Cute Monsters

[Haiku's Knife]

I love this genre - Pokemon, Digimon, Nexomon, Monster Rancher, etc. IDK what it is about it, but the cute monster genre really does it for me.

I'm looking forward to Palworld.

Edit: this thread is for general monster tamer genre discussion.

[Dracoco OwO]

I really do find many monsters in Monster Hunter to be cute as well, not quite the same genre but i still count them as cute.

[Xero_Daxter]

I love Pokémon. I enjoy putting captured animals against each other for money.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Haiku's Knife:

I love this genre - Pokemon, Digimon, Nexomon, Monster Rancher, etc. IDK what it is about it, but the cute monster genre really does it for me.

I'm looking forward to Palworld.

try minion and rabbids

[Dracoco OwO]

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

I love Pokémon. I enjoy putting captured animals against each other for money.

You mean putting them in the "daycare" to get these eggs?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299170/?snr=1_5_9__205

[Vox]

Gizmo is cute from Gremlins.

[PurpleCreativeValiant]

Originally posted by Haiku's Knife:

Cute Monsters

https://store.steampowered.com/app/943700/Monster_Girl_Island_Prologue/

[Haiku's Knife]

Thank you for the recommendations, everyone.

Now I will give my cute monster genre ranking, feel free to give yours, as well:

Digimon - this is first for me because I like how the monster can go from cute to legitimately badass. The whole digital world theme is interesting, too and I like how it mixed in elements of surrealism to the setting.

Pokemon - one of the most unique things ever created with an extremely distinctive art style and aesthetic with quintessential mechanics

Monster Rancher - also cool, but not as charismatic or uniquely defined as the other 2

Nexomon - I like it, but it's a straight up Poke rip

[Haiku's Knife]

The common theme of this genre is friendship, yet it's often based on a dynamic of captivity and exploitation. I'm not sure if that's actually a conflict or just an inadvertent commentary on the nature of relationships. Also, Digimon is underrated.

[TGC> The Games Collector]

Dragon Quest series is also terrible with it's cute monsters. They're so adorable you start wondering if you're the bad guy for killing all of them. lmao.

[ZAP]

Huggability is the defining factor.

[Haiku's Knife]

Nexomon 3 is going to be 3D and it's looking good.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2444760/Nexomon_3/