Digimon Survive, Shin Megami Tensei, Casette Beasts and Ni No Kuni are the only ones for me. I hugely disagree with Ni No Kuni being a Pokémon-like in any way though.
Also maybe missing World of Final Fantasy.
And while I have a huge love for the whole Shin Megami Tensei franchise, SMT or any game on this list doesn't come close to the charm and mon designs to Pokémon as a franchise.
Mainly agree with article. Really miss turn based Final Fantasy though. XI, XIV, XV and VIIR just aren't for me and XVI probably also won't be. Maybe I'll try XV again someday.
I played a little bit of VII as a kid and also a bit of XIII but not as a kid haha.
But my first whole playthrough was Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles The Crystal Bearer and I liked it so much I played a whole playthrough again the day I first completed it. 100% one of my fav Wii games and Wii has a lot of good games.
I have VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XII and World of Final Fantasy on Switch. Was planning on starting VII and going chronologically, but then they released I through VI and now I don't know. Also really want the XIII trilogy on Switch, looooove the character designs in those.
@Nanami_Ataraxia I haven't played the Atelier series. But I agree that going open world can be a detriment to some games. A lot of companies think that going open world is the way to go and I hugely disagree. Having said that, I did love Breath of the Wild and can't wait for Tears of the Kingdom. Although I also really like the form of 3D Zelda before it went open world, hope it also comes back some day.
I can live with the 30 fps but all the other issues made me stop after 5 hours. It's my favorite game ever and I wanted to relive it again. Hoping the fix will come soon and fixes most issues, cause I can't wait to play it.
I want everything to be surprise for me, so new costumes and returning/new enemies would be huge spoilers for me. Thats why I won't be looking at the artbook and am gonna be more carefull these three months on the internet.
I own every Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game and loved the remake of the first one on Switch (Although I liked the original better, which I do with almost all remakes of games). So yeah I would love another on Switch, preferably with Pokémon up to gen 9.
Loved watching this as they came out back then. But it's more of a companion piece to the game. It's missing a hella lot of important scenes. Still great imo.
I just got it 6 days go, played it for around 50 hours. Just finished the last gym leader. And I loved the gym leaders, the gym jobs, the new Pokémon, all the a lot new overworld animations for old mons.
Battling (and discovering new Pokémon and forms) is my fav thing about Pokémon, so I'm basically the opposite of you. I even grinded 3 teams at the same time so I'm always underleveled at battles and gyms. Sneaky hard mode for myself.
Haven't had any glitches and the game looks good enough for me (in handheld at least).
While I like the originals story more, I am one of the few that also loves the sequel Dawn of the New World. Also like Emil as a character and he has great voice acting. Also also like Marta, ditto voice acting.
So a bit sad that the sequel is not included and that it is 30fps. But gonna buy for sure.
Have the ps3 limited edition with both on it, just don't have a ps3 haha.
@MythTgr Shiny hunting. Raid battles. Battles against my brother. Filling the Pokédex. Hidden ability hunting. I also like walking around in the 3 wild areas, perfect music vibe. I also explore every nook and cranny in most games, talk to every person and did self imposed rules to make the main story harder.
For me it was great, watched Pokkén and some VGC. Hope it comes to London again or even Amsterdam some time when I'm in better state and be able to leave the house. But watching from home was fun enough, glad I did it.
Edit: Just noticed this was written by Joe Merrick. Thanks for Serebii, great site!
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Re: Best Pokémon-Likes On Nintendo Switch - Games To Play After You've Finished Pokémon
Digimon Survive, Shin Megami Tensei, Casette Beasts and Ni No Kuni are the only ones for me. I hugely disagree with Ni No Kuni being a Pokémon-like in any way though.
Also maybe missing World of Final Fantasy.
And while I have a huge love for the whole Shin Megami Tensei franchise, SMT or any game on this list doesn't come close to the charm and mon designs to Pokémon as a franchise.
Re: Visions Of Mana Announced By Square Enix, But Not For Switch
Got Collection, Trials and Legend physical and get rewarded by not getting the sequel on the Switch.. yay.
Re: Video: What's Going On At Playtonic, The Studio Behind Yooka-Laylee?
Loved the orginal, also loved the demo for Impossible Lair. But hope their next is game is a 3D platformer.
Still need to buy Impossible Lair sometime though.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
I loved X/Y, also OR/AS.
Not "the beginning of the end" for me, because I also loved Sun/Moon and Scarlet/Violet.
Sword/Shield was the worst Pokémon game for me, but I still have several 100 hours in it because of the fun raid system.
So in conclusion I've loved every gen so far.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 30th)
@Zaruboggan the only remaining "issues" are 30 fps, which will never be fixed, and longer loading times than the original.
I'm enjoying my playthrough a lot, I'm biased though because it's my favourite game ever. This is the first time I'm playing it in Japanese though.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 30th)
Playing a bit of Pokémon Unite and Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel like every day.
