How to Grow the Monster Taming Genre!

[@Twilord_]

I am glad the genre triangle left an impact! That was a blast from the past!

[@GymLeaderEd]

WE FOUND THEM BOIS!

[@ravenous6894]

I have really gotten into the monster taming genre thanks to you Ed and i will happily support and help the genre as much as i can to grow the fan base and help better games to be develop

[@Guitarwiz]

How to Grow the Monster Taming Genre? Just make sure you remember to give it plenty of sunlight and water it frequently

[@itsSparkky]

As a aaa/indie dev of the last decade, Ive always been eager to finally pitch my monster taming project. After porting all the Digimon World 1 raising and combat logic, and recreating the Chao garden a few times only to have no interest your channel is really giving me faith.

[@chimera8428]

6:03 "Excuse me sir, excuse me. Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Monster Taming? Hey don't run from the Agumon! Where are you going?!"

[@Khroniclas]

I have given myself the goal to play many different monster taming games this year, and review them for my friends. Giving devs money, spreading awareness, it's something.

[@digiing1992]

As someone who started this journey by discovering Pokémon and Digimon 25 years ago, I may not be one to talk, but if you got a craving for these games, then you will find them, without fail, always. But someone like you that actively goes to the lengths to talk about them and give others the idea that they even exist, is at least better than them moronic companies that only look at the money and not the quality or content.

[@PiggyDash]

For me. collection and teambuilding are my primary reason to like the genre. that's why I prefer digimon story-lines over the world series.

[@monkeybooger4999]

I have come to realize that Monster Tale (kinda obscure DS game that only released in North America apparently) is a monster taming game. I really loved that game and it's the first game I fully completed, though I wouldn't play it again

[@Prolyfyk]

I'm currently playing Monster Hunter Stories 2 and absolutely love it!

[@FTChomp9980]

I started with Fossil Fighters in the Monster Taming Genre still hoping it returns one day,Overall after that played Digimon Adventure DS. Then later on played Monster Hunter Stories 1 and 2 both are definitely up there along with Nexomon Extinction. I'll not only support the Monster Taming Genre with LumenTale,Cassete Beasts,and many more that interest me. I even intend to make own Monster Taming Game as well. (Its still in the idea stage mind you.)

[@nazeersadek6705]

Great video Ed 😁 unfortunately we still have a long way to go recently when Hoops announced he’s working on his own monster taming game I found a comment saying that don’t release the game on switch so I asked why since Nintendo already approved the ports of Coromon and the 2 Nexomon games but they refused to listen or read anything that I wrote ultimately Hoops deleted a comment asking me to chill lol

[@highpassionstudios]

very cool video. Hopefully we can contribute soon to this awesome genre!

[@RutilatedQuarz]

There's this monster taming game my friend really likes - Dragonseeds, for the PS1. It's super hard to find any info on, but his enthusiasm for it has passed onto me a bit :'3 if you ever do a video on older/forgotten monster taming games (or even if you find a way to play through it yourself !) it would be a really cool inclusion :D

[@zephdo2971]

I dream on creating a Monster taming game based on Southeast Asian cultures

[@baddragonite]

I'm a hobbyist character designer/pixel artist and have some experience making an Emerald ROMhack of my own. I'm especially experienced with making those types of 64x64 monster sprites and have worked with a youtuber on their own romhack projects a couple times. Learning the programming and musical side is interesting but slow going. I'd love to work on a new monster taming game if anyone needs a pixel artist. Just kinda hard to figure out where to look for that type of gig especially while working full time. If any type of projects pop up tho I think it'd be awesome to be a part of.

[@riotkitty]

Well tbh if it’s gatekeeping in the sense of “you can’t play this because you’ve played this or you don’t like this”. As an example just because I still buy Pokémon games I’m called an idiot and not worthy of the greatness of Temtem (sarcasm). But when it comes to journalists or people who aren’t actually fans of the genre trying to hijack it and change the genre to suit their tastes…then gatekeeping is okay.

[@BryanBond]

Recently found your channel and love it! Any chance you can do a video with your top 10 personal favourite monster games (excluding Pokémon as I've played them all haha) or something similar? If you have one already I may have missed the video!

[@old.angelless]

awww omg so heartwarming to hear that. I am so happy to see the rise of monster taming genre!!!!

[@TheOFCMedia]

Yes, our community has been growing

[@christinacarter2550]

Thanks for showing us 🧡🙏🏼

[@thepulpyprince]

keep up the good work!

[@dadsdayoff7196]

Love your videos man keep up the good work. What are your thoughts on monster super League?

