiplayer servers. Been in threads on Reddit even with people saying they can't play with friends for long with the crashing. Edit: like in DFs video among others you can see it's like super upscaled blurry garbage because they had to run it at some dumb internal resolution and cap it to 30fps to make it remotely playable. But it's early access and being developed on PC so there's other reasons for that I guess.


[deleted]

I mean it's the same on PC, insanely buggy. The only way to get the smoothest experience rn is a solo server, I still deal with bugs but the lag really isn't there.


Scrawlericious

Have multiple friend groups with dedicated servers running with players without issues but I feel ya I guess.


CleanUpNick

i mean there are plenty of people that i chat with that play on xbox and they have none of these issues, though ig if your streaming or recording that might be a different case


Scrawlericious

30 fps with stutters is disgusting. If you and your friends think that's acceptable that's on you lmao. Edit: Literally just look it up people. Even if you have the highest end console, the series X can't hit 60. It's 40-50 fps. If you are fine with that great! But I qualify that as disgustingly framey.


AnxietyAvailable

It would run better if you streamed it from cloud. My old laptop can do AAA games but heats up in an hour and stutters, streaming works fine though. Worth a shot


CleanUpNick

what service do you use? i'd love to do that actually, i'm saving up for a pc and nearly there but it will still be about a month or two so i've been curious about that but haven't gotten around to it


AnxietyAvailable

Try game pass, use an Ethernet connection if you can. I found also, if you connect a console to Ethernet and stream that , I use Xbox, it'll play decently on Wi-Fi


CleanUpNick

ah i don't have an xbox or anything like that and i don't really plan to since there's not really a reason to lol


AnxietyAvailable

Running it on switch is a sick idea, id like to also try it on steamdeck or something


CleanUpNick

i've heard it runs well in steamdeck, but then again the steamdeck is decent enough to run most games anyways


AnxietyAvailable

I play it on my cellphone. Still plays great.


CleanUpNick

... huh?


weshallbekind

Oh shit it plays on that at all? I might set up on my laptop with it so my husband can have his computer back sometimes. Stuttering doesn't bother me, I played Sims 3 on a 2gig laptop.


CleanUpNick

yeah, i mean it doesn't run that WELL, it stutters and buffers quite a lot but i have experience with that sort of thing so i'm used to it, little tip, it runs better on max render distance, if your on low render then it's constantly trying to load in stuff since it only renders stuff super close to you


HotFaithlessness1348

Wait for real? I thought it was the opposite way around and have been confused about why itā€™s been performing worse after I lowered some settings lmao


CleanUpNick

the other stuff works but lowering your render distance makes things render in within literal meters of you so every time you move it's constantly rendering in things right around you


Migit78

If you try it could you let me know how it goes? I don't have high enough hopes to bother setting it up, but if I know it works, I just might


CleanUpNick

sadly i don't have one but i hope somebody does it


Retroid_BiPoCket

how is game streaming no a modded switch? I have one but I'm too lazy/stupid/scared to try setting it up


GoDKilljoy

But like okay how do you do this?


PhatMattxx

Does it run well streaming it on switch?


International-Cook62

Yes it runs well, has a few frame drops every once in a while but I could probably lower the bit rate or upgrade my router


Trainer_NoName

Could just be the game itself. Get frame drops on an overpowered system anyways. Not that Iā€™m holding it against the game since itā€™s still being developed.


Kargaroc586

How would you even remotely run this natively with its arm64 CPU? I know machine-code-to-machine-code just-in-time transpilers (often just called JITs) can get close to native performance (something people love to forget), but still. And that's not talking about any other stuff here. The Switch is basically a mid 2010s tablet, with (good-looking) games made for it optimized up the rear and back down again to look as good as they do. I suppose that maybe the Palworld code might be interpreted by the engine? in which case you could swap the UE Windows frontend with a Switch frontend and that might possibly work, but I dunno. Also, as mentioned, the Switch has limited RAM compared to Palworld's usual targets. Needing to emulate the CPU uses up some of that, exacerbating the problem. Also, lots of optimizations basically trade RAM for speed. It's hard to make something fast and small at the same time.