Continueing my playthrough of Tales of Symphonia Remastered. Don't know how much though, not feeling so well at the moment.
Re: Check Out The First Pokémon X Hatsune Miku Crossover Song, 'Volt Tackle'
Love Miku/Vocaloid and love Pokémon, so I will be listening to all 18. Will listen to this one later today, thanks for mentioning!
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - The Teal Mask
Put 40 hours into it, but have a full dex now and probably every item that's laying around.
Loved Kieran and Carmine a lot!
Re: Feature: "JRPG Isn't Just One Blanket Kind Of Game" - Star Ocean: The Second Story Returns 25 Years Later
The demo looked and played great, will surely get it someday.
Re: The Next 5-Star Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Tera Raid Is Incoming
Loved the raids in SwordShield, but am really not enjoying them in ScarletViolet.
Re: TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Lands A New Physical Edition With DLC Included This November
Glad I waited
Re: Review: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - The Teal Mask - DLC That Offers More, But Not Enough
I get the complaints about the visuals, but for me battling never felt to slow. I love that they've stuck with turnbased battles through the years.
Re: Poll: Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster Is Out On Switch This Week, Will You Be Getting It?
Got the physical today, there is a 1gb day one patch :/
Re: Pokémon Collaboration With Van Gogh Museum Announced
As someone who lives close to Amsterdam, I'm curious to say the least.
Re: Poll: Who Will You Be Playing As In Super Mario Bros. Wonder?
Toadette, one of my fav characters since Double Dash.
Re: Anniversary: Tales Of Symphonia Became A GameCube JRPG Favourite 20 Years Ago
It's my fav game ever. My absolute number #1.
I own it on Gamecube, Steam, Switch and have the Playstation 3 Limited Edition. Also own the OVA series on blu-ray.
The Switch version still has only 30fps and has longer loading times but the other issues are now gone so I'm still enjoying it.
Re: "We Have To Do This Now" - Sonic Mania Devs On Creating Chaotic Yo-Yo Platformer Penny's Big Breakaway
I like Penny's character design a lot. But I like the artstyle of the world even more!
Re: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Announced For Nintendo Switch
All my money gone on the 3DS eShop without a sale and now they come to Switch for a way better price :/
Re: Poll: Are You Excited About Ubisoft's Metroidvania "Inspired" Prince Of Persia Platformer?
It looked like a bad trailer for a good game. The rap did not fit. No reason for giving the video a dislike though.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
For me it's a 7,5. I wanted a Majora's Mask-like sequel (not in tone), but what we got was a Black 2 and White 2 sequel.
The same world with a few differences, a bit of expansion and a new story.
Having said that, a 7,5 still means it's really good.
Re: Poll: Who's Your Favourite Champion In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild?
They're all very close to each other. Well Revali isn't, but I still like him. But:
1. Mipha
2. Daruk
3. Urbosa
4. Revali
Re: Talking Point: What Is A 'Traditional' Zelda Game, Anyway?
Mainly agree with article. Really miss turn based Final Fantasy though. XI, XIV, XV and VIIR just aren't for me and XVI probably also won't be. Maybe I'll try XV again someday.
Re: Poll: Which Was Your First 'Final Fantasy'?
I played a little bit of VII as a kid and also a bit of XIII but not as a kid haha.
But my first whole playthrough was Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles The Crystal Bearer and I liked it so much I played a whole playthrough again the day I first completed it. 100% one of my fav Wii games and Wii has a lot of good games.
I have VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XII and World of Final Fantasy on Switch. Was planning on starting VII and going chronologically, but then they released I through VI and now I don't know. Also really want the XIII trilogy on Switch, looooove the character designs in those.
Re: You Can Now Play Game Freak's Pre-Pokémon Platformer, Pulseman, On NSO's Expansion Pack
Glad I already own it on Wii. Also glad it's available once again so even more people can experience it.
Re: Nintendo Wants Discord To Reveal Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Art Book Leaker
Maybe don't leak something you wrote an NDA for. Nintendo is going to find you!
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Atelier Ryza 3?
@Nanami_Ataraxia I haven't played the Atelier series. But I agree that going open world can be a detriment to some games. A lot of companies think that going open world is the way to go and I hugely disagree. Having said that, I did love Breath of the Wild and can't wait for Tears of the Kingdom. Although I also really like the form of 3D Zelda before it went open world, hope it also comes back some day.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Gameplay Trailer Drops Tomorrow, 28th March 2023
I want to watch it soooo bad, but I want to go in blind!
Re: LEGO 2K Drive Will Include Real Money Transactions
There goes my interest.
Re: Best Zelda Games Of All Time
My top 3 (not in order) would include:
Majora's Mask
Skyward Sword
Breath of the Wild
Tri Force Heroes also very underrated.
Re: New Trailer Gives Us Our Best Look Yet At The Pokémon Horizons Anime Series
Can't wait. Looks great!
Re: Poll: What Are Your Hype Levels for Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
Have never been dissapointed by a mainline Zelda game, so until that happens I'm okay going in completely blind and enjoy them to their fullest.
