>>54774536The DS games are notoriously a bad entry point into the series despite having some of the biggest selection of mons. (Championship being ok as a Vpet simulator). I recommend starting with Cybersleuth (plays like your typical monster taming rpg) or Next 0rder (plays like the ps1 game and it's Vpet formula) remasters since they are relatively chiller on the retarded grinding while still having a big selection of monsters to play around with. Survive is also good in terms of story telling but it is a VN.
>picrel being one of the lines i had in next 0rder to show off the possible evos. 