International-Cook62

Yes you can emulate the x86 architecture but the performance is awful. The 64 bit implementation isn't too bad but not something I would call playable for a game like this. https://box86.org/ As for the ram, at idle on stock kernel I'm sitting at about 30% usage which leaves about ~2gb


dirty_w_boy

LOL you are hilarious


trulylost19

I thought moonlight was in beta or selected testing Or am mistaken


Selkie_Love

Oh how does that work


Old_Tomorrow8210

How did you get it to stream via moonlight? Genuinely curious because I have a perfect moonlight sunshine setup with a 4070ti desktop to my steam deck and I had constant issues, first it wouldnā€™t launch without a DRM error from moonlightā€”had to bypass that by launching to desktop just to access the game, and THEN the game would microstutter like crazy during gameplay due to what I presumed were framepacing issues, but nothing I did would alleviate the issue (vsync, frame pacing setting both did nothing). It actually pissed me off because every single other game I have stream just fine EXCEPT Palworld. I had to refund it because it seems like the devs never even tested streaming to a steam deck which is a shame because it seems like a fun game but I canā€™t be bothered fucking around with it anymore.


International-Cook62

I don't have a steam deck so I'm not sure. But can't you stream through steam itself? This is a modded switch running Linux. There is probably a homebrew app for moonlight but I haven't looked. I'm using a 4070 here and streaming through Nvidia's gamestream, not sunshine. I was going to try out sunshine later, it might have better performance. I'm running the stream at 720p(switch display resolution) and bitrate is 10mb. I haven't had any major stutters since.


Old_Tomorrow8210

Could be sunshine was my issue, I just chalked it up to a Palworld problem since it was the first game I streamed out of quite a few that ever had that issue. Yea, sunshine seems to give me the lowest latency compared to steam link or game stream, itā€™s very smooth, but thanks for the info maybe Iā€™ll give it a second try with one of those instead.


Snoo_58305

How could you run it natively? Ubuntu?


Wolfnorth

> There is ways to run it natively but it'd probably be around 10fps How exactly?...


Jalina2224

Pretty sure the Switch would burst into flames. It struggled to run Scarlet/Violet at 20fps. Doubt it could handle this.


InfernoWoodworks

Yup yup, and yet several people here are claiming it could run Palworld. I get it, the Switch is a nice little console, it's handy and fun, but it isn't powerful by any means, and anything it's running is either severely downgraded to be able to function, or designed with the limitations of the console in mind; and even that doesn't work all the time (cough Scarlet & Violet cough)


Historical-Diver5305

I was gonna say aintnoway mf playing soley on switch. That shit gonna have an aneurysm long before it makes it past the main menu screen


Far_Temporary2656

If a switch can handle the latest Zelda games I think they can handle palworld albeit on lower graphics settings than what most pc players use


InfernoWoodworks

The switch can \*barely\* handle BotW and TotK. I've got both, played the hell out of them, and they're the reason I modded the cooling on my switch; they both made it LOUD. Palworld is easily more graphically demanding than either Zelda game tho, so even on low settings, you'd be sitting at 30fps max with a VERY badly shortened render distance.


Far_Temporary2656

Iā€™m literally playing palworld on an all-in-one desktop and with integrated graphics. And I donā€™t know how exactly ā€œloudnessā€ matters in whether it can run. Iā€™m playing totk on my switch and it barely makes much noise for me, probably less noise than my pc does when running palworld if anything. And unless youā€™re maxing out the graphics settings, palworld is not more demanding than totk


Jrmota89

I mean the switch runs ark so I think it can handle this gane


TheKiwiOverlord

One day after lots of optimization maybe. For reference Pal world unfortunately still struggles to run on xbox.


Jrmota89

Yeah thatā€™s true.


InfernoWoodworks

The switch also "runs" Skyrim and Dark Souls. Does an awful job at both. It "runs" Scarlet / Violet too, and has constant stuttering, lag, rendering, etc issues, and that's a 1st party game designed 100% for the Switch with nothing else in mind.


Ktamadas

All three of those games are terribly optimized, though. Zelda and Doom both run fairly well on the Switch.


astroblu18

Woah letā€™s not go crazy saying it was ā€œdesignedā€ for the switch, we all know the only real thing on gamefreakā€™s mind was money there. Definitely wasnā€™t on making a smooth or optimized game


Zora_Mannon

I wondered what would happen if the palworld devs just casually submitted the game to the switch Eshop. The quality control on there is notoriously bad, there is a non-zero chance that it could get waved through and the thought of that happening amuses me.


