Recently the developer of Heartbeat and her partner have expressed and dabbled in some ideologies that I personally find ignorant and hateful in regards to Transgender people. I think obviously, this is something that I do not condone and now feel the need to make a little statement in regards to that. Now my experience with Heartbeat has absolutely nothing to do with the developer, I've never even spoken to her beyond a public Twitter interaction. What you see here in the video is a capsule of my feelings regarding that game when I played it in June of 2019. So if you're interested in playing Heartbeat, please be aware that your money will be going to this type of individual. Hopefully she will do a little more empathetic research, renounce these views and move forward from this, but until then I feel obliged to have this statement on this video. Thanks to everyone who informed me of this, Austin Please support The Trevor Project if you can. www.thetrevorproject.org/
thanks for the solidarity, austin. here's an article talking about the dev and the things she's said/done, for anyone interested www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/?fbclid=IwAR21BRvtgYP3lbJqmfYj19yoTRFs5IvbGQGyYGuppD57qv1-Ehvvcca558Q
Austin Eruption Thank you for including this comment!! I am watching this video for the first time now and it kinda made my lil trans heart jump in my throat when I heard that title. It means a lot when cis creators clarify stuff like this, even if it seems like a small gesture.
Kudos for clarifying that, Austin. Honestly, until the first semester of 2019, I had nothing but praises for Heartbeat and was actively encouraging everyone I could to give it a shot! ...And then this happened... And I'm all regrets now... Especially ironic because the whole time you're playing it, the game shows same-gender relationships as something normal, very much abundant, and surprisingly, in a non-bombastic way as they're usually portrayed... Well, everywhere else, which is a huge plus! So why the devs of this game are suddenly condemning a main part of the LGBT spectrum that the game's plot defends? I'm honestly anxious from them to make the appropriate amends and pardons, and cut off the bad connections, so I can play this game with a clear conscience again.
YW has more in common with SMT than pokemon tbh. If collecting monsters makes a game a Pokemon ripoff then Pokemon is just a Megami Tensei ripoff for babies.
Ok just a point about Mystery Dungeon games: they ARE Roguelikes, since they are *like* Rogue (as in the game Rogue, *which does not just mean proc gen and permadeath*). There was always a term for them, they were always Roguelikes - it's just what they were called in Japan. Roguelikes, as they are commonly called today, mostly aren't Roguelikes. Most of them are roguelites (Enter the Gungeon, Binding of Isaac, Risk of Rain, FTL, Spelunky, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, etc) - roguelite, by the way, is not saying anything about the quality of those games, just that they aren't so close to Rogue in core gameplay, but take some elements of Rogue and apply it to their design
if you talk about yokai watch, you should definitely play it with the mindset that it has no intentions of being pokemon, so you can actually enjoy it for what it is
@@NecroBanana he was probably thinking of what people like to call Roguelite instead of a true Roguelike, which is exactly what Mystery Dungeon games are and roguelikes have definitely been a thing since the 80s lol
There's actually a really impressive touhou fan game that was spawned by Pokemon rom hacks called touhou puppet dance performance (which has a re-release upgrade called shard of dreams) that's a pain to get to run in English, but is EXCEPTIONALLY high quality.
That's pretty much what's happening with Smash right now whenever a high profile platform fighter comes out people either call it a Smash killer or a Smash clone.
Shaman king is the greatest thing ever. It actually has a sequel series, and is still quite popular in japan. But alas they haven’t even translated to english the finished ending to the original manga 😢
I’m surprised that Sega didn’t do a Pokemon clone using the badniks from Sonic games. Maybe instead of animals the energy used in those GUN robots is used for the badniks who are being used for Pokemon style fighting with upgrades similar to evolution in Pokemon and Digivolution in Digimon.
Fun fact: the game from the ad shown in 12:27 , Monster Super League, had crossover events with Sonic and the people behind the Baby Shark song. No, I'm not kidding. Look it up.
