Top 10 Best Monster Tamer Games (Not Including Pokemon!)

[@Mexican_Sunbro]

Imo Digimon needs more love, with Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth exceeding sales expectations I hope the other Digimon RPGs get localized.

[@chelsean637]

i love digimon so much i just wish the series can return

[@auzziegamerfan]

@@chelsean637 I miss Digimon. Digimon Frontier really connected with me.

[@kennethchua4958]

I would say pokemon games are better but digimon anime is better

[@auzziegamerfan]

@@kennethchua4958 I can totally agree with that.

[@yanatagayon9473]

@@kennethchua4958 yea

[@kytokumera7806]

Monster Hunter Story, its Monster Hunter but you can catch and train monsters to help you in battle, as well as ride them, and perform awesome attacks with them

[@darrishawks6033]

Monster Rancher 2 was great. Why aren't there more Monster Rancher games like that now?

[@dinathefossilfighter]

Probably money problems. =m=

[@kylem.7466]

Darris Hawks That's a question for Tecmo.

[@kylem.7466]

Dina the Fossil Fighter Tecmo is pretty wealthy.

[@legendarydigitize2523]

It died out Thanks to stupid people not having the patience, tolerance and commitment to appreciate the rancher games

[@ronjohnson2760]

They still make monster farm games for japan only, but when Tecmo created Monster rancher EVO and shipped it world wide, it failed because it was bad, they threw out everything that made monster rancher, monster rancher and replaced it with paper thin characters with a laughably bad story. When the game failed Tecmo thought the series was dead here and only released Monster Farm games in japan from then on instead of realizing they fucked up and shipped us a bad game.

[@ohno9616]

Yo-Kai watch is awesome, and The second game is out for USA!

[@cat-roomba3444]

It is

[@Yogaji]

I forgot the SMT universe does count as a sort of monster tamer universe Persona, Devil Survivor and SMT itself all deal with the topic.

[@deadrunable]

I'm so glad SMT was on this list. Shin Megami Nocturne is my all time favorite monster taming game. :D

[@puzzle_boy]

Mine is SMT IV. But Nocturne is equally good. Hell all SMT games (at least mainline) are pure excellence imo.

[@digitalshadowfox720]

@@puzzle_boy yes very

[@akiradkcn]

@@puzzle_boy they are

[@zappyzora]

why isnt spectrobes here! (probably the nostalga talking)

[@DansPictures]

+Zachariah Louis a 3DS sequel or remake would be truly awesome

[@zappyzora]

+Dustopheles FUCK YEAH! THIS GUY KNOW WHAT TO DO!

[@zappyzora]

+allendarkness64 STORM THEIR BASE! UNLEASH THE KOMAINU OF WAR!

[@lord_boneman]

SPECTROBES!!!!

[@LumpyBumpyAcidFish]

+Zachariah Louis i agree with not nestalgia spectrobes was a well made game

[@zyrathesmartie8430]

I say the same, will Spectrobes ever be remembered? I mean when was the last time Disney spoke about it? Spectrobes was my life, my best game, my everything.

[@sephire25]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers

[@garra123454]

I should buy spectrobes again

[@KitsuneNoKurayami]

Yo-kai Watch already has a second game, three versions of it actually, two versions of a spin-off, and a third game coming in the summer. We just need the second and Busters games localized ^^

[@zerokura]

they also had that movie and another movie is coming out.my favorite yokai is buhu it's silly cute with its depression.

[@KitsuneNoKurayami]

+zerokura Kyuubi's elegance is what makes him my favorite

[@zerokura]

KitsuneNoKurayami and all he wants is the doki doki.

[@koden530]

You absolutely get a like from me for adding the SMT series. I have been looking for videos to give these games the exposure they deserve, and you wouldn't believe how little people even know about this series. I would say start with SMT 4 on 3DS. Though it is tough as nails, it seems like the most "user friendly" of the bunch. Or just pick any persona game from 3 to 5. All of them are stand alone, so no worries on missing anything from previous entries.