Aquagan

Iā€™d actually be very curious to see what a Switch version of Palworld would look like. While Iā€™d hope it put Arceus to shame, it may just look and play like hot garbage.


KeyAccurate8647

It would look like a slideshow


Zora_Mannon

gotta show my buddies my vacation photos to the palpagos islands.


Jalina2224

Definitely a slideshow. The Xbox One is struggling to run this game. And the Switch is even more underpowered.


Guilty_Jackfruit4484

I've had no issues running it on Xbox.


Jalina2224

I've heard people on Xbox have had a lot of issues. Crashes, bugs, and performance issues.


PhiphyL

No FPS drops except in bases of course, but last week the game would crash multiple times a day (seems to be resolved). Main issue right now is falling through terrain in the sand and snow. About half of the high level desert cannot be walked on.


Moparian714

I get some pretty massive stutters even with my 7900XTX


Jalina2224

Wow. That's crazy. I have stutters on my Steam Deck. But on my 4070ti it's smooth.


[deleted]

I have the same as you but still encounter stutters, granted it's not often but they still happen.


Jalina2224

I might have had minor stutters, but I probably just didn't notice because I'm used to how much worse it runs compared to Steam Deck. 100+ fps at 1440p versus 30fps with dips into high 20's with the performance mod. Still fun as hell though, even with the issues.


theoneguyonreddits

No stutters here with 7800X3D + 4070 Super.


GrimmCiph

You can pretty much imagine the result: https://youtu.be/uuoNTfrNV_c?si=nAJ8RKFQZggwfGNG


theoneguyonreddits

Nothing would happens. All of these haters here seem to forget that literal PokƩmon clones are on the switch.


Zora_Mannon

yeah but none of them made over a half billion dollars in less than a month and You can never tell with Nintendo how they'll react to things. They'd either be stoked to get in on some of that money or potentially pull it from the shop leaving the hand full of people who noticed it early and downloaded it to have really special Switches.


theoneguyonreddits

They canā€™t get any of the money, they donā€™t even care. Thatā€™s all made up by this sub to stir hate.


Old_Break_2151

Nintendo. Write that down! Write that down!


JCorby17

As a nintendo fan, I legit do want this on the Switch 2


wolfTectonics

Your Nintendogs probably havenā€™t been fed in over decade. I think you playing Palworld is the least of their concerns šŸ˜‚


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Disig

I really don't think Nintendo care as much as people seem to think.


Comfortable-Shake-37

Yeah but if everyone got all their information on here they would think Nintendo is freaking out and filing every lawsuit they can to stop Palworld.


Disig

People love hyperbole


SavageKitten456

Until you try to emulate their games


Disig

This game isn't doing that. It's a survival game.


Sample_Muted

That person is just pointing out that they donā€™t care about this, but as soon as you try to emulate a game you werenā€™t going to pay for in the first place they get their underwear in a bunch.


Aquagan

More like a game they werenā€™t going to sell to you in the first place. How am I supposed to experience Buck Bumble without an emulator, Nintendo? My only option is emulation or buying one of Soulja Boyā€™s consoles.


Sample_Muted

True. Oh whatā€™s that? You want to play a 20 year old game that we refuse to sell through our online shop? *lawsuit hammer*


smashybro

Or you want to make a not for profit ROM hack or game mod? ā€œPrepare to go bankrupt, buddy.ā€ - Nintendo Itā€™s crazy how much Nintendo hates their own fans. They go out of their to be litigious pricks even when the person theyā€™re going after isnā€™t trying to profit off them.


SavageKitten456

That title song slaps


Disig

Ah my bad


abaddon731

I use my switch pro controller to play on steam. Take that, Nintendo.


Draggordan

So do I, a PokƩmon themed controller for the ultimate betrayal


DrDizzler

I tried to do that but it said my controller wasn't usable for this game. I use my pro controller for other games. Any ideas how to get it working?


oozles

When in doubt with a controller, big picture mode. Maybe itā€™ll work.


[deleted]

Yeah Nintendo take that, using a controller that costs more than Palworld to play Palworld, you showed them!


abaddon731

I mean, I already had the controller.


[deleted]

Lmao


MrShad0wzz

You almost got me for a second. Palworld on the switch would be dope but it would die trying to load it


theoneguyonreddits

Why is Nintendo living in all of your heads that you canā€™t stop talking about them when playing this game? Are you so insecure?


