>>49342856>I feel that back at "Pokémania" the so-called clones actually were pretty divergent in ideas and mechanics.They really were. Because we didn't get things like Megami Tensei or Dragon Quest V, we got the original Digimon Tomagatchis but I wonder if it would've gotten shat on so much without the similar name.
As mentioned before, the mon games of the time really were vastly different things most of the times.
I mean you got both fucking Jade Cocoon and Mushiking, both about catching monsters but both about insects and both still completely different from each other and with different mechanics beyond monster recruitment.
Pic related is Dragonseed, a mon game centered around raising monsters for tournaments, plays nothing like Pokemon