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 won’t actually say for the upcoming Monster Hunter-themed Fender Telecaster electrical guitar (it appears superior, although).
There are two Monster Hunter V-Pet Shade gadgets obtainable, and each are themed on iconic Monster Hunter creatures: A pink system primarily based on Rathalos, and a blue system that includes Zinogre. Each monsters additionally characteristic distinctive variants that mix them with a traditional Digimon, with Rathalos combining with the Digimon Greymon to grow to be RathalosGreymon and Zinogre and Garurumon turning into ZinoGarurumon. These particular kinds are obtainable by means of the pet-raising mini-games and battles included on the system.
You’ll be able to 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 Shade gadgets, these measure roughly 1.75 inches tall by 2.5 inches vast 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 Unhealthy Toy Retailer. We might count on preorders to go dwell at different retailers quickly. Each fashions are anticipated to launch subsequent February.
Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Shade – Rathalos — $100Monster 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 purchase 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 gadgets, the digital, pet-raising keychain video games have been how the Digimon sequence first started. Nowadays, Digimon is greatest recognized 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 standard 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.
Should you’re enthusiastic 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 a giant manner with a bunch of various crossovers with standard franchises.
Monster Hunter Wilds, the following recreation is Capcom’s standard action-RPG franchise, is slated for February 28, 2025. Try GameSpot’s preorder information for particulars on the varied editions and preorder bonuses.