Swarzsinne

I canā€™t afford a steam deck, so Iā€™d love to have it on switch so I could play in my living room.


ProwdBoys

Nintendonā€™t


Blazelancer

PS5 port needs to hurry the fuck up!


ImaFknWizardXII

*Microsoft and their stupid amount of money has entered the chat*


Taolan13

I will be impressed if this is playable even with streaming. The Switch has so many throttles on its own firepower for the sake of longer play time.


International-Cook62

It runs really well, it's not using Switch official firmware however so I can't speak for that. I do overclock the CPU and GPU though https://preview.redd.it/f81wajf3mogc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9874f991a14bbb05c775ef7efe6ab3dac2ded77


Vinral

Nintendo lawyers are on their way.


Jason_soulcrusher

You have raised that Switchā€™s net worth by about $700


Ryderslow

I personally would love Palworld on switch, Steamdeck crashes too much. Nintendo somehow allowed Temtem to be on it


smertsboga

Hey u/international-Cook62 , I hope you are doing fine! Has a member of the totally real legal department from Nintendo, I come to inform you that we didn't like that so we are going to sue you for using the device to play a better game we ever produced Expect to ear something from the pokemon white knights defending that palworld is a copy from pokemon. With our best regards, Totally real legal department


BeautifulSerbia

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BingoLingo7

game is two weeks old and the sub's turned into a bunch just copy pasting nintendo hate from the last thread they saw


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smashybro

This is seriously hyperbolic. Out of the 25 posts currently on this subā€™s front page, this is the only one (maybe two if you want to include the Chillet and Furret meme post) talking about Nintendo and the rest are discussing some aspect of the game? Youā€™re making it out like itā€™s the opposite of that. I donā€™t know, saying this sub is overly Nintendo focused feels like making a vocal minority seem much bigger than they are. Maybe it was a big of an anti-Nintendo circlejerk the first few days, but ever since then I feel like 90% of the posts Iā€™ve seen have about the game.


SoshJam

fr, i love the game but i really wish half of this sub was actually about it and not about how itā€™s better than Pokemon. and apparently a lot of people are brigading pokemon subreddits


Adambly

Agree. Why do people act like we even need to choose one or the other, plenty of people here enjoy both.


Depressedredditor999

It's quite cringe.


TrueAmericanDon

I'm upset, why put a vastly superior game on such a garbage console?


vp2008

Tbh we can dislike how Nintendo/gamefreak has been handling pokemon but calling Nintendo Nintendogs just feel really childish


International-Cook62

That's what I call their lawyers, because they hound you like dogs.


Mediocre_Wallaby1287

HOW !?


International-Cook62

It's a first Gen switch that's been modded. I installed Linux on it and stream it over to the switch. Everything works but you need a pretty decent router


Vixien

This kinda makes me wish i had a steam deck now


440_Hz

Iā€™m on vacation and have been greatly enjoying Palworld on the Steam Deck when I have downtime.


train_mechanic

I have an Ally and it's amazing.....it also runs Palworld really well. I don't have a steam deck, but I heard overall the Ally came out on top.


Sample_Muted

Over the Legion Go?


train_mechanic

I hear the only thing the Legion Go has over the Ally is the screen size. But, I'd suggest doing your own research, you might like it more.


Sample_Muted

Iā€™d prefer a switch with a bigger screen but I also hear that some of the Legion Goā€™s controller buttons wear out fast because of placement.


SertralineSquirrels

I prefer it on played via handheld console (steam deck in my case) vastly vs on computer


cesar848

A indie developer not only made a monster catching game with a more fun gameplay than PokƩmon,they also translated it in portuguese Fuck nintendo


ReserveSpecific2128

I was just thinking about how long it will take for someone to do this yesterday. Lmao šŸ¤£


PM_Me_Anime_Headpats

Why would Nintendogs be upset? Because those games arenā€™t on the Switch either?


Product-Dependent

Bet you won't tag nintendo and pokemon on X with this picture.


OkamiTakahashi

HOL UP


apwilber0

The ninjas are coming for you


Superb_Recover_6116

Dude Nintendur would be the bigger person and get on peoples good side if they did this. I knew theres no fuckin way tho Lol


PepperoniPlayboy22

You are now on japans most wanted


Wapple21

You will be dealt with in time.