[@_Rhatsody]

also, FANART! fanart gets eyes and curiosity about what the heck is it the art is of.

[@RescueSquadCulp]

Afternoon

[@eloyrob]

Im now making a manga for manga plus creators and now I have 2 big original ideas for Monster Taming mangas!

[@emperorluffy6001]

It's a shame how no one talks about Zatch Bell or Megaman NT Warrior. They were peak monster taming.

[@cearlach32]

Hey can you do a vid on medabots on the wiiu e shop as it will be shutting down in March this year I think the 27th

[@GymLeaderEd]

my wii u is broken ;(

[@cearlach32]

@Gym Leader Ed that sucks they are almost perfect ports, no connecting to another wii u, though, so no pvp or trading parts

[@cearlach32]

@Gym Leader Ed also could you do a warning about the phone game (also a crypto scam coin) its not official they just bought the license when it ran out and thats why we haven't seen another release of the series outside of Japan or at least it is a reason, which I feel they should just release it under it og name medarot, there us a discord for fans with fan translations of 1 so far

[@cearlach32]

never mind was going through all your videos saw you already have one on this craziness

[@texus835]

Not sure if I understand the gatekeeping the genre thing. I have ot look up gatekeeping, from the overall meaning I can't figure it out right now. 4:21 Staying friendly and answering questions, well I think I'm already doing that sometimes^^

[@celestee2264]

You probably have an idea by now, but gatekeeping is another word for stopping people from entering a community on the basis of "unworthiness", or stopping the mainstream from getting too close to the community. Might be accompained by "you're not a true fan if..." attitude.

[@texus835]

​@@celestee2264 Thank you I believe I understand it now

[@russeldina7085]

How about coromon full version on mobile

[@andreferreira4439]

this is one of those things that dont make that much sense in the video game world, throughout time companys try to replicate games that do well making genres in doing so, like when the 1st super mario did well all we saw was plataform games, now more recently minecraft exploded and everyone tryed to copy it giving birth to the surviver genre, then it was lol with the moba genre and now pubg that started this battle royal "meta" we leave today, meanwhile pokemon is on the side doing literally billions of dollars and nobody seems to try to compete for some of those billions, i say this because i love the genre and love pokemon but at the same time i think pokemon is really slowing the genre back, i think that when a pokemon game flops for the 1st time we will see the best pokemon game of all time in the next gen and for that we need real competitors i hope monter hunter storys continues to do great and the smt series too

[@GamerTrucker96]

Does anyone have a list of the games in this video

[@sammythehamster9093]

I started playing Pokemon Red and Blue, I have tried others Dragon quest/Warrior monsters and Digimon. I enjoyed MHS on 2DsXL and version2 on the Switch. I really want to get Re:legend but badly marred by bugs and glitches there hasn't been update since September last year. Pokemon gets samey with each version, I will try others for variety. Dragon quest Monster series and Yokai Watch you can battle with team instead of one. Nexomon Age of Extinction was even recommend by sales assistant. The genre has more variety and evolved over the years but avoid Mobile games they force players to buy items in order to make progress. I was constantly attacked on Dragonpal to point of quitting.

[@ShijishoutmonZX]

this is nice

[@corinawhite6457]

hell yeah and bring to the west and make physical copy of the game and bring to the Nintendo switch to would be great after getting ooblets I would love to see more new like that and like getting both anyway like moster framing games and mosters tameing games as long as they got a lot to tame get build up cool to great teams 🤔ps maybe to much to ask for

[@redchillihot]

I have an idea for a monster taming game!

[@chaoschalice]

You say that gate keeping would stale a franchise growth but right now am seeing the opposite in a lot of franchise they open it for everyone and end up isolating a lot of the original fans. As much i would like to share my love of monster collection/raising games i do not want this community to change so much that i won't even recognize it anymore after companies decide mon games need to meet the global standards (looking at pokemon). I don't want to call high on life a fps mon game.

[@GymLeaderEd]

I think there's a big difference between a singular franchise and a genre tho. If one franchise wants to appeal to everyone it may change its identity but the genre already has a wide variety of games

[@chaoschalice]

@@GymLeaderEd it happened in gaming community before because the gaming community as whole accepted mobile games & gacha games as part of the same community so did the AAA companies and saturated the entire market with games that follows the mobile trends. Its great making the community grow but the bigger the community is the more it lost its focus

[@namenlosNamenlos]

For the algorithm! 🎊🥳🎉

[@rikajougasaki3296]

who in the blazes named their baltan poopsussyboi

[@ZombieKatrina]

I agree with most of it but Gatekeeping is good to keep out those who aren't actually taking interest in it IE games journos or those trying to change it.

