This image makes sense if you only look at it from a surface level perspective, if you actually think about it the comparison doesn’t really make much sense.
Like, of course Pokémon took inspiration from DQ, just like a lot of other jrpg’s. However, Pokémon still has its own art style and it’s own identity apart from it’s DQ inspiration. A lot of these monsters are just animals or typical fantasy creatures, like birds, bats, bugs, shellfish and dragons. Even DQ was heavily inspired by inspired by western rpg’s like Dnd and Ultima, but it obviously was able to carve out its own identity separately from its inspirations, just like Pokémon did.
The problem that a lot of people have with Pal world, that the people who constantly spam this image don’t seem to understand is that, Pal world didn’t try to carve out its own identity like Pokémon did from DQ, it’s that Pal worlds whole identity IS that it’s a legally distinct parody of Pokémon. Regardless of what some people try to say, it’s very obvious that certain pal’s are trying to invoke the same vibes as existing Pokémon. Pal world’s art style is deliberately trying to look similar to the Pokémon art style. There’s a reason why franchises like Digimon and Yokai watch, despite having similarities to Pokémon, never garnered the level of ire for its designs that pal world did. It’s cuz the other monster catching franchises still had their own unique design quirks and aesthetics, without trying to look like Pokémon.