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Still think that you should mention about Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal. I know that it's obscure and forgotten game, but still have unique magic and gameplay mechanics :)
Again Magic Pengal was an alright Pokémon clone especially since the mechanic of getting new monsters on your party by drawing/creating them was a unique and cool idea. But let's just say some of the monsters created I've seen in recent walkthrough videos of this game can be somewhat shall we say bumping up the game's rating to E10+, or T if it was given an HD remake.
6:10 "proto rogue-like, before we had a term for it". About a game released in 1993... 13 years (and dozens upon dozens of rogue-like games) after Rogue came out...
"the concept of Shaman King translates very well into a pokemon rpg" umm... no? I mean besides this one guy that had 5 spirits, every peron had ONE spirit with them. If anything, this is more a JoJo clone, with the 5-spirits guy being just like Sex Pistols or Harvest.
To the one who said Shaman King came before: No. Stardust Cruzaders manga came out in 89, Shaman King in 98. I'm not saying it's a clone though, the concept was very diferent, and only because Amidamaru and the others stand besides their shamans every so often doesn't make them comparable to stands, specially after they discover weapon possesion.
@@MiloKuroshiro You walked around stores and scanned stuff to catch and battle random monsters. Monster was more about training your monster than anything els.
Jesus, Trainer Canyon looks like it had more effort put into it than Sword and Shield. Because, as we all know, AAA billionaire studios have a real tough time animating attacks.
The last game looks great! I might need to check it out sometime! Also does Flight Rising count as a Pokemon clone? I feel like it counts as a Pokemon clone. But with limited dragons.
I can only remember the Summon Night games for the gba, and... they don't really count as you only get one companion at the start and you stick with it until the end of the game. I have no idea of how the Japan-only games work though.
"No girls to beat you up." ...then why would I care!? Nexomon reminds me of another mobile Pokemon clone called Micromon. The animation style is so similar I'm genuinely curious if they were done by the same people. Micromon was also pretty good.
Oh man, Azure Dreams was one of my fav PS1 games, esp for proto-roguelikes. It was SO addicting. Freakin' 10 or 11 yr old me worked SO hard to beat that game.
Not gonna lie, games like Nexomon baffle me. Like "We're gonna pirate the shit out of Pokemon!" "Yeah!" "But first lets develop thousands of well designed original assets to use instead of the ones in pokemon!" "Uh..."
The thing about Shin Megami Tensei and Pokémon is that in SMT, you recruit the creatures, in Pokémon you catch them. When a Pokémon is caught it is subservient and will not question, and SMT demons have enough free will to refuse to join your party (that doesn't even need the creatures for you to fight). Pokémon has more in common with Dragon Quest V than SMT.
Didn't even know Mystery Dungeon games were a genre, legit thought there were only the Pokemon ones. Glad you reminded me about them though, makes me really wanna go back and get some much needed nostalgia
Yep, they've been a genre for a long time. They're called Roguelikes. The very first game in that genre was called Rogue. Look it up. What Austin calls Roguelikes though, are actually "Roguelites".
The Chinese Pokémon bootleg market is insane. There's one that's had... at least 30 different names on the App Store. They keep it going because it's absolutely huge... both in popularity and profits. The game's called Pokeland Legends (among 30 other things), and has a subreddit with almost 5,000 members. It's a rabbit hole that I can't resist jumping into...
Hey, HEARTBEAT! I've had my eye on that one for a while. Games like this are why I love RPG Maker so much! There are so many gems made with the various versions of RM (HEARTBEAT, Seraphic Blue, Gaia's Melody HD, Crimson Shift, various Pokemon fangames, etc.) and I think it's accessibly is why it gets such a bad rep, because it's easy for anyone to use. Also, I noticed that they used a lot of the default RMMV animations and just pixelated them. I'm totally ok with that! They fit better than they did before they were pixilized.