[@GCrAnViMaOtaku95]

An interesting fact about the Digimon games is that there are kind of 2 series that can be considered something of the main games which are Digimon World and Digimon Story. What makes this funny is that all the world games for the DS are actually Digimon Story games and became associated with Digimon World do to the name changes for the North American versions. The only exception I know of is Digimon World Championship which belongs to neither series like Digimon World Data Squad game on the Ps2

[@Shoctime]

nerd

[@cowardlycatt4308]

what do you expect from a comment from a video called Top 10 Monster Tamer Games? xD

[@n.a.a.b.7311]

Digimon WorldChampionship was so god damned fun, I spent hundreds of hours on that game...

[@PikminandOatchi]

R.I.P My old Tamagotchi.

[@MattThomas-dq6fj]

Digimon World for PSOne is my favorite Digimon game second to Digimon Re-Digitized

[@RuneRelations]

Making your own abomination = How I make Lucemon in every Digimon Story Game Ever

[@kanchomerocks12]

Isaac Oliver I love having a draconic Satan in my team.

[@Hanzou330]

Monster Rancher 2 is for PSone not PS2.

[@WalkingthroughNYC]

HANZO x HANZO monster rancher 2 is for ps1.monster rancher 3 is for ps2

[@gregoryedwards9097]

Pokemon fan here.. Monster Rancher 2 is hands down one of the most addicting non online games I ever played. It's incredibly different from Pokemon, from it's battle system to how you obtained attacks and combined monsters, and there was such a great feeling knowing you could use your family's old collection of CD's to see what monsters came out. I used to play that and the first one so much. Good times.

[@bozidarborojevic4131]

Yea i agree i played it as a kid one of the most entertaining games i ever played

[@Nyktophobiac]

I loved the Chao Garden!

[@Nyktophobiac]

Brigade Leader Haruhi Suzumiya or even as maybe a stand alone game. I can see it as a DS game

[@Peltonimo]

I thought I killed my chao the first time one evolved when I threw him with Sonic xD

[@CosmicErrata]

Dragon Quest Monsters... CHILDHOOD... CHILDHOOD!!!

[@kayonshadow2606]

I like the shin megami tensei game especially SMT 4 I also really think the SMT BS Is funny at times

[@sephire25]

no spectrobes??? really most underrated game series ever

[@sillykat8988]

I love digimon dawn and dusk =^.^= still play it :P

[@kekkley]

same

[@ForestFairy1]

+Sillykat You should give Digimon Cyber Sleuth a shot. It's on the Vite and PS4. I don't have it myself but it looks amazing.

[@sillykat8988]

ForestFairy1 Thank you =^.^= I'll be sure to check it out (:

[@DemonRaticate]

Every time I get an urge to play, I restart and just see what I can do, and after all that restart again. So much replay value.

[@RuneRelations]

As I play it my eyes glaze over until I reach the credits scene "see you next game"

[@wishwizard2590]

For this I'll always like your videos

[@sokumotanaka9271]

"I'm kidding with my factious tone." *It's exactly unchanged from his regular tone.*

[@ughhim83]

Digimon cyber sleuth is supposed to be pretty good.

[@Justaviewer9]

its the best

[@blastturtle22]

+SCP-1048 Builder Bear Yes SCP-1048 it is.

[@jaredknight8838]

I'm buying a PS4 for Persona 5, but I'll be using Cyber Sleuth to tide me over.

[@ughhim83]

ZeonScizor Its a fun game but its also a very generic JRPG that suffers from Bandai Namco's traditional bland level design.

[@Justaviewer9]

+SCP-1048 Builder Bear it's true the level design is not the best but it barely hurts the game

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

Creeps, love ya man, but Monster Rancher 2 was PS1. Also, funny thing about the Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Joker and how you said the character looked someone from DBZ... the designs were done by Akira Toriyama (the guy behind Dragon Ball).

[@FoundedScreenLady]

Thank god people know about Fossil Fighters, and not just me.

[@Beastfromthe10]

didn't digimon start off from tamagochi aswell. or were the digimon tamagochi's their own thing

[@kappayokai6113]

Digimon started as a tamagotchi

[@JC-nh5yd]

They were called V-pets, but yeah, basically tamagochi. I miss the Digivices they made to go along with the first 4 seasons. They basically worked like pedometers that has a chance of your Digimon coming across an enemy to battle or item to help along the way. Usually there were a few mini game options, but only one of those was actually entertaining with each version. Think of it like the PokeWalker essentially, but with color options and no outside source required for the creatures inside.