Re: Talking Point: Which Gaming Moments Made You Question Your Intelligence?
Remember quite some times when a game was just to hard to get any further, but don't remember any moment like these.
Re: Countdown: 3DS eShop Spotlight - Crimson Shroud
The one before this was also number 2, I think this should be number 3.
Re: Bandai Namco Apologises For Tales Of Symphonia Remastered Issues On Switch
I can live with the 30 fps but all the other issues made me stop after 5 hours. It's my favorite game ever and I wanted to relive it again. Hoping the fix will come soon and fixes most issues, cause I can't wait to play it.
Re: PSA: Watch Out, Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Art Book Spoilers Have Leaked Online
I want everything to be surprise for me, so new costumes and returning/new enemies would be huge spoilers for me. Thats why I won't be looking at the artbook and am gonna be more carefull these three months on the internet.
Re: Review: Tales of Symphonia Remastered - A GameCube Classic That Shows Its Age On Switch
As it's my favorite game ever, it sucks that the port is so "bad". Or at least not as good as it could've been.
Having said that, I'm still getting it day one to experience it for myself.
Re: Talking Point: Do We Need Another Pokémon Mystery Dungeon On Switch?
I own every Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game and loved the remake of the first one on Switch (Although I liked the original better, which I do with almost all remakes of games). So yeah I would love another on Switch, preferably with Pokémon up to gen 9.
Re: Surprise! Bandai Namco Is Uploading The Tales Of Symphonia Anime To YouTube
Loved watching this as they came out back then. But it's more of a companion piece to the game. It's missing a hella lot of important scenes. Still great imo.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Is The Most Friction-Free Pokémon Yet
I just got it 6 days go, played it for around 50 hours. Just finished the last gym leader. And I loved the gym leaders, the gym jobs, the new Pokémon, all the a lot new overworld animations for old mons.
Battling (and discovering new Pokémon and forms) is my fav thing about Pokémon, so I'm basically the opposite of you.
I even grinded 3 teams at the same time so I'm always underleveled at battles and gyms. Sneaky hard mode for myself.
Haven't had any glitches and the game looks good enough for me (in handheld at least).
Probably in my top 3 gens already.
Re: Tales Of Symphonia Remastered Is Looking Slick In New Story Trailer
While I like the originals story more, I am one of the few that also loves the sequel Dawn of the New World. Also like Emil as a character and he has great voice acting. Also also like Marta, ditto voice acting.
So a bit sad that the sequel is not included and that it is 30fps. But gonna buy for sure.
Have the ps3 limited edition with both on it, just don't have a ps3 haha.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Pokémon Scarlet And Violet?
@MythTgr Shiny hunting. Raid battles. Battles against my brother. Filling the Pokédex. Hidden ability hunting. I also like walking around in the 3 wild areas, perfect music vibe. I also explore every nook and cranny in most games, talk to every person and did self imposed rules to make the main story harder.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Pokémon Scarlet And Violet?
Have 850 hours in SwordShield. So when I get the game tommorow I assume it will be worth my while.
Not an open world fan though, so we will see.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Mario Party Game?
Obviously 3, 5, 6 and 8.
Re: Bayonetta's OG Voice Actor Asks Fans To "Boycott" Third Game After PlatinumGames Wage Fallout
Sooo, they made an offer and she declined...? So what's the problem?
I agree she should have declined for just 4000 and I get that it sucks for her and Bayonetta fans.
But no one did anything wrong, especially not the woman that did take the role instead of her.
Also, she broke NDA to tell us she personally declined a job? Uhm..
Re: Talking Point: What's The Worst Game That You Still Love For Some Reason?
I like all of games in this article, except Bioschock Infinite. I also like all Yoshi games, and I know some of them get a lot of hate.
Having said all that, I wouldn't qualify any as "objectively bad" though.
Re: Feature: With Sales Outpacing Pokémon, Why Is Splatoon So Popular In Japan?
Nintendo Quality + anime aesthetics + idol culture + just being a real good game. Perfect mix for Japan.
Re: Random: Is Masahiro Sakurai Throwing Shade At Pokémon's Trees?
I highly doubt it
Re: Round Up: Pokémon World Championships 2022 - Was It Worth The Three-Year Wait?
For me it was great, watched Pokkén and some VGC. Hope it comes to London again or even Amsterdam some time when I'm in better state and be able to leave the house. But watching from home was fun enough, glad I did it.
Edit: Just noticed this was written by Joe Merrick. Thanks for Serebii, great site!
Re: 'Deep Cut', Splatoon 3's New Musical Hosts, Take Over From Pearl And Marina
They NEED to get amiibo, because I NEED to have them in my collection! All 3 great designs!
Re: Talking Point: What Does Your Favourite Pokémon Say About You?
My number 1 is shared by two Pokémon, which are Gardevoir and Metagross.
But Poliwhirl, Tangela, Dragalge, Hariyama and Entei are very close.