Hi Trainers,

Since day one, Montabi has been built not only by the development team, but also by our community. Long before the game's official announcement, we were already conducting playtests and gathering feedback from players. Many of you reading this may have been part of that journey. Through countless updates, playtests, and improvements, Montabi has continued to grow thanks to the support of our community.

We're also incredibly grateful to all the streamers, content creators, and VTubers who have helped share Montabi with their audiences. Your videos, streams, reactions, and feedback have played a huge role in helping us reach more players and improve the game.

To help make your content even more immersive, we've prepared a collection of Montabi streaming assets that you can use in your videos, streams, thumbnails, and social media posts.

The asset pack includes items such as:

• Montabi Cards

• Montabi Biscuits

• Plushies

• And other Montabi-themed assets

Feel free to use them to customize your content and bring a little more of the Montabi world into your streams.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kR4mnjfjc9Cqz8pRq00HxYx1tK8K9lt6

To all creators who have supported us throughout development: thank you. We truly appreciate everything you've done for Montabi, and we're excited to see the amazing content you'll create after launch.

See you on August 6, Trainers!

Hi Trainers,

Before anything else, we just want to say thank you to everyone who has tried our demo, wishlisted the game, shared feedback, or simply followed our development journey through these devlogs. Your support has meant the world to our small team.

As we get ready for launch, here are a few things we'd love to share with you.

The wait is almost over! Starting August 6, you'll finally be able to dive into Montabi, experiment with different team synergies, discover your favorite creatures, create ridiculous builds, and hopefully conquer Ascension 10 with every Trainer.

If you enjoy the game, we'd really appreciate it if you could leave us a Steam review. Reviews make a huge difference for indie developers like us, helping Steam recommend Montabi to more players around the world.

And if you think there's something we can improve, we'd love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out through our Discord server, the Steam Community Hub, or any of our social media channels. We're committed to making Montabi even better with your feedback.

We've recently improved our Discord[discord.gg] server, and we'd love for you to be part of it.

Whether you want to share feedback, report bugs, discuss strategies, or simply hang out with fellow Trainers, our Discord is the best place to connect directly with the development team.

On August 6, Montabi will also be available on:

• Nintendo Switch

• Nintendo Switch 2

• Xbox Series X|S

• Xbox Play Anywhere

If you missed our console announcement, be sure to check out the Console Reveal Trailer!

Pre-order here:

• Nintendo eShop[www.nintendo.com]

• Xbox Store[www.xbox.com]

Even though we're a small indie team, we want as many players as possible to enjoy Montabi. At launch, the game supports 9 languages:

• English

• Simplified Chinese

• Traditional Chinese

• German

• French

• Spanish

• Japanese

• Korean

• Bahasa Indonesia

Launching alongside the game is our 150+ page Digital Artbook and 22-track Original Soundtrack, both available as part of the Deluxe Bundle.

Montabi has truly been a labor of love. Every illustration, animation, and music track was created by our incredibly talented artists and composer. From the earliest concept sketches to the final soundtrack, everything was crafted by human hands with passion and dedication.

If you're interested in seeing how Montabi came to life or simply want to support the team even further, we hope you'll consider picking up the Deluxe Bundle.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4946090/Montabi_Soundtrack/

During our July Community Playtest, we received a lot of valuable feedback. There were many quality-of-life improvements we'd love to include, but with launch only days away, we simply couldn't fit everything into Version 1.0. That doesn't mean we've forgotten about them.

After launch, we'll continue listening closely to your feedback and prioritize improvements based on what the community needs most. Whether it's bug fixes, balancing adjustments, or quality-of-life updates, we're committed to supporting Montabi long after release when the game is doing well.

Looking further ahead, we'd love to continue expanding the game with new content, perhaps new Montabi, Trainers, Elites, Bosses, Charms, Equipment, and maybe even DLC.

That's our dream. Really wish the game is doing really well.

For now, though, our biggest hope is simple: that you enjoy Montabi and create countless memorable runs with it.

Building Montabi has been an incredible journey, and we couldn't have done it without all of you. Whether you played the demo, wishlisted the game, reported bugs, shared your thoughts, or simply cheered us on from the sidelines, thank you.

We'll continue doing our best to improve Montabi and make it a game we're all proud of.

From everyone here at Mankibo and Akupara Games.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

We'll see you on August 6, Trainers! 💛