[@sephire25]

they were an alternative to tomagatchi as tomagatchi were aimed at young girls and digimon were aimed at young boys but they were basically the same thing

[@sui6272]

It would be great if the next time you were to put more footage for some of the games. BTW, Spectrobes, Invizimals and Viva Piñata are cool monster taming games aswell

[@lucky_kat1237]

Oh, Invizimals! I watched the series on Netflix.

[@fightingleaf]

Well, Yo-Kai Watch 2 already exists in Japan. It's only a question of whether they ever want to bring it to the States, which I don't know if they will.

[@creeblaze5698]

Yes I also don't know but I think yokai watch has a pretty darn good concept and should be higher... Also fossil fighters should be higher because it's really difficult to beat the whole game with beating the end events...

[@alexerikson529]

+amythest Fogel Which the original or champions, I always found champions to easy compared to the original, at least in the end

[@coolfloyd6113]

+amythest Fogel Champions was weak, the original was much better.

[@lisabarnes924]

+Wadup (meanwhile with fossil fighters 3) Tf is this!?!?!

[@coolfloyd6113]

Lisa Barnes We shall not speak of that game.

[@djdrew11]

Spectrobes and Robopon (Both 1 [Sun Ver.] and 2 [Ring Ver. and Cross Ver.) are great monster-tamer games, too!

[@Rika24]

haven't watched yet, but Monster Rancher better be #1, i consider it better than Pokemon, especially Monster Rancher 4.

[@creeblaze5698]

Sorry to burst your bubble but it's not... Not even fossil fighters or yokai watch is... Both of the ones I mentioned are ranked pretty low and I'm upset

[@gregoryedwards9097]

Hell yeah Monster Rancher was addicting. I beat the S Rank with my Durahan and had Joker and a buncha cool ass monsters when I was in 6th grade, which took forever to do. I let our apartment manager's son borrow my memory card and this douchebbag deleted it for some fuckin baseball game. A little bit of me still hasn't forgiven him for that lol.

[@puzzle_boy]

Monster Rancher is great, at least the ones I played. But Shin Megami Tensei is completely on another level (it's a little unfair to consider it just a monster taming game)

[@saver_spenta_mainyu]

1 extra point for SMT IV is that by fully upgrading the demon stock capacity, you basically have a small army's worth of demons in your party.

[@Alexlayer]

No Jade Coccoon!? No mention of the PS1 classic filled with so much fantasy, creativity and one of the most magical worlds out there!?

[@ZeChillix]

What an interesting and unique topic, I do hope that you make more kinds of videos like this :]

[@Blockinstaller12]

I kinda liked the first DQM:J game more, maybe it's because I played that one first or because both look so similar to eachother... or maybe it's the story, who knows... Also, where is Spectrobes?! If not the first game, Beyond The Portals definitly deserves a spot on this list.

[@jonathandominguez4262]

Same, I prefer the first DQM joker game

[@zacharygrieco8768]

Oh snap! Thank you so much for making this video! I have always wanted to know this

[@personamithulu]

*gushes over SMT* Sorry I just REALLY love SMT especially Nocturne, Digtal Devil Saga, IV, and Persona.

[@kaikai9201]

Also important to note the game that started it all was Dragon Quest V. The first monster taming game. Dragon Quest 6 also had the feature and then they decided to dedicate a whole series to it releasing Dragon Warrior Monsters.

[@eejdmrj3hw]

Digimon Cyber Sleuth > Dawn/Dusk

[@Christoph-ce4hj]

+Cool I still wish I had a PS Vita so I could play...

[@guyverfan666]

+Christoph Darkstone (chris1312) Isn't it the new one for PS4?

[@Christoph-ce4hj]

It's for both but I have neither...

[@mariejaygranada5743]

I Want To Play Digimon Cyber Sleuth But I Dont have A Ps Vita :(

[@pn2294]

Debatable

[@bradff7]

One of my personal favorite trainer type games is easily "Jade Cacoon 2"

[@Dedesormeaux]

One of the best places to start in the SMT Games are Devil Survivor 1 and Persona 3. They each speak the themes most of the games have and have the difficulty the games are known for. I am so happy you mentioned them. Almost any RPG made by ATLUS is worth a look.

