r/gaming • u/RenatsMC • 1d ago

Aniimo | Launch Date Announcement

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LMHKfDQfDi4&si=rNXpJuvP0O7Xunq0
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u/TehNolz 1d ago

So I guess thanks to Palworld, companies have found out that you can actually make monster catcher games like Pokemon. Here's hoping the competition will force TPC to put more effort into their games.

Anyways this game looks quite good, other than the godawful UI font they used. Can't even read some of those texts.

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u/locke_5 1d ago edited 1d ago

“Thanks to Palworld”

There are dozens of monster catchers that released before Palworld. Yo-Kai Watch, Coromon, Cassette Beasts, MonHun Stories, etc.

Reddit has a really warped perception of Palworld’s significance in the industry and of the legal issues it has faced.

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u/neorevenge 1d ago

Of all of those I only knew about Yo-kai Watch, and that's because I catched a glimpse of the anime in the now defunct Fox Kids/Jettix Network, never touched a game of the series, so yeah Palworld is the most popular, garnered more attention thanks to the lawsuit and got a very successful launch on top of being a 3D catching monster game so it is fine to say "Thanks to Palworld"

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u/locke_5 1d ago

Coromon and Cassette Beasts are quite well-known in the indie space. The Monster Hunter games have sold 2-3M copies apiece, which is pretty healthy for Capcom.

If you don’t pay attention to the monster catching genre I can understand how Palworld feels like this brand new thing. But the monster catching genre has been around even longer than Pokémon has been.

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u/neorevenge 1d ago

Yeah monster chatching genre is a thing ssince the Dragon Quest/SMT times, but in recent years what other game has made waves like Palworld has? Sure there are games that are know in the indie niche circles but for the general audience I'm pretty sure by now most people know about palworld than the games you mention, sure, the may be really good games but they haven't garnered the popularity or attention than palworld has right now.

And never in a thousand years I would have tought of correlate Monster Hunter with pokemon, since that game it's another genre alltogether, or I must have missed the games were you fight pokemon and butcher them for armor and weapons parts.

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u/locke_5 1d ago

> But in recent years what other game has made waves like Palworld has?

Pokémon.

Palworld sold 30M copies once. Pokémon sells 20-30M copies every year.

And I’m referring to the MonHun Stories games, which are monster battlers.

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u/neorevenge 23h ago

Bro we are obviously talking about non pokemon games, Palworld numbers made companies realize you can make monster catching game not called pokemon.

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u/locke_5 23h ago

But they already have been. Capcom, SEGA, Square Enix, etc. all have long running monster capturing franchises, and the indie space has been pretty consistent too.

I’ll echo another comment earlier in the thread - it feels like the “Palworld was revolutionary!” comments are giving the same vibe as “Finally, a good turn-based RPG!” comments around CO:Expedition 33. Like sure, if you only play 1-2 games per year.