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9. Cassette Beasts

Genre: Pokemon Clone

I haven't played a Pokemon game since 1999. However, this comes from the makers of Lenna's Inception, which I adored, so I gave this a shot and the game is really immersive in terms of the world-building and the charm. I got to the end of the demo and was disappointed that I wouldn't get to do a whole slew of things that weren't available, so that's really promising.

The idea of the game is you appear, washed up, on some unknown island where people periodically show up from and can't leave. Someone brings you to town, which has been there for 101 years, and gives you a walkman and a cassette. When you confront enemies, you pop the tape in and transform into a creature to fight. You can switch cassettes to become something else if you've "recorded" other enemies. If the tape gets damaged enough, you have to repair it, and in the meanwhile you take damage to your own health. So it's Pokemon, but you are kinda sorta in the battle yourself. Also, there's fusions because you have a party member or two and you can become one megazord pokemon sometimes.

I'm not sold on the idea of playing pokemon, but I am sold on the game itself.

What price would I buy it at? -- $19.99 would be my expected price, although it looks like a decent game and I like the developer, so I might be willing to go higher.