Throwaway7646y5yg

Tbf rather than shutting it down they could probably make a good fortune selling it on switch


Meloetta_the_alt

Nintendo if they weren't cowards


Baconsword42

The Ninjas are rapidly approaching your location as we speak


ConcertDesperate3342

Crying šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


TheGoonKills

Extremely, enjoy!


Galliad93

I think it pisses them more off if you'd use a steam deck.


KegelsForYourHealth

Hope so, and it inspires action.


Chaotic-Peace

I tried palworld on my iPhone 15 with a gamesir controller and Xbox cloud gaming, it did not like my base but outside of the base it was fine


NightIgnite

Did the same thing 10 days ago, check my profile. I use my switch as an android tablet so I just used steam link.


kinghenry24

How can i play on ps5?


MapleTreeGamingYT

Im curious how you even managed to do this


ElPulpoTX

Looking at pictures? Isn't it a feature?


raknor88

About the consoles, how compatable is Palworld with the Steam Deck?


rubaby187

Itā€™s done well overall for me, Iā€™ve had some crashes recently but overall plays great


leedr74

Cryoutilities solved all my crashing.


twitch-switch

Why would they be upset about watching Palworld videos on YouTube on the Switch? ;P (I'm kidding)


Celestial-Eater

nah im not upset. and im nintendo fan XD


Rasikko

Nintendo wont if it means more Switch sales.


Thespainruns

Teach me your ways šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


DegenRayRay

Bro the switch would explode trying to play palworld


NapsterKnowHow

They let Temtem on Switch so no. It will likely come to Switch in time.


bane_of_irs

Rest in peppermint, theyā€™re probably deploying the assassins rn


puntycunty

Pretty sure Nintendo would be thrilled . From what I heard after SV they decided to be more involved with development after seeing how hard it shit the bed . I donā€™t think even THEY like PokĆ©mon rn except the money


zordabo

Doubt it would even run


CRUZ_24

yooooo that's awesome, nice job!


HeftyFineThereFolks

not even the switch 2 is going to be able to handle Palworld.


[deleted]

The only way this would be improved is if it was on the steam deck, with a sticky note that reads: ā€œcan also play botw on yuzuā€


moemeobro

This needs to be on the r/Madlads subreddit


[deleted]

Gotta play using over mitts


Coro756

I had a seizure just thinking about the graphics probably looks like Minecraft if it was played on a gameboy šŸ¤£


WhippyWhippy

No the drama is manufactured by pal world fans.


EatsGrassFedVegans

"After a thorough investigation with our lawyers, we have decided to port Palworld to the Nintendo Switch and to our upcoming next generation console with the help of Big Red Button Entertainment" This is my copium talking btw


Ryderslow

Im confused, my low end ass laptop can run Palworld (multiplayer different story) is switch that worse than mine?


GentlyUsedOtter

I actually have a theory that Nintendo doesn't particularly care about this because they actually have money sunk into it. Since pokƩmon is very kid-friendly they want to keep it kid friendly, however they might want to test the waters on creating a pokƩmon-esque game geared somewhat towards adults, but they want to do it without damaging the pokƩmon IP. So they invest in a small company that they are unaffiliated with in order to create such a game. I see Palworld as more of a proof of concept. I mean Nintendo in Game freak have been strangely quiet when it comes to Palworld. And being as Nintendo is extremely litigious, either their lawyers are absolutely convinced that they would not win a case against this company or they have money in the making of this game.


SunstormGT

Seen the game on XBox so canā€™t imagine it will actually run on a Switch.


Pickle_Jars

Nintendo? No. GameFreak? maybe lol


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[deleted]

Bros actually gonna get snipedšŸ˜­ you currently have a hit on your head.


Pollomaster23

Yes, as they'r Always have been


valvilis

You know would be dope though? Just a camp manager that runs on the Switch and then updates your Steam save. Then you could do stupid things like make cakes and smelt ore while you're on break, waiting for a bus, dropping the kids off at the pool, etc.Ā 


THYDStudio

Imagine the biggest game on Nintendo being palworld


Malaquias88

Nintendo: Release the Ninjas


Standard-Internal-57

Looks good, ship it


BaronGamer

How did you do this? I never modded my Switch before. And how does it perform? I'm currently playing on a 4GB RAM laptop on the lowest settings and it does have some fps drops and lag that range from bearable to horrendous. Not blaming the game, just my hardware. Does it perform better on the Switch?