[@riotkitty]

Yeah…I’ve seen way too many peoples try to hijack games or a fandom to basically ruin it for their own agendas. I’d like that to not spread to the monster taming games, everything from Pokémon to I guess Monster Sanctuary or something.

[@FTChomp9980]

I agree with you on with Game Journalists because well let's face it just suck in general.

[@kleefirestar]

educate the westerners and tell them not every game coming out is trying to be a "pokemon killer"

[@russeldina7085]

I'm subscribed to you you gonna say it right

[@slvrcross]

Ed I love you bro! Your takes are the hottest, and they're so true. I actually found your channel because I got heavily interested in game dev and also PLA was such a disappointment that I didn't even buy it and I'm sick of turn-based monster taming in all honestly. Keep up the great work my guy.

[@GymLeaderEd]

Thanks so much for the support!

[@williammadden1087]

Can you do more doodle world please episode 6

[@DanteCrowlley]

I'm pretty picky with my monster taming games, like games in general, one small thing can be a deal breaker to me

[@individualywrappedcheeseslices]

Who cares about community with all due respect. Could you imagine telling someone in 2002 to enjoy Final fantasy 10 just ignore the community lol. That’s one of the biggest reasons me and damn near everyone I know can’t stand modern gaming

[@RDK325]

As someone who recently got into monster tamers I have to say that many of the fans of this genre get happy very easily over small improvements and features. The fanbase of these games needs to ask more from the Dev's, the gaming industry has moved so much but this genre always feels 5yrs behind there is little to no innovation. Also one personal thing I don't like is that monsters don't feel unique enough from one another, and the battles feel kinda slow and not dynamic enough coming from a guy who has been playing turn based games for yrs now

[@Kiricen77]

why this youtuber rarely talk about masterpiece like shin megami tensei?

[@riotkitty]

Bruh this is a monster taming games channel, not a Shin Megami Tensei channel. He talked about 5 to death when it was releasing

[@GymLeaderEd]

When smt6 gets announced we will talk more about the smt franchise. I wouldn't say I talked to death about it, but I definitely gave smt5 adequate coverage when it launched

[@uwuowo1773]

another thing that can help is if people can stop calling everything "pokemon copy"

[@bubalackgaming8892]

That won't happen until the general Monster Taming community can get big enough to make Pokemon fans stop throwing temper tantrums when a new Monster Taming game comes out

[@CRANTIME]

I think if a title as vague as 'Role-Playing Game' can describe a genre, I don't see the harm in referring to all of these as Creature Collectors lmao

[@GymLeaderEd]

I just think monster taming is a better phrase that encompasses all major aspects and is easier to say, spell and remember. It's more marketable too imo. These things are important when trying to basically apply a brand, or in this case solidify the name of something.

[@CRANTIME]

@@GymLeaderEd I think Creature Collector rolls off the tongue nice. And that's really my only reason lmao In practice, I find myself jumping around terms

[@pinkgeerough]

Collecting creatures sounds a bit boring, in the sense you collect creatures? Like a hobbyist? Doesn't encompass any action or interest as Monster Taming, where you have a taming relationship with your monsters/creatures.

[@CRANTIME]

@@pinkgeerough yeah but 'creature' is more encompassing than 'monster'

[@kikiesuafamilia5321]

How to grown monster taming genre ? Do more inspired game and lass game that are just pokemon with slightly changes and not adding something new to the genre

[@GymLeaderEd]

There are tons of games like that though. Its just a lot of the more popular ones happen to be pokemon like.

[@kikiesuafamilia5321]

@@GymLeaderEd hey ! Also why arent you covering megaman battle network re-release isent it a monster taming after all ?

[@GymLeaderEd]

is it? i've never played it lol

[@AidinAssef]

Roco kingdom

[@thwomp1542]

How to grow the monster taming genre: get a studio to make a monster training game that isn't a boring, terrible turn-based fighting game. I need a monster training game with Dark Souls combat. Like the Pocket Souls Dark souls 3 mod.

[@GymLeaderEd]

we're gonna need more high budget studios, it's too much to expect from the indie scene right now imo. The real time combat games we have seen so far don't match the current generation of games, due to the increasing gap in the price of that kind of tech and polish.

[@llstar22]

There are good, not boring, not terrible turn based monster taming games, turn based is not a bad thing

[@bubalackgaming8892]

Honestly sounds like a skill issue if you can't handle turn based combat lol

[@squali1930]

Bro you're making it too complicated...

[@GymLeaderEd]

how? it's really not lmfao