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This game spent a lot of time in my game boy. Certainly less than Pokemon Blue, but probably more than Pokemon Gold.

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DWM and Pokemans were both games I had, and I liked both. But Pokemans success over it is easy to figure out even without the obvious fact that Pokemon was multi-media from day 1, and this was just a lesser known game boy game

1. it's way more complex so it doesn't appeal to people who don't already like JRPGs. Pokemon was a JRPG simplified to much even people who only liked action games could get into it, there was minimal hanging around in menus or having to think about esoteric game mechanics. Pokemon was even easier than action/adventure games like Zelda. It was perfect for kids

2. the world is basically the world of Dragon Quest, so right there you limit your appeal once again to the kind of kids into fantasy JRPGs, Pokemons setting was very cleverly based on the real world, which made it much more broadly appealing to Westerners

3. the creatures were more appealing, DWM monsters are jus that, Dragon Warriors Monsters, it's just typical JRPG fare. Pokemon capitalized on the digital pet craze with mostly cool super powered animals people could think of as their pets. Did the average person want to have a fox made of lightning or a velociraptor/mantis hybrid, or a mummy or a tree with a face? There are cool monsters in DWM, but they're still stock cliches, a generic dragon, a generic Chinese dragon. Well, in Pokemon these things are themed specifically and have unique abilities. Of course it was more appealing.

Anyone play this game? Thoughts? Experience?

Not because it can be a long game, but I don't know if anyone else did this, but whenever I stepped away from a game for even.. let's say 3 weeks, a month, I'd always start a new file. No matter how far I was. I'd restart.
I'd do this with every game.

Thoughts on Dragon Warrior Monsters?

Better than the main series

Do I need a breeding guide for this or can I beat it with a typical tank/AOE/healer build

When you had to take a break from Pokemon, you just plugged this boy in.

Had a fun time playing this recently, beat the final boss. Still quite a bit of post game too so that's good, lots of extra zones open up after so the game doesn't even end when the main story ends

Best RPGs for the Game Boy?

Thoughts?

>19 years old and still the best monster catcher game
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What are some of your favorite retro purchases that felt justified by the sheer amount of in-game content made available to you? Alternatively, games with strong dynamic content (such as random loot or randomly-generated dungeons) that kept them interesting long after your first playthrough.