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 a variety of sense, which is one thing we will not 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 gadgets obtainable, and each are themed on iconic Monster Hunter creatures: A pink machine based mostly on Rathalos, and a blue machine that includes Zinogre. Each monsters additionally characteristic distinctive variants that mix them with a traditional Digimon, with Rathalos combining with the Digimon Greymon to turn into RathalosGreymon and Zinogre and Garurumon changing into ZinoGarurumon. These particular kinds are obtainable by the pet-raising mini-games and battles included on the machine.
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 gadgets, these measure roughly 1.75 inches tall by 2.5 inches extensive and have full shade 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 should 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 gadgets, the digital, pet-raising keychain video games have been how the Digimon sequence first started. Lately, Digimon is finest identified for its anime, buying and selling card recreation, and online game variations, 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 well-liked digital pet: Tamagotchi. As an alternative of merely elevating a small alien creature, V-Pet monsters are raised for battle–both within the recreation and towards different gamers.
In the event you’re all in favour of elevating a monster for battle with out spending $100, you may 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 a giant method with a bunch of various crossovers with well-liked franchises.
Monster Hunter Wilds, the subsequent recreation is Capcom’s well-liked action-RPG franchise, is slated for February 28, 2025. Take a look at GameSpot’s preorder information for particulars on the assorted editions and preorder bonuses.
