In honor of its twentieth anniversary, Monster Hunter is crossing over with Digimon for one of many coolest items of official Monster Hunter merch we have seen but: Monster Hunter-themed Digimon Digital Pets. This crossover makes loads of sense, which is one thing we won’t actually say for the upcoming Monster Hunter-themed Fender Telecaster electrical guitar (it seems to be superior, although).
There are two Monster Hunter V-Pet Coloration units obtainable, and each are themed on iconic Monster Hunter creatures: A crimson system based mostly on Rathalos, and a blue system that includes Zinogre. Each monsters additionally function distinctive variants that mix them with a basic Digimon, with Rathalos combining with the Digimon Greymon to develop into RathalosGreymon and Zinogre and Garurumon changing into ZinoGarurumon. These particular varieties are obtainable by means of the pet-raising mini-games and battles included on the system.
You possibly can accumulate and stage up over 30 different monsters within the recreation, together with different Monster Hunter creatures like Mizutsune, Rajaang, Nargacuga, Tigrex, Gore Magala, and Khezu. Like different V-Pet Coloration units, these measure roughly 1.75 inches tall by 2.5 inches vast and have full coloration mini LCD screens, buttons, and audio system. You possibly can preorder the Monster Hunter V-Pets for $100 every at Huge Dangerous Toy Retailer. We might anticipate preorders to go dwell at different retailers quickly. Each fashions are anticipated to launch subsequent February.
- Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Coloration – Rathalos — $100
- Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Coloration – Zinogre — $100
Sure, these are very dear little gadgets–the V-Pets with full-color shows value considerably greater than the common V-Pets with cheap low-pixel LCDs. They’re additionally fairly scarce in North America. At Amazon, you possibly can purchase a Japanese import V-Pet with a full-color display screen for $105 from resellers (this mannequin was $70 at launch).
For these unfamiliar with V-Pet units, the digital, pet-raising keychain video games had been how the Digimon sequence first started. Today, Digimon is greatest identified for its anime, buying and selling card recreation, and online game diversifications, however the franchise began again within the late ’90s with the Digital Monster line of digital pets. Later rebranded as Digimon V-Pets, the keychain toys launched shortly after Bandai’s different widespread digital pet: Tamagotchi. As a substitute of merely elevating a small alien creature, V-Pet monsters are raised for battle–both within the recreation and towards different gamers.
If you happen to’re thinking about elevating a monster for battle with out spending $100, you will get the trendy variations of the unique for lower than $15 at Amazon.
Digimon Digital Pets
Tamagotchi Digital Pets
Bandai has additionally revived Tamagotchi in an enormous manner with a bunch of various crossovers with widespread franchises.
Monster Hunter Wilds, the following recreation is Capcom’s widespread action-RPG franchise, is slated for February 28, 2025. Try GameSpot’s preorder information for particulars on the assorted editions and preorder bonuses.
