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 whole lot of sense, which is one thing we won’t actually say for the upcoming Monster Hunter-themed Fender Telecaster electrical guitar (it seems superior, although).
There are two Monster Hunter V-Pet Colour units obtainable, and each are themed on iconic Monster Hunter creatures: A purple system primarily based on Rathalos, and a blue system that includes Zinogre. Each monsters additionally function 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 turning into ZinoGarurumon. These particular varieties are obtainable by way of the pet-raising mini-games and battles included on the system.
You possibly can gather and stage 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 Colour units, these measure roughly 1.75 inches tall by 2.5 inches large and have full coloration mini LCD screens, buttons, and audio system. You possibly can preorder the Monster Hunter V-Pets for $100 every at Huge Unhealthy Toy Retailer. We would count on preorders to go dwell at different retailers quickly. Each fashions are anticipated to launch subsequent February.
- Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Colour – Rathalos — $100
- Monster Hunter x Digimon V-Pet Colour – Zinogre — $100
Sure, these are very expensive little gadgets–the V-Pets with full-color shows price considerably greater than the common V-Pets with cheap low-pixel LCDs. They’re additionally fairly scarce in North America. At Amazon, you may 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 units, the digital, pet-raising keychain video games have been how the Digimon collection first started. Lately, 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 a substitute of merely elevating a small alien creature, V-Pet monsters are raised for battle–both within the sport and in opposition to different gamers.
Should you’re fascinated 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 an enormous means 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. Take a look at GameSpot’s preorder information for particulars on the varied editions and preorder bonuses.
