MentalEdgeKnock-off pokemon was wild
wise_pancakeMe at age 9:
Narrator: it did
LvxferreIt could be worse. Like, Pixie (Monster Rancher) tiers of worse:
(I liked the MR games way more than Pokemon to be honest. Also screw Octachrome.)
synae[he/him]Worse? Or… Better?
Por que nos los dos?
Monster Rancher was a weird one. The whole idea of monsters hidden in our CDs was a cool gimmick. And I love their monster designs, even if it was reshading the same monsters.
But the overall gameplay wasnt my fun.
The gameplay was hit or miss, I guess. Pokémon plays out like a typical turn-based RPG; Monster Rancher was management + action based. For me the fun part was fighting against time to get a perfect monster, it was surprisingly hard to do so (limited lifespan, the need to train good coaches beforehand, etc.)
A few games actually had different models for the sub-breeds, besides rehashing the old mons. Like MR4:
Seriously, is there anything about this character that is a “monster”? This is literally just a person in tight clothing
RandomStickmanThis is Lady Devimon. Digimon designs are very on the nose.
Warning: SFW link
Looks more like an SMT design to be fair
The real monsters are the people we met along the way.
Traumamon can confirm that.
RobotToasterWhoever made the meme cropped out her wings and claws.
Digimon is so much better than pokemon. Besides, they were developed around the same time anyway, so it’s not possible for it to be a knock off. The ideas of monster hunting and taming isn’t exactly novel, wasn’t even original back then.
The title is a nod at Palworlds current relevance.
Digimon similarly did a lot of stuff Pokémon wouldn’t.
It doesn’t have much in common with Pokemon at all, IMO… I wouldn’t even describe the concept as “monster hunting and taming,” really. Both have kids who partner up with monsters that start out cute and endearing and evolve to more powerful forms… Which is a significant part of the premise, but the similarities fall off pretty sharply after that.
The games are monster taming. The show, yeah, I’d agree with that. You aren’t exactly going out hunting for more digimon in the show. That’s why it was better to me. The premise was actually more complex than, gotta catch em all.
Oh yeah, maybe-- I’m not familiar with many of the games. I mostly remember the TCG and virtual pets (better than Tamagotchi to boot), plus the series. Very different. Pokemon had zero impact on my mental model for cybersecurity and distributed systems.
yamaniiIt varies wildly though, recently there’s a difference where Digimon World is tamagotchi one where you take care of 1 or 2 digimons and try to get different evolutions everytime they die and become an egg again; and Digimon Story which plays like a regular turn based RPG with 3 monsters in the party and you “capture” the other ones.
thehatfoxDigimon started as a Tamogotchi clone more than a Pokémon clone, the original Digimon toys were virtual pet devices.
pipariturbiiniClone is a weird word, since both toys had the same people behind them.
And the early Wonderswan games were basically tamagotchi with short path battles, a true upgrade I feel.
The Digimon anime was straight up fire. The digitations (?) were absolutely wild. Not like, it’s a bigger rat now but really insane. Loved it as a child
Unfortunately it suffered even more from the “it evolves into an anthropomorphic animal” syndrome than pokemon does…
Wait till you find out about Yu-Gi-Oh
It’s all covered over in the west anyway.
They’re not really monsters though. They’re like… Some sort of otherworld demons.
Which means it’s acceptable to procreate.
so that’s where it all started
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bananaghostOh! Someone else that remembers Monster Rancher!
MonsterFenrickMonster Rancher is alive and kicking!
- There's a remaster of the first 2 games (Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX) on Steam, Switch, iOS and release a couple years back.
- MR2 has a huge competitive scene, with lots of community run tournaments. it's even going to be at Combo Breaker, a fairly large annual event/competition for fighting games!
- There's a Spinoff/Crossover game "Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher" released just over a year ago, where instead of traditional monsters, you raise giant Kaiju from the Ultraman franchise. (Switch only)
- There's a Japanese only mobile gacha game LINE:Monster Farm that's hugely popular atm
THCDentonR63 Griffin
The anime will always be superior, but even the games noticed it’s more fun to actually take care of your monster friends since they put on all kinds of systems like making sandwiches, grooming, giving a bath, etc.
I hate it that Digimon is the monster taming franchise that has had the deepest mechanics about the actual taming part, yet they don’t consistently try to polish them until a consistently good game comes out of it.