To the Moon, OneShot, Lisa, Hello Charlotte and LiEat also came from the RPGMaker, iirc - all pretty neat titles, and proof that it can give birth to amazing games as long as you're inventive, talented and go the extra mile to make them distinctive. I may never have the chops as a dev to do a tenth of what these games do, but as a player it's one of my favourite platforms to explore! (and HEARTBEAT is well-deserving of every compliment it's gotten in this video.
4:50 I think the saddest part about this is that not only are the 2 Shaman King metroidvanias pretty decent, they also do the whole monster collection via dead people waaaay better. Like, you can actually make _teams_ of ghosts with various effects that directly or passively affect your stats, energy consumption or just the way you traverse terrain, it's really cool. You can even nuzlocke it by choosing not to use certain spirits (like Amidamaru, who of course is the MVP one and is pretty OP) for a more challenging experience.
@Austin Eruption Dang, I was really excited for that video. Spark 2 really needs more attention, it's one of the most underappreciated games I've ever played. (At least, I assume it's a video on Spark 2. It's the only Sonic Adventure-inspired game I know of.)
The _Monster Rancher_ franchise didn't just have a few months. It spawned a 15 year legacy. Furthermore, _My Monster Rancher_ was active until 2014 and It spawned two sequels in Japan. It's just not profitable in the west apparently.
Azure Dreams' character design is quite the nightmare, i dont like seeing 10 different identical faces with eyes that are far too big even for anime standards.
I LOVED Azure Dreams! I got it when I was 10 and loved it. Oddly now I don't care for most dungeon crawlers, Rouge-likes, or dating Sims, but love Azure Dreams. I always imagined a remake
Omg, Tao's Adventure was great. I bought it used based purely on the fact that the art looked cool and I'd never heard of it (which was a huge plus in edgy teenager me's book). It got pretty difficult too, makes me want to play it again now that I'm a decade older.
@@DocDoesGamingTV if you ask/search on the mgs subreddit the link you a very easy guid to make it work. github.com/VFansss/mgs2-v-s-fix/wiki It's all here and they made it very easy to follow
"Pokèmon Clone" should only be reserved for genuine clones, the term you are looking for is "Monster-Tamer". Monster-Tamer is a genre which has been around before Pokèmon, and nobody owns the genre and the mechanic of catching, breeding, or taming monsters. Just wanted to get this out there for those who are interested or are saying "Pokèmon Clone". I have yet to watch this video just needed to say that games like Nexomon, Coromon, Monster Sanctuary, Monster Crown, TemTem and Digimon are NOT Pokèmon clones, something can be inspired or have similar aspects to another thing without being a rip-off or clone.
Cubeworlds hype has died for most. but we have a very strong community keeping our eyes on it. Hundreds of us still mod and play it as well. Dev has been posting more and more info about the next update. Sadly, no update has been released in a while.
Right there with you! I do hope Chumbosoft have another game in the works, I'd buy a sequel, well, in a HEARBEAT! (or anything they do, really, terrible pun notwithstanding ^^;)
The most Pokémon thing about Heartbeat for me was that GBA style aesthetic and the colour palette. Feels like they took swatches directly from Emerald and Fire Red at times. Good to see it getting some well deserved love though.
Seriously, I was talking about this with a younger Pokémon fan at work, and he doesn’t see the big deal, since he wanted to try out the newer Pokémon first and foremost (as do I). An 11-year-old boy is being more mature than the Pokémon fan base right now 🤦♀️
@@Maradrafts Many years after the fact, yeah. I just was so curious what this would be hahaha. I played through most of it but not all. It's pretty awful but soooooo funny.
I saw a short clip of something called "Monster Super League." Apparently, they got the rights to add Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and Silver to the game. Officially. And I think that's pretty dang cool.
I love it when someone with significant influence brings attention to practically unknown but good games from recent (or recentish) years. It draws in new players and new fans, helping the indie team to bring more to the table. It's just so sweet, and we can always use more great game devs.
