i mean, they keep trying, starting in Gen 2, with friendship, but then tried new stuff with Brushing, caring and cleaning them for friendship, as well as Feeding them (Most notably gen 9, but also gen 7). although these are good ways for relaxed gameplay, it feels more of a grind giving that people mostly do it for battling and collecting, which, quite frankly, is the game's whole point; "Catch 'Em all", and Battle it out, but that isn't Cozy. Not for me, anyway.

Fans have wanted a game that merges aspects of Pokemon and Animal Crossing for a while now, myself included. While we've got a couple of lesser-known games out there that merge monster taming and cozy game elements (Ooblets and Moonstone Island come to mind), there hasn't really been a 'big' monster taming cozy game the same way Palworld was a big monster taming survival game, and that's honestly a shame.

I LOVE THIS IDEA!! It sounds alot like Poke'mon Rumble with Animal Crossing, and I LOVE IT! 

Oh yeah! And, might I add; @Ikoand @SpeedyChilidogsknows PLENTY about the series, you could ask them! (Or me, I’m crazy about it)

ahhh, like your stories! that's way easier! (I just realized I didn't talk about food items, but I'm pretty sure people know)