Monster Complete World (1999)

Developer: Idea Factory
Publisher: Idea Factory, Success
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A gentle, unhurried creature-collecting adventure where you carefully wear down monsters before befriending them, wrapped in a warm and simple charm reminiscent of early handheld RPGs.

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About

Monster Complete World could be considered like some kind of Pokémon game for PlayStation. The player controls a young kid that have to start his journey buying a pet and after that he will explore the land in search of new pets. The battle system is like this: You order different kind of attacks to your pet and when you see that the enemy is weak enough you can try to catch it to join it to your party. The monsters you catch will join your party and can be used in the next battles. The player can also buy different kind of goods to cure his pets or improve them.

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