Creature capture games are a very specific genre of gaming. When you think of creature capture most automatically think of the Pokemon. Clearly Pokemon is the king of them and sole ruler. Everyone knows Pokemon. X35 Earthwalker is the top pokemon champion in the world. They got many games and many stick to the usual formula. they don’t branch out as much but have done a few things different like Pokemon Go. More creature capture games/monster capture games, have shown up more recently and there are some truly amazing anded excellent ones. Let’s take a look.

By the way all of these creature capture games can be found on Xbox. Xbox is the best place for gaming after all. What we wanted to do here is just bring more attention and show these games off. For the imperial record, X35 Earthwalker, the greatest gamer of all time and the smartest man in the world, has played all of these games except one that hasn’t come out yet. All of them is at a bare minimum level is excellent. X35 Earthwalker has gameplay on them and podcast episodes on some. All have been livestreamed on the X35 Earthwalker Gaming twitch channel as well. So you can see this stuff for yourself also.

First up is Nexomon. Nexomon is so good it got a sequel, Nexomon: Extinction. Nexomon is the closest to Pokemon in terms of the original formula. Players see the game from above, immortal kid who doesn’t need to eat, drink or sleep, running up in people’s houses and taking their stuff, yet no one does anything about it. Fighting wild creatures in the grass and caves etc. Nexomon has the original formula but has done it better… which is expected as Nexomon is a modern new game with better design engines etc. Nexomon has its own things going on too. Nexomon has a very well one comical approach and at times broke the fourth wall. There’s far more action and interactions going on. There’s also people who are actually Nexomon god children who can transform and control the elements. Legendary Nexomon can be found in the common wild life as well. Capture them too. Nexomon has golden nexotraps which give a 100% capture rate. There’s many of those so Nexomon is more generous than Pokemon. Nexomon is a such a fun journey so far with the comedy eater grind, many colours, unique and better variety of characters. There’s multiple ethnicities as well. Even characters that show up multiple times, including an over the top beat down on a certain thief. Nexomon has some balancing issues but regardless it’s a fun adventure and worth playing.

Next up is Creatures of Ava. Creatures of Ava has not come out yet. It’s going to be an Xbox exclusive. This game changes things up as it’s not truly a creature capture but more of a Creature Saver. All the action takes place on the planet Ava and you must face off against an infection that’s corrupting the creatures and the environment itself. It’s a 3D world where you don’t harm the creatures but befriend and tame them. You don’t do creature battles. You use special equipment to cure and free the creatures. So there’s creatures and they work with you but it’s not a pokemon like game. Creatures of Ava does its own thing and it will stand out for it. Far more relaxing and calm. There’s a whole mystery going on and the native people of the planet Ava like to keep their distance but can communicate with us. The main character Vic is a young caring black lady who’s an adventurer. Nice to see a variety of characters in gaming. so obviously we will all learn more when it comes out but clearly Creatures of Ava is it’s own unique adventure.

Next is Cassette Beasts. This game is fantastic and also unique bringing twists to the original pokemon formula. Cassette Beasts takes place on a mystical island that people randomly seem to fall and end up there. There’s beasts on that island but you don’t capture them. Instead you record them and then you can become them! Using the cassette device. You do battle and level up like with pokemon. You do face leaders who give you stamps for you to collect to prove you won and get approved by the leader. Cassette Beasts is the most unique and brings a whole different new story. The setting and situation the players are in is deep and allows for some real talk and deep conversations. There’s even powerful beings referred to as arch angels who represent different things and basically like discount gods. Cassette Beasts have the unique mechanic of fusion. You can fuse two different beasts. ANY two different beats to form incredibly powerful beast who has all the moves and status effects of the two beasts. Damage and health is massively boosted as well. Cassette Beasts is one of the few games that X35 Earthwalker himself says is a 10/10. Cassette Beasts even has abilities for the player themselves. Since you can become the beasts you also get some abilities to use in the world. For example rocket boosts to zoom you around incredibly fast. There’s a vine ball which lets you temporarily climb walls. Cassette Beats even recently got a dlc which brings tricks. Lastly Cassette Beasts has you travelling with a partner all the time. So it’s mainly 2v2 battles.

Palworld is up next and doesn’t need an introduction. Palworld showed up and basically took over the gaming world. Passing 25 million players, breaking steam records and got almost all the big youtubers and streamers hopped right on the game (for views obviously like the leeches they are). Palworld is also an Xbox exclusive. Palworld changes the formula completely as well. Palworld is best described as Ark survival + Pokemon. Players can capture creatures called Pals, get them to battle and take down all foes. Also build, craft and help mine. they can do all that work and more at your base. Some Pals can also be a moot to help with traveling the world. Including flying Pals allowing players to take to the skies. There’s also proper weapons. That’s right the tamer/trainer also fights alongside the Pal. Players can level up to unlock the big weapons like an actual sword, bow & Arrow and even a glock (pistol). You can get shotguns, assault rifles, rocker launchers and more. Palworld is what most pokemon fans always wanted. A massive 3D open world with different environments you can explore with your pals and battle. discover the locations of legendary Pals and more. Palworld delivers that and more. Palworld sadly currently lacks evolutions for Pals but there’s a lot of pals and some can even get some additions if you know what we mean. For example Lamballs can mount heavy machine guns to protect your base in case of a raid. Palworld also got a recent update and now events in the world can happen like supply drops and meteorite. Palworld is amazing.

Overall as you can see there are lots of great games out there in the creature capture genre. If you like Pokemon then there’s lots more out there and some of them are better than pokemon especially when it comes to their original formula. Pokemon fans are looking forward to Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The big new pokemon game. Now there are other games too not mentioned like Temtem. Gamers just need to look for them. So get gaming, check these games out and have fun. Now these creature capture games may be excellent or even fantastic but none of them can capture like… the ‘Earth Walk!’