[@BP9000]

Dude I remember using my CDs to unlock my monsters when I was younger and I put in a UB40 CD and I got a humanoid t rex and it scared the crap outta me

[@dongodongo12]

you could start eoth Megaten with devil survivor for the ds it has all the demln fusing and its story its really interestimg, its also a top down strategy rpg like fire emblem i think you wpuld like

[@Christoph-ce4hj]

+dongodongo12 Or with the Devil Summoner games for the PS2, those are some of the most beginner friendly SMT games I have ever played.

[@bobalinx8762]

6:52 Even when this video was uploaded Yo-Kai Watch already has a sequel and a spin-off.

[@LunaPrincessNinjato]

wow this is nice, A nice refreshing top XX monster taming that is not saying top rip offs or stuff

[@Christoph-ce4hj]

+Luna PrincessNinjato If he had said top rip offs I'd have screamed as SMT is older than Pokemon and works very differently.

[@fros333]

My Top Ten Pokemon included 1. Sonic Adventure 2 Chao Garden 2. Sonic Adventure Chao Garden 3. League of Legends - Zyra 4. Devil Survivor 2 5. Devil Survivor 6. Persona 2 Innocent Sin 7. Persona 2 Eternal Punishment 8. Persona 4 9. Persona 3 10. Grand Fantasia Sprites Special Mentions not quite good enough to be on the list but remembered playing once. SMT - Devil Children, Spore, Pokemon

[@brandonbevill972]

with half of your list being within the smt franchise, you might as well lump them together as one single place, like Mr creepypastas did.

[@fros333]

So Top 5, I like that.

[@icreatedthisaccounttowatch6559]

This is monster RPG not jrpg

[@puzzle_boy]

Persona is more like... Shaman King. It would rather SMT, SMT II, SMT Nocturne, Strange Journey, SMT IV and IV Apocalypse imo.

[@MizukiUkitake]

Thank you for this video! My friends and I are thinking about attempting a monster tamer game, and I needed more things to reference other than Pokemon, so it wasn't a complete imitation of that universe.

[@voiceofinsight1]

what about jade cacoon

[@fatadi100]

love that game

[@OpenFireBug]

;n; Sucks it didn't make it here..

[@kylemordaunt1896]

wheres jade cacoon 2=(

[@Zeradias]

1. In digimon world dusk/dawn, you forgot to include 3 reserve digimon 2. Anyone, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't digimon the boy version of tomagatchi in the beginning since caring for digital monsters wasn't appealing for boys. 3. Don't know if it was specified, but there should've been more digimon entries, like Digimon World Championship and Story Cyber Sleuth also, I'm kinda disappointed that that Spectrobes wasn't in the list...

[@sillyfudgemonkeys]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS SO HOPING SMT WOULD BE ON THIS! 8D

[@beefythiefy6588]

For Digimon World, your team has actually six members, not three. The first three sprites will follow you on screen, but you have six total.

[@mariejaygranada5743]

4:00 TY FOR ADDING THIS GAME THIS IS MY FAVE :D

[@bobalinx8762]

10:17 That’s because DQ and DB share an artist, Akira Toriyama.

[@pheapchin]

Digimon and Pokemon are my favorite! XD

[@pheapchin]

Oh, and Fossil Fighters, because I have the game XD

[@captainmega6310]

I Like Pokemon, Digimon Yo-Kai Watch and Fossil Fighters

[@Kennypokemon]

Same

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

i have an idea for potential game makers. it's a game taking place after an event called the collapse where monsters reappear after years of being seen as myths, the object of the game is to capture monsters and rebuild society. you can fuse or evolve some monsters as well as hunt, gather, scavenge and cook food for your trained monsters. most monsters in the game are completely based off mythology, folklore and urban legends, while some monsters are sci-fi or original. the last feature in the game is fetch quests.

[@captainmega6310]

samuel rodriguez Holy shit you should be a game developer. though, I'm worried about it being called a Pokemon rip-off...

[@DarkturtleX]

No Jade Cocoon and Nino Kuni?

[@joey4track]

I would definitely add the little known but super freaking awesome Siralim, to this this.

[@Celthricify]

I loved Monster Rancher 2 soooooo much. I wish my disk still worked! D: Or I could find another copy of it for cheap.

