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Monster catching franchises NOT to bother with!
9 months ago
Basically, I'll list a few rip-offs that, while having it's positives, just feels like merely cheap rip-offs of "Pokemon" in the end, due to being FAR TOO SIMILAR!
Due to not being distinct enough, like franchises such as "Medabots", "Digimon", "Robopon", "Yo-Kai Watch", and the like? I feel that these are just merely an excuse to rip off pokemon just to make money. Here are my thoughts.
Temtem
While I do not mind the simple designs of the creatures, and some distinction to the gameplay? I feel that it feels far too much like a generic "Pokemon" rip-off, in comparison. With most of the designs being nothing special, they also made humans look just plain UGLY and UNATTRACTIVE, within the said art style!
Granted? "Invader Zim" may have a LOT of ugly looking humans, but that's because they're supposed to be an EXAGGERATION of how stupid and non-ideal that most humans really ARE! (Without being hateful.) But this? Uh...can they AT LEAST allow other races or other art styles as an option?
If I WANTED to play this video game, I'd play it MODDED...with the graphics for people being REPLACED with a NOT UGLY ART STYLE!
Coromon
A cheap generic "Pokemon" rip-off with far less creatures, less types, and overall JUST less fun!
If I wanted a generic "Pokemon" rip-off among "monster catching" games, I could have gotten one FOR FREE!
Nexomon
This franchise, after playing "Nexomon: Extinction"? I praise it for it's great sense of humor and a few clever designs, but overall? It's gameplay still lacks GREATLY, compared to "Pokemon"!
This video game franchise still feels like a generic "Pokemon" rip-off in the end...and for that? I'll give this one a pass.
Monster Rancher
Granted? This one is not as generic, compared to your average "Pokemon" clone...being NOT about catching "monsters", but instead, CREATING them from various breeds and sub-races, RAISING them for adventuring and battle tournaments, and then when they pass away? Create a new monster, and pass down some of the deceased monster's own experience to another monster! (But no evolution forms for them, either!)
That basic idea on pen & paper? EXCELLENT! But there's one problem; it's combat system is ABYSMAL; making "Shaq Fu", "Ballz 3D", "Tongue of the Fatman", and "Street Fighter 1" look GOOD, in comparison!
This one is SO DANG CLOSE...had it not been for a horrible combat system that performs horribly that also gives you a headache? And instead plays more like a traditional arcade fighting game, with it's battle gameplay mechanics? I would have advised checking it out! But because they didn't? Eh...if I wanted "Monster Rancher"? I'll just stick with the old anime adaptation! (It's actually FAR BETTER than the video games, themselves!)
If I MUST play the video games? AT LEAST mod them to give them a NEW combat system, that plays and controls more like a traditional arcade fighting game! One that's actually TOLERABLE and EASY TO USE!
Amazing Island
This one is ALMOST a winner! But the problem? Game crashing glitches, on it's release!
THIS is exactly why free downloadable updates for video game consoles (to help with bug-fixes) is a good move, for modern game consoles! In addition, this game was a good idea that was FAR too ahead of it's time...WE NEED to have an enhanced version of this game WITHOUT the game crashing bugs!
Why? I just love the idea of creating a monster based on the design shape of choice, and then customize them as I please, to use them to compete in minigames...which is really a clever concept that made this game WAY too ahead of it's time!
My thoughts in the end
Sometimes, good ideas aren't always done right! While in other cases, it's really sad, that many people are forced to "rip off" Nintendo's "Pokemon" franchise to avoid being sued, when a lot of those folks try to make fangames! But to avoid being sued by Nintendo, people are forced to only release patches for "Pokemon" roms, to do fangames as nothing but romhacks, within regions where it is in a lot of cases, legal for nonprofit & noncommercial use!
Besides; with "Pokemon" being a GREAT basic idea, there are a few problems within it's particular combat system:
= The resistances and weaknesses of pokemon type combinations JUST isn't balanced enough, despite Nintendo trying!
= The stats need to be SIMPLIFIED to work better, on "Pokemon", to guarantee a more balanced experience!
= The official "Pokemon" games of the main series? They're more suitable for casual play, rather than competitive play. (Much like "Street Fighter Alpha 3" or "Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite"!)
And that is all I have to say about these!
Due to not being distinct enough, like franchises such as "Medabots", "Digimon", "Robopon", "Yo-Kai Watch", and the like? I feel that these are just merely an excuse to rip off pokemon just to make money. Here are my thoughts.
Temtem
While I do not mind the simple designs of the creatures, and some distinction to the gameplay? I feel that it feels far too much like a generic "Pokemon" rip-off, in comparison. With most of the designs being nothing special, they also made humans look just plain UGLY and UNATTRACTIVE, within the said art style!