@@hmm44523 ah yeh, I see your point, and yes it does, but I have hope that it will get some videos eventually, the game is really good and it will slowly track atention hopefully
Oh boy, I hope you're gonna play more than just the first Yokai Watch game to talk about it for next time, like 2 and 3 are miles ahead of their first release. Trust me. (also 4 is out but no telling when that will come overseas)
For a future video, check out Monster Sanctuary on steam. It's mix-up the pokemon formula by being a side-scroller, with your monsters having upgradable skill trees. It's still being worked on, but there's a demo for it decently long.
I just recently bought a game called Underhero after a video I watched about Paper Mario recommended it. Now I bought HeartBeat. I really like this. Please keep recommending good indi games like this please.
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Recently the developer of Heartbeat and her partner have expressed and dabbled in some ideologies that I personally find ignorant and hateful in regards to Transgender people. I think obviously, this is something that I do not condone and now feel the need to make a little statement in regards to that. Now my experience with Heartbeat has absolutely nothing to do with the developer, I've never even spoken to her beyond a public Twitter interaction. What you see here in the video is a capsule of my feelings regarding that game when I played it in June of 2019.
So if you're interested in playing Heartbeat, please be aware that your money will be going to this type of individual. Hopefully she will do a little more empathetic research, renounce these views and move forward from this, but until then I feel obliged to have this statement on this video.
Thanks to everyone who informed me of this,
Austin
Please support The Trevor Project if you can.
www.thetrevorproject.org/
Thanks Austin
thanks for the solidarity, austin. here's an article talking about the dev and the things she's said/done, for anyone interested
www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/?fbclid=IwAR21BRvtgYP3lbJqmfYj19yoTRFs5IvbGQGyYGuppD57qv1-Ehvvcca558Q
playing the game too, it seems like everyone involved put only thier love into it. even the more hateful lead dead.
Austin Eruption Thank you for including this comment!! I am watching this video for the first time now and it kinda made my lil trans heart jump in my throat when I heard that title. It means a lot when cis creators clarify stuff like this, even if it seems like a small gesture.
Kudos for clarifying that, Austin. Honestly, until the first semester of 2019, I had nothing but praises for Heartbeat and was actively encouraging everyone I could to give it a shot!
...And then this happened... And I'm all regrets now...
Especially ironic because the whole time you're playing it, the game shows same-gender relationships as something normal, very much abundant, and surprisingly, in a non-bombastic way as they're usually portrayed... Well, everywhere else, which is a huge plus! So why the devs of this game are suddenly condemning a main part of the LGBT spectrum that the game's plot defends?
I'm honestly anxious from them to make the appropriate amends and pardons, and cut off the bad connections, so I can play this game with a clear conscience again.
I saw Shaman King Yoh and clicked
You better not talk shit about that manga/anime 👀
Manga the mainly
Big facts
This fool doesn't know what's really good
Shaman King manga was DAMNNN GOOD
Anime was OK
Me too xd
"I just like girls so I made a game with a lot of them"
I can respect that, and that's how Moemon and Senran Kagura were born
Austin will talk about yo kai watch in Pokemon clones 3. 4 years from now
Mirror Mizuki But it’s not a clone.
YW has more in common with SMT than pokemon tbh.
If collecting monsters makes a game a Pokemon ripoff then Pokemon is just a Megami Tensei ripoff for babies.
@@kyleargie4003 I was just joking chief. Calm down
@@vgxxivy6600 Your getting more worked up than I was.All I did was just point out that YW doesn't really qualify as a Pokemon clone.
@@kyleargie4003 lmao none of you are getting worked up. Stop reading everyone's comments in a yelling voice.
Azure Dreams, My first actual DATING SIM. Need more people talking about this game.
In the JP version, the Angel is funnily different.
couldn't you also date a guy in the japanese version??
@@Zanji1234 Nah, there's no such thing. the last diamond on the save file is the final boss for beating him.
@@Zanji1234 Sadly nope. It was just an urban legend. ;A;
I had the GB version
All Shaman King stans gather!
*Look around you, Look beyond, You could make An unbreakable bond!*
THE WORLD AROUND YOU IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
@CHIBIRAD So many things I never could see.
So many choices falling on me.
