The Evolution of Monster Catchers



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Here’s a different cut of the Digimon reaction:
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Music used:
Family Feud (SNES) – First Team Answer
de Blob 2 – The Factory
Pokemon Black & White – Cheren’s Theme
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Welcome To This Wonderful Space
WarioWare D.I.Y. – Makermatic Menu
Robopon Sun, Stars & Moon – Caves
WarioWare D.I.Y. – Body Rock (Instrumental)
Robopon Sun, Stars & Moon – Tail Castle
Keitai Denju Telefang – BGM 24
WarioWare D.I.Y. – Main Menu
Keitai Denju Telefang – Overworld
Fossil League – Menu Shop
WarioWare D.I.Y. – Job 101
Fossil League – Field 01
Simpsons Hit & Run – Simpsons Hotline
Mario Party 3 – Item Mini-Game
Fossil Fighters – Rosie’s Theme
WarioWare D.I.Y. – AI Assembly Screen: Trigger
Super Mario 64 – Piranha Plant’s Lullaby
Fossil Fighters – Fossil Cleaning
Foto Showdown – Capture Monster!
Foto Showdown – Wireless Multiplayer (Menu)
Yo-Kai Watch Blasters – Main Theme (CD Version)
WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase – Distribution Center
Yo-Kai Watch – Mt. Wildwood
mrsimon – The Fanciful Unicorn

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40 thoughts on “The Evolution of Monster Catchers”

  1. An important note you skipped is that digimon wasn't created as a monster catcher, from the start it was meant to be a version of tamogatchi they could market to boys. Its a pet sim that you can battle, and many of the video games follow this framework (The modern digimon World games still follow this framework, while the digimon story games are actual proper monster collectoes)

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  2. It is dubious to include Digimon in this, because technically it started as a Tamagotchi competitor, and only some of the games were actually about catching/recruiting the monsters. In many you just a set number of partners who you’d evolve over time before they reverted to eggs and you had to evolve them all over again.

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  3. I found that knockoff telefang Pokemon Diamond game at a mom and pop game rental store when I was a child. It was on the for sale cart for 20 bucks but sadly my parents didnty allow me to get it. Still makes me sad.

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  4. I'm starting to see why the Pokemon franchise never crossed over
    with another Mon based JRPG series. Most of them are either
    niche, obscure as heck or were completely burned out too
    soon. Sometimes all of the above.

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  5. since I’m like insane about yokai watch I can tell you that the reason why psychic specters, the blasters games and 3 are all so expensive is cause since yokai watch’s popularity was declining plus they never advertised the damn games, they made significantly less physical copies of those games, which is fucking stupid cause 3 is like the best one

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  6. I was hoping that Spectrobes would be mentioned at some point cause I always found it to be an enigma of a series. It was a set of 3 Monster Collectors (at least I think they were) and they were published by Disney Interactive Studio of all groups. I remember playing the Wii game in particular, which I think was a prequel? And I remember in the Wii game at least, you excavated the Spectrobes from fossils like Fossil Fighters, but I never played the DS games so I don't know what those were like.

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  7. I really wish they'd just make a digimon game that has ALL OF EM in it. Like, even the really terrible ones. I want it. Cybersleuth is a good game, imo, but it only has, like, 200, or so. There's over 7x that, total.

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  8. Yokai are a real thing, it's based on Japanese yokai legends… I hate yokai watch for that reason… No one knows yokai lore but they know yokai watch lore. It sucks when you're favorite mythology is Japanese mythology…

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  9. Fossil fighters reminds me of this really similar game called spectrobes. You would dig up crystallized fossils of these spectrobes and awaken them by using the ds microphone and it was made by DISNEY. I liked it as a kid

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  10. I like Sanrio Timenet. It's a monster battling game by Imagineer with 161 cute monsters, but Sanrio (Hello Kitty) characters are the trainers. Additionally, the difficulty curve is relatively hard and the encounter rate can be high, but that's fine if you're used to it/willing to grind.

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  11. Good video, though there might be one or two spin offs of pre-existing series that sort of come under the section of 'Monster Catchers'.
    The one I'm mainly thinking about Monster Hunter Stories and its sequel, even if you don't 'catch' wild monsters and more 'kidnap their children and trick them into seeing you as kin using magic rocks'.

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  12. You mentioned mobile games in the category section, but one you didn't bring up was mino monsters. It was a Pokémon knock off with its own set of creatures and legendaries, and different worlds to explore. They ended up making a second one before the made both unplayable but I miss it so fucking bad. My friend and I used to play together a bunch. If you get a chance you should check it out

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