Watch Out Pokémon, Temtem Wants To Be The Very Best Creature-Collection MMO

Looks and sounds surprisingly ambitious, but it being an MMO kills it for me, unfortunately. I don't mind a game where I can go online and play with people, but not being able to play offline... ugh.

Offline is kinda what I'm looking for. Digimon is scratching my Pokémon itch for the moment.

"An official release will presumably follow at a later date."

When I asked on their Discord about a release date for the Switch, they told me 2021 for the Switch and other platforms.

I might check this out if it comes to Switch. I've fallen out of Pokemon forever ago and kind of always felt like Pokemon would make a cool online experience. I always thought it might be cool to meet other trainers online walking around and suddenly battle or trade. I thought the Pokemon series would go in this direction but it took forever just to see it on home consoles and with just the online fighting.

I do feel like Pokemon has a cooler art direction but this looks cute enough for it's level of ambition and for being more independent.

It really does need cool monster designs if it really wants to take off too.

I like their answer to the legal question. I've been trying to explain that to people for over a year (new people keep finding the thread) about Micromon on mobile.

76 monsters? Does that include their Evolutions? Or those 76 are just the base forms? Or those 76 are just for the Early Access, and the final game will include more?

Whatever the case, it sounds interesting.

Considering the state SwSh are in (and the state future pkmn games will be in if they do the same thing for future games), this should be interesting to see.

I want a game where I collect monsters, but instead of battling them, you are tasked with researching, studying, and photographing them along with their behavior, diet, habitat, etc. Maybe some breeding thrown in.

Will keep an eye out on this

Already looks better than pokemon.

Not usually a fan of mmos but I might just make an exception for this one. I’m always interested in a good take on the mon genre.

I hope this takes off so that Pokémon will get their act together due to competition. Tem Tem already has things going for it over Pokémon. Social online chat options which Pokémon killed off after gen 6, and your creatures following you in the overworld which has also been killed off.

Gamefreak, Creatures Inc, The Pokemon Company do not own the concept of a monster catching game. Fair play to them if they are making their own product. I hope it goes well.

"We aren't copying anything."

Yeah, Gym theme at 0:29.

Isn't that blue platypus at 1:11 that fakemon that was rumoured to be a SwSh starter??
https://poketouch.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/gen_8_rumored_starter_pokemon_water_type_platypus.jpg

Is there a way to filter out articles from certain editors in a feed?

@NullPointerExcep maybe they bought the design. It is better than most Fakemon.

MMO style game is completely Big NO NO for me.
Once the server has shutted down, the game cannot be played anymore.

@Coolie Ah shoot, that is gonna be like 1 year xD -that is too long of a wait for it.

@justin233 Monster Rancher is the game you just described and it's coming to Switch in Japan on December 19. A western release is not in the planning but don't worry it'll be just a port of the old PS1 game so if you still got a PS1 or PS3 around you don't really need to buy it again.

Looks like an interesting monster catching game but like any other monster collecting game that tries to go toe-to-toe with Pokemon, it'll be available for a while, get it's short 1 or 2 years of fame and then will be forgotten just like the many Pokemon competitors that tried (Jade Cocoon, Dragon Quest Monsters, DQ Monsters Joker, Monster Rancher, Dive Alert, Invizimals, DemiKids, Mega Man: Battle Network, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Ni no Kuni, Lufia: Ruins of Lore) and failed.

@retro_player_22 The main issue is people are gripped by Pokemon after two decades, but considering the discontent among the minority of the fanbase. The more GF manages to underperform, the more likely it will be that the time will be ripe for a competitor to strike.

@MegaVel91 The real issue isn't that Pokemon is stale, it's that the same people who grew up playing it still came back to play it when the game series is no longer catering to them. But I'm talking the competitor here, not bashing any of them but would had wish most of them stick around longer. I mean what ever did happen to Invizimals or DemiKids? Heard that Invizimals had a more unique approach to the monster catching concept but it seem to be dead after the PSP era.

MMO is only good as if you have internet otherwise forget it. Not everyone can afford internet.

@NullPointerExcep from what I understood of the twitter discussion, some guy got the rights for this design from the original artist and then asked the devs if they could add him into the game, and so they did. It was a pretty good design, so glad it at least has a chance to shine in a game.

