With Pokémon in Fortnite Seemingly Off the Table, Palworld Looks Likely to Crossover Instead

Steam hit Palworld looks likely to crossover with Fortnite in the future, while Pokémon seemingly remains off the table.

Back in January, Pocketpair head of publishing and communications John “Bucky” Buckley openly suggested a crossover with Fortnite via a post on social media, hoping to catch the attention of Epic Games. “If you ever want to put Palworld in Fortnite just reach out hehe 😇,” Bucky wrote — and it seems like Epic Games might have taken interest.

This week, Epic Games was spotted adding Palworld to Fortnite’s in-game survey, which sometimes asks players to rate aspects of the game, or share details of other games they had played recently. It’s also a tool that is sometimes used to gauge interest in upcoming crossovers, with titles popping up before crossover skins appear in-game.

Less than 24 hours after this, Bucky mysteriously tweeted to ask Palworld fans which Pal creature they would like to see get a skin one day — with the caveat that he did not mention Fortnite by name, and stated that his question was being asked “theoretically, hypothetically, conceptually, and spiritually,” with “absolutely no promise of it being realized or coming to fruition ever.”

Theoretically, hypothetically, conceptually, and spiritually…if,