>>11534422RIght now, you can only get the Paradise, Pix, and Uni for around market price, since the others are all out of production and resold for ridiculous amounts.
>ParadiseNewest and cheapest, but also goes out of stock very quickly so buying one is a pain. If you like the Connection's simpler designs, you might enjoy this one, since it has a more feral pet feel to it meant to invoke the vintage era. UI's usually the biggest complaint.
>PixIf you can get the Pix Party version, go for that, but regular Pix is almost identical so you're not missing much if you can't. It's probably the most like the Connection in terms of gameplay style, since you raise one guy to adulthood and it has a lot of features adjacent to certain Connection entries like job training and loads of items to collect which get recorded in your library, and a similar "slice of life" world established in the Connection era. The roster is a decent mix of vintage/Connection characters, series-wide mascots, anime mascots and random oddball choices, so it's a good entry to get a taste for a variety of eras character-wise. No DLC, but items were unlocked through QR codes which were datamined and preserved, so all content is available to players. Probably the one I'd recommend the most, since Paradise is hard to find. The big complaints people have with the Pix are the touch buttons, size and the poor battery life, but the latter can be mitigated by not using the camera as much.
>UniMostly relies on online, but since it's not in production anymore, it's anyone's guess as to whether it'll still be supported. Weekly-Monthly events and DLC were its main focus, alongside character customization with outfits distributed through Wi-Fi, so losing that means you miss out on a lot of the intended meat. Despite that, an offline Uni still functions as a somewhat complete entry. Most of the base roster are newcomers, with the legacy cast being relegated to DLC. The world focuses a lot more on the digital age.