[@digitalshadowfox720]

ebay cheap last time i checked

[@ThatGuy-io4gx]

Thanks for putting Yo-kai watch at number 6. I really love it too. But do you have any separate yo-kai watch videos?

[@nullvoid7163]

Props for smt4. That game seems heavily underrated for how challenging and rewarding it was. It's something for me akin to dark/demon souls where game difficulty threshold shoots up by leaps and bounds when you're used to approaching most situations with a sound strategy and if you lose knowing how to learn from your mistakes.

[@jakk0013]

what what what?? monster rancher 2? playstation 2?? i think the narrator is not 90's kid??

[@darkvioletcloud]

I saw the pink slime from Slime Rancher in the thumbnail and my minimized tab for Slime Rancher and thought I was seeing double. I love Slime Rancher! It's too cute for my heart to handle and has an awesome soundtrack!

[@pargaras]

And where the hell is Jade Cocoon? That game was amazing

[@skipthewave]

Completely agree with this list, maybe except for the Sonic Adventure 2 thing

[@Solfoxa]

What's that game called with the blue slime thing on the KZbinn link of this

[@UltimateGamerCC]

as an RPGist i LOVE the Monster Tamer sub-genre, and i feel that while Monster Rancher 2 was probably BiS i think that there is some merit to the GBA titles and the DS game of Monster Rancher, because you dont need to have rare one of a kind discs to complete your encyclopedia, it's all doable in game. sure you could do some of that via unlocking monsters for disc regen, but you still needed to be a collector of music to find every monster.

[@MegaDzib]

the best place to start in the Shin Megami Tensei series (or SMT for short) in my opinion is the devil survivor series.

[@zel932]

I need help. Bare with me, as I only remember a small part of the game. Anyone remember a game where you ride a train to a dungeon, there is a man on the train from whom you can buy items or weapons with, and you fight monsters in a 2D cave? I remember being able to capture monsters and using them as pets and sidekicks. I kept one that was just a giant floating eyeball. It was a DS game, I think.

[@puzzle_boy]

Shin Megami Tensei is definitely the best and deeper series (my fav too of course) But Pokémon and Digimon are wonderful too. Specially Pkmn for me because the lore, music, media and metagame.

[@n33wom]

Jade Cocoon anyone?

[@XerxesTexasToast]

Imagine my surprise when I look up videos about monster tamers and stumble blindly into a vid by one of my favorite creepypasta narrators! I'm happy to say I've played a fair chunk of these. Fossil Fighters is fantastic!

[@CheshireCat478]

I enjoyed tales of symphonia 2s monster taming system, although I'm pretty sure most people hated it for that

[@jimmyjeff1777]

I just realised that a lot of rpg's have monster tamer spin offs final fantasy, the tales series, dragon quest, kingdom hearts and probably a lot of others

[@moonbunny3657]

I just want to correct some things in the video, and I'm sorry if anyone's already made this comment. I hope this comment doesn't come across as rude either. 1. Tamagotchi is still a thing in Japan, and you can import the newer models. The graphics and characters have been updated, and you can do more things with your pet as well. 2. Monster Rancher 2 was for the Playstation, not the PS2. I remember it not working on the PS2, actually, because when you tried to put in a new disc to see what monster it would produce, it would just go to the CD player. Sadface. 3. Yo-Kai Watch has two sequels to the main series in Japan, as well as many spin-offs, and I'm pretty sure the second game will hit the overseas market some time in the Fall. It may not be too popular overseas since some people see it as a Pokémon rip-off, but it actually strongly competes with Pokémon in the Japanese market. Seriously, they have Yo-Kai Watch cereal, fish cakes, tissues, toilet paper, all alongside the Pokémon versions, and they sell just as well. Also, Japan was like the only country where Star Wars: The Force Awakens was not number one on its opening weekend because the Yo-Kai Watch movie was number one.

[@picassomarble5643]

thank you for recognizing the Fossil fighters franchise .

[@rayneb5313]

Whats the name of that blue slime just left of pikachu

[@DakanaGarretson]

I was hoping Megami Tensei would get a mention and there it is right at number 1. Really enjoyed the list Creeps :)

[@hitkid96]

Next time im at the bar im gonna break the ice with "what's your favorite pokemon?"

