Okay, okay, it's quite obvious that Dragon Quest Monsters is an amalgam of the Pokémon and Dragon Quest universes but based on the above clip and how utterly difficult it would be for Squenix to screw up what is essentially a copy/paste job of the two gameplay styles, we've got high hopes for the title. Plus, since the above trailer is so stylish, we almost want to put on form-fitting nylon jackets and a ton of pomade while watching it. In a genre usually reserved for children, that can only bode well.
Long since preordered. I want that map/screen wipe...
As long as they changed the catching mechanic from the original, we're all good. I never played Cobi/Tara, but in the first game you'd gain monsters by having one randomly decide to follow you after a fight. Kind of annoying.
It's strange that they don't even bother making a new trailer for America, they just repurpose the Japanese one, though I like that jab they take at Pokemon at the end. Oh, and this?
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9:42 AM on 10.16.2007
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Either way, I'll probably be picking this up.
As long as they changed the catching mechanic from the original, we're all good. I never played Cobi/Tara, but in the first game you'd gain monsters by having one randomly decide to follow you after a fight. Kind of annoying.
"You must uncover the secret of these monsters."
Um...they're monsters? Yay, I solved it.