Granted? "Invader Zim" may have a LOT of ugly looking humans, but that's because they're supposed to be an EXAGGERATION of how stupid and non-ideal that most humans really ARE! (Without being hateful.) But this? Uh...can they AT LEAST allow other races or other art styles as an option?
If I WANTED to play this video game, I'd play it MODDED...with the graphics for people being REPLACED with a NOT UGLY ART STYLE!
Coromon
A cheap generic "Pokemon" rip-off with far less creatures, less types, and overall JUST less fun!
If I wanted a generic "Pokemon" rip-off among "monster catching" games, I could have gotten one FOR FREE!
Nexomon
This franchise, after playing "Nexomon: Extinction"? I praise it for it's great sense of humor and a few clever designs, but overall? It's gameplay still lacks GREATLY, compared to "Pokemon"!
This video game franchise still feels like a generic "Pokemon" rip-off in the end...and for that? I'll give this one a pass.
Monster Rancher
Granted? This one is not as generic, compared to your average "Pokemon" clone...being NOT about catching "monsters", but instead, CREATING them from various breeds and sub-races, RAISING them for adventuring and battle tournaments, and then when they pass away? Create a new monster, and pass down some of the deceased monster's own experience to another monster! (But no evolution forms for them, either!)
That basic idea on pen & paper? EXCELLENT! But there's one problem; it's combat system is ABYSMAL; making "Shaq Fu", "Ballz 3D", "Tongue of the Fatman", and "Street Fighter 1" look GOOD, in comparison!
This one is SO DANG CLOSE...had it not been for a horrible combat system that performs horribly that also gives you a headache? And instead plays more like a traditional arcade fighting game, with it's battle gameplay mechanics? I would have advised checking it out! But because they didn't? Eh...if I wanted "Monster Rancher"? I'll just stick with the old anime adaptation! (It's actually FAR BETTER than the video games, themselves!)
If I MUST play the video games? AT LEAST mod them to give them a NEW combat system, that plays and controls more like a traditional arcade fighting game! One that's actually TOLERABLE and EASY TO USE!
Amazing Island
This one is ALMOST a winner! But the problem? Game crashing glitches, on it's release!
THIS is exactly why free downloadable updates for video game consoles (to help with bug-fixes) is a good move, for modern game consoles! In addition, this game was a good idea that was FAR too ahead of it's time...WE NEED to have an enhanced version of this game WITHOUT the game crashing bugs!
Why? I just love the idea of creating a monster based on the design shape of choice, and then customize them as I please, to use them to compete in minigames...which is really a clever concept that made this game WAY too ahead of it's time!
My thoughts in the end
Sometimes, good ideas aren't always done right! While in other cases, it's really sad, that many people are forced to "rip off" Nintendo's "Pokemon" franchise to avoid being sued, when a lot of those folks try to make fangames! But to avoid being sued by Nintendo, people are forced to only release patches for "Pokemon" roms, to do fangames as nothing but romhacks, within regions where it is in a lot of cases, legal for nonprofit & noncommercial use!
Besides; with "Pokemon" being a GREAT basic idea, there are a few problems within it's particular combat system:
= The resistances and weaknesses of pokemon type combinations JUST isn't balanced enough, despite Nintendo trying!
= The stats need to be SIMPLIFIED to work better, on "Pokemon", to guarantee a more balanced experience!
= The official "Pokemon" games of the main series? They're more suitable for casual play, rather than competitive play. (Much like "Street Fighter Alpha 3" or "Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite"!)
And that is all I have to say about these!
jsut a detail i figured i would share
dont see how they could make it work now
If only they made a better battle system, then I would have recommended the "Monster Rancher" series.
i got to rent the game way back when it first came out i got a wolf monster in it...and then it died
it made me cry. i was just a kid and heres a game saying "hey you killed your monster"
I understand...it made my sis cry once, when her naga (of whom she named "Scary") died in "Monster Rancher 2".
She really felt a bond with that monster.
i remember loving the anime way more. ill have to check it out again
That way, if Microsoft owned rights to it? We could have these characters as supporting heroes among trainer types, within it! (And with Microsoft improving on the game, too! And the examples? I listed them one per franchise.)
= Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
= Cooper (Grabbed by the Ghoulies)
= Fulgore (Killer Instinct) {Being more like his 2013 reboot counterpart.}
= Kameo (Kameo: Elements of Power)
= Leeroy Jenkins (Warcraft)
= Master Chief (Halo)
= Zitz (Battletoads)
As for the pals? I was thinking the pinatas from "Viva Pinata" could be turned into in-game obtainable pals, as a result!