[@coyoteartist]

I like that you included Tamagotchi

[@WPower276]

Hey, what about Monster Racers DS?

[@ReiSilver]

JADE COCOON. Jade Cocoon was a PS1 game that I played the hell out of as a kid. It's got a much darker ambiance than most monster tamer games and an art style that looks like a gibli movie (look up the opening cut scene, it's gorgeous) you could capture and lvl monsters as well as combine them which had a pretty interesting mutant result.

[@leatherDarkhorse]

what is the name of a japanese game catch monster with a pot in ps1 era?

[@ForestFairy1]

Fossil League: Dino Tournament Challenge was a good one on the DS as well. Sort of shocked Spectrobes didn't make the cut... I need to go back and replay that.

[@pinkie5963CP]

I wanted a tamagotchi sooo bad during my elementary school days....never got one....my friends had one....

[@BloodFangLucario555]

No spectrobes?!?! The spectrobes series was extremely fun! It had a unique battle system, a great rpg setting, amazing monsters, challenging gameplay, and a customizable space ship!!!

[@Darkorinth1]

I am very, VERY disappointed Jade Cocoon is not on here.

[@DaddyLegacy]

Digimon is my favorite childhood series

[@pokemontrainerelio3648]

Thank you for acknowledging Dragon Quest. DQMJ (the first one is better tho).

[@animefanstern69]

ahhh tamagotchi the nightmare of my childhood every night no matter what i did i always found a half dead one in the morning xD

[@Jordanalm]

What about viva piñata?

[@SkullHelm]

surewhy naw

[@jhovanielperez4763]

I love monster tamer games, i will make one when i study videogame Maker

[@mac9365]

Monster rancher better be on here.

[@SeanStrife]

+The Chocolate Chocobo Don't worry... it is.

[@josephanderson2922]

DRAGON QUEST IS UNDERRATED

[@jonathandominguez4262]

I know right? It's so good!

[@imveryhungry445]

Yay! Fossil Fighters!

[@theHedgex1]

can you talk about the demons in the tekken series?

[@JokerReaper]

theres 2 games that come to mind, they arent really monster taming games, but more like monster breeding & gathering, castlevania curse of darkness for ps2, you had to get certain crystals by using a certain weapon type to evolve them to go through the evolution tree, & certain monsters, aka innocent devils, had their own abilities, the other was final fantasy tactics for ps1 you could get certain monsters by talking them into joining your band of fighters, kinda like taming, after which they would at certain times lay eggs & there was a chance to get a different type of that same monster with its own abilities, this included the chocobos, anyways they were fun to mess with & gave these games something extra to mess with

[@brandonbevill972]

a) tomigachi and Digimon are the same franchise, iirc. b) how could you have them both rated so low, considering the above?? c) slime rancher's great, but it's still early access... that's alot of pressure you, and the whole community, is putting on this series... why so high on the list, when there's just as good of a chance of development coming to a screeching halt? d) I agree completely with smt being number 1. just figured I'd throw that out there to balance out my negatives lol.

[@lillith7257]

Lol no they aren't Tomigachi just aren't good games either That's pretty obvious why they're so low

[@captainbanjaxavalanche4313]

Tomigatchi and Digimon are about the same as what the 80's MLP and Transformers are to each other (both owned by the same company but very different in tone). Tomgatchi's were cutesy digital pets that were marketed to girls, where Digimon were marketed to boys.

[@piseseven6666]

To break the ice? Boy have I been doing it wrong

[@LemonFresh_107]

I played 20 minutes of fossil fighter and couldn't stand it, but I appreciate Creeps Plays taking the time to make such an extensive list. I do have an old digivice, which doesn't have any batteries but I am very curious about it, I think it would be fun.

[@pauljohnaguilar8766]

i love Digimon games

[@shanamoens822]

A game I never ever hear mentioned is Puzzle and Dragons Z for the 3DS. I personally loved it despite it being a match 3 game at its core. The art style is really nice and there are rpg elements to it. The story isn't all that but I love the monster collecting and evolving. Sometimes there are different types of evolutions depending on which fragments (I think that's what it's called in the game it's been a while) you use to evolve. There is of course also the Mario version right alongside it which is nice but I have to admit I spent way more time in the Z version.