PlayStation gamers can finally see what all the hype is about with Palworld. The game made a surprise debut on PlayStation 5 today, revealed during the State of Play. With over 25 million players worldwide,

The official Japanese account for the game said on X, according to machine translation, that the release date in Japan “has not yet been decided,” without going into detail about the reason. It certainly seems like a reason could be the patent infringement lawsuit Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed against Palworld developer Pocketpair last week,

It's an odd omission since Palworld is available in Japan on both Xbox Series X and PC. Pocketpair also seems eager to make the Japanese PS5 port happen at some point, but a certain headline-grabbing lawsuit might be to blame for the indefinite delay.