@retro_player_22
Don't forget World of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts 3DS / 2.8 HD remix, FF XIII-2 those have catching and using monster in gameplay.

These aren't the Pokemon you're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along.

First Digimon, then Yokai Watch - Pokémon is doooomed!

Looks cool, but yeah... MMO is not for me.

Online killed it for me...

It does look promising! And there's a beta to try it out, so if you have any concerns, you tell them, and improve it. I'm really looking forward to it!

@Nomad why do you care?? Pokemon is poop now, let other companies come along, and do what Game Freak won't.

@Anti-Matter Totally forgot about that part of ff13-2. Might have to go play through it again now

@Yorumi They're talking about the beta man. The beta in january is going to last about 20 hours. The whole game will be much longer.

Lost me at MMO really :/ Might try it, I suppose but doubt I'll get far, much like every other MMO I tried to get into.

wow really simple rip off of Digimon and Pokémon. Even the music sounds like Pokémon music.

HARD pass.

I'd play it, if the price is reasonable.
But it doesn't look like it will solve any of the problems I have with Pokemon (slow, repetitive, robotic mons, boring world, etc.)

Looks nicely made! The visuals are nice but I just can't get on board with the TemTem themselves. Not sure what it is but they all feel a bit samey? There's a huge variety in the trailer but they all follow the same set design principals with similar patterning, proportioning, colour palettes and they all seem to have one of 3 types of eyes. There's no super goofy looking ones, or straight up weird ones, they're all sort of anime cutesy-cool looking. Which is fine, but not for me.

@the_beaver Pokemon is that now is it? Is that a fact or are you speaking on behalf of everyone?

With this being an MMO hopefully they will continue to update it with more monsters to catch and whatnot.

Especially with the way Gamefreak is going.

I guess this article isn't about DokeV because it's coming to PC and looks too visually taxing for the Switch? Because that's the Monster Collecting MMO I'm keeping an eye on.

@Nomad I'm speaking on behalf of myself, and many that think the same. That's why this kind of projects are very appreciated by a lot of people. And maybe, thanks to things like this, Game Freak works harder next time.

@the_beaver fair enough.

Not interested in MMOs at all. Those inevitably end up making me feel pressured to play at certain times/a certain amount per day to keep up with limited things, and nothing kills my motivation for a game faster than that.

At 1:14. They added the fake Pokemon water starter. Im getting this game just for that uwu. I am very interested in this game. Most Pokemon inspired games rely on the old gameboy aesthetic, so this could be really good. Looks like they put in a lot of effort for this

Nice to see this game is still coming along, I didn’t back it and chose to back Monster Crown instead which... development has been rocky for. :-/

Im actually looking forward to this one!

Nope nope nopity nope nope nope.

Been hearing about this game for years really looking forward to seeing how it comes out.

Looks pretty well made. Id give it a shot! different attacks instead of the same stale ones we get every version in pokemon, and new monsters sounds awsome to me. Should be a descent fun romp. Too bad it a year or 2 away...the wait kinda blows tbh. honestly wouldnt mind another pokemon snap spin off, would be nice to see alot of change with pokemon. its def gotten stale since after diamond and pearl.

@TheAwesomeBowser I'm curious as to what you think that state is. It's already been noted that Sw/Sh started development on the 3DS, so any shortcomings are most likely attributed to that. Depending on how much work was already completed while factoring in their timeline as well as building Let's Go from the ground up for the Switch, they made an excellent game. I've already got 60 hours in and haven't yet touched the Battle Tower. Also keep in mind that it's already broken sales records of their last 4 titles (X/Y, S/M, US/UM, Let's Go) and show no signs of slowing down. Finally remember that exah game has always been bigger than the last, and if given the proper time I'm sure the next game will yet again be bigger and better.

The controversy surrounding these games before launch was nothing more than crybabies. GameFreak hasn't been at the top because they're clueless, they've consistently delivered. Not every game is going to resonate well with everybody, but some of the "fans" seem to believe that if one doesn't the franchise is over and GF is incompetent.

@Nintyfan I believe the games to be in a very sorry state.

It was exciting at first because it was to be the first MMO released on a Nintendo platform in the west. That's not true anymore, so now it's just a Pokémon ripoff

The game being an mmo killed any bit on interest I had in it