Pokemon is a monumental franchise that has shaped the game habits of millions of players. For some, their first JRPG was a Pokémon game, and even specialized collectors of creatures scratch the same itching as Pokemon.
However, there are a number of “pokemon clones” that try to imitate the strengths of franchise, and some of them are in fact a lot of fun. Below we will look at some of the best Pokemon-adjacent Creature collectors to try it.
Nexomon: extinction
Nexomon is probably the closest that you can get to the older generations of Pokémon without becoming a complete copy of one-to-one, yet they still invent their own niche in the genre (mainly by being the closest thing for Pokémon on the PC). There are hundreds of nexomon that you can discover and tame, a fun story that you can play, and some great accompanying graphics and music.
Nexomon has a dynamic level of levels, so you can't necessarily grind a lot of levels and strengths with different challenges of the game, which happens too often in Pokémon. But for the most part, if you just want to play a pokemon, but not a real pokemon, nexomon: extinction is another best thing.
The world of Final Fantasy
The World of Final Fantasy takes hundreds of iconic monsters from Franchise Final fantasy and allows you to capture and increase them. Unlike most creatures who safely dominated the monsters from the minor layers, the World of Final fantasy will introduce its twins, Lann and Reynn directly to the battle.
The game uses a unique stacking method to determine your party. In principle, all monsters are size (small, medium and large), which need to be stacked in the opposite order, with the largest on the bottom. This allows you to create a unique composition of parties with monsters that synergies each other, which is something that Pokemon's Single-Battle will almost never allow you.
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete edition
Digimon existed almost as long as Pokémon and began his life as a digital pet; Basically, the boys' version of Tamagotchi. Digimon, however, has never found the same level of success, although some of his later video games are exceptional collectors of creatures such as Cyber Sleuth and Hacker.
These two games play as a traditional JRPG where you explore the digital world, tame and increase hundreds of different digital monsters, and work to unravel a number of cyber mysteries. These games also allow you to grind if you want, so you can focus on increasing the ideal team Monster.
Monster Hunter Stories
Monster Hunter Stories intersects the world and playing the Monster Hunter loop with a Pokemon monster, which is sincerely just a perfect concept for video game. In this game, you play as a rider who can connect with monsters to fight next to them, hunt more monsters for their valuable skin and bones to create new weapons and armor.
As the name suggests, the stories of Monster Hunter are more focused on its narrative than the traditional Monster Hunter games, so there is enough opportunities to connect with the characters and invest in the world. The fight is also simple on the surface using the format of rock papers, but much deeper, the more you immerse yourself in the game.
Both currently released Monster Hunter Stories are worth playing and the third in the series is on the way!
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
Dragon Quest Monsters is a spin-off series Dragon Quest, which allows you to capture iconic monsters of franchise and control them in battle. The original game was published several years after the Pokemon Red and Green in Japan, but separated with its deep breeding mechanics, which was transferred to the latest edition of The Dark Prince.
The Dark Prince does a great job when he motivates you to recruit every monster you find, thanks to his synthesis system that combines monsters and creates stronger. The aspect of collecting creation is in full strength and rewards you much more than the Pokemon games played to catch them all.
Animal cartridge
Casesette Beasts is a unique view of the Pokémon formula that will catch you with a monster with cassette tapes and then turn into them during the battle. Then you will be able to connect with your partner in the battle to create a unique monster throughout the duration of the fight. Because each mosner can connect with any other monster, there are thousands of different mergers with which it is necessary to experiment.
Frankly, beyond battles based on a monster and tensile battles, the Beasts cassette is nothing like a pokemon. The game is an open world that allows you to explore at your own pace and to do with different tools. There is also a lot of customization for your monsters, and each monster is somehow viable, so you are definitely rewarded using your favorite and set them accordingly.
Disk creature
Disc Creatures wear an inspiration on the sleeve by Pokemon inspiration from the Game Boy era, with an artistic style that could at first glance be confused with Pokemon Gold or Silver. In addition to its graphics, however, Disc Creatures carve its own place in the genre, with 3V3 battles, a really well -written story and many conveniences, such as the ability to buy levels for your floor monsters.
The game has 200 creatures that they collect, and most of them have unique movements to separate them. The limit of the three creatures in your side places a deeper emphasis on strategy and there are a large number of synergies with which it can be grinded and add some needed depth to fight.
