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 quite a lot of sense, which is one thing we will not actually say for the upcoming Monster Hunter-themed Fender Telecaster electrical guitar (it appears superior, although).
There are two Monster Hunter V-Pet Shade units accessible, and each are themed on iconic Monster Hunter creatures: A purple system based mostly on Rathalos, and a blue system that includes Zinogre. Each monsters additionally characteristic distinctive variants that mix them with a basic Digimon, with Rathalos combining with the Digimon Greymon to grow to be RathalosGreymon and Zinogre and Garurumon changing into ZinoGarurumon. These particular types are obtainable via the pet-raising mini-games and battles included on the system.
You’ll be able to gather and degree up over 30 different monsters within the sport, together with different Monster Hunter creatures like Mizutsune, Rajaang, Nargacuga, Tigrex, Gore Magala, and Khezu. Like different V-Pet Shade units, these measure roughly 1.75 inches tall by 2.5 inches broad and have full shade mini LCD screens, buttons, and audio system. You’ll be able to preorder the Monster Hunter V-Pets for $100 every at Large Dangerous Toy Retailer. We would anticipate preorders to go stay at different retailers quickly. Each fashions are anticipated to launch subsequent February.
- Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Shade – Rathalos — $100
- Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Shade – 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 buy a Japanese import V-Pet with a full-color display 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 collection first started. Nowadays, Digimon is finest recognized for its anime, buying and selling card sport, 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 sport and in opposition to different gamers.
If you happen to’re thinking about 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 manner with a bunch of various crossovers with well-liked franchises.
Monster Hunter Wilds, the following sport is Capcom’s well-liked action-RPG franchise, is slated for February 28, 2025. Try GameSpot’s preorder information for particulars on the varied editions and preorder bonuses.