Palworld, the survival adventure game that became a phenomenon after launching in early access on Steam and Xbox in January, is coming to mobile platforms. Krafton has signed a deal with Palworld developer Pocketpair to create a mobile version of the game, the company announced on Wednesday. The development comes after Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair last month over alleged Palworld patent infringement.

Palworld on mobile

PUBG: Battlegrounds developer Krafton has announced a partnership with Pocketpair to bring its Palworld intellectual property to mobile platforms. As part of the deal, Krafton’s PUBG Studios will develop the mobile version of the controversial game.

“It plans to precisely reimagine and realize the core fun elements of the original for the mobile environment,” Krafton said in its announcement on Wednesday (translated from Korean).

The company has not revealed a launch schedule for the mobile version of Palworld, but we can expect the game to launch on iOS, Android, and iPadOS platforms.

Palworld originally launched in early access on PC and Xbox consoles on January 19th and became a hit on both platforms, breaking records for the number of players on Steam. In just over a month after launch, the game sold 15 million copies on Steam and attracted 10 million players on Xbox. Palworld released on PS5 on September 25th.

Nintendo’s lawsuit

The survival game, which features Pokemon-style creatures or pals that can be captured and tamed to battle, traverse and base-build in the game’s open world, has become one of the most popular games on Steam, despite a flurry of claims of plagiarism accusing a game of copying Pokémon designs. The comparisons led to Palworld being called “Pokémon with Weapons”.

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair last month, seeking damages and an injunction against the game. Manufacturer Palworld acknowledged the lawsuit, but said it was unaware of specific cases of alleged copyright infringement. “It’s really unfortunate that because of this lawsuit we will be forced to devote a significant amount of time to issues not related to game development,” the Japanese company said.