@@rougethestarking It could be my destiny... To be Shaman King
IF YOUR SPIRIT IS STRONG, YOU CAN BE THE ONE
SHAH MANN KING
Ok just a point about Mystery Dungeon games: they ARE Roguelikes, since they are *like* Rogue (as in the game Rogue, *which does not just mean proc gen and permadeath*). There was always a term for them, they were always Roguelikes - it's just what they were called in Japan. Roguelikes, as they are commonly called today, mostly aren't Roguelikes. Most of them are roguelites (Enter the Gungeon, Binding of Isaac, Risk of Rain, FTL, Spelunky, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, etc) - roguelite, by the way, is not saying anything about the quality of those games, just that they aren't so close to Rogue in core gameplay, but take some elements of Rogue and apply it to their design
It feels nice knowing that I'm not the only person who knows this. :)
We need more people like us educating people about correct genre terminology.
if you talk about yokai watch, you should definitely play it with the mindset that it has no intentions of being pokemon, so you can actually enjoy it for what it is
Yeah, it has intentions of being SMT.
Not that I'm complaining.
HOLY CRAP. I REMEMBER THE SHAMAN KING STRATEGY RPG.
wow that’s a weird nostalgia that hit super hardcore
6:09
"Proto-Roguelike"
It's not proto roguelike. It's literally just Rogue's gameplay slightly tweaked lmao
Exactly. That pissed me off too much because it pretends that roguelike wasn't a term going as far back as the late 80s.
@@NecroBanana he was probably thinking of what people like to call Roguelite instead of a true Roguelike, which is exactly what Mystery Dungeon games are and roguelikes have definitely been a thing since the 80s lol
The ULTIMATE Pokemon game is OBVIOUSLY Monster Hunter Stories.
Don't @Me.
I would play that over shit and piss.
I love how Kingdom Hearts appears in your forgotten fandoms
There's actually a really impressive touhou fan game that was spawned by Pokemon rom hacks called touhou puppet dance performance (which has a re-release upgrade called shard of dreams) that's a pain to get to run in English, but is EXCEPTIONALLY high quality.
Heartbeat is clearly Lufia 2.
No. Lufia II, Rise of the Sinistrals, is Lufia 2.
Just remember that at some point all FPS were called Doom clones, then it become a genre of game.
That's pretty much what's happening with Smash right now whenever a high profile platform fighter comes out people either call it a Smash killer or a Smash clone.
Shaman king is the greatest thing ever. It actually has a sequel series, and is still quite popular in japan. But alas they haven’t even translated to english the finished ending to the original manga 😢
Here's an interesting game that no one ever talks about: Graffiti Kingdom!
Magic Pen is pretty good too, those were awesome.
Zixen Vernon haven’t thought about graffiti kingdom in forever I loved that game!
I’m surprised that Sega didn’t do a Pokemon clone using the badniks from Sonic games. Maybe instead of animals the energy used in those GUN robots is used for the badniks who are being used for Pokemon style fighting with upgrades similar to evolution in Pokemon and Digivolution in Digimon.
Fun fact: the game from the ad shown in 12:27 , Monster Super League, had crossover events with Sonic and the people behind the Baby Shark song. No, I'm not kidding. Look it up.
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HOW ABOUT THEM POKEMON CLONES HUH? Let me know some obscure ones on this post because I needs to know.
You make me GO SQUEE
In b4 "you are a clone of "X TH-camR"
Still think that you should mention about Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal. I know that it's obscure and forgotten game, but still have unique magic and gameplay mechanics :)
Crystal Monsters for DSi (and 3DS) was... something.
I'm nostalgic for me, even though its pretty trash.
Again Magic Pengal was an alright Pokémon clone especially since the mechanic of getting new monsters on your party by drawing/creating them was a unique and cool idea. But let's just say some of the monsters created I've seen in recent walkthrough videos of this game can be somewhat shall we say bumping up the game's rating to E10+, or T if it was given an HD remake.
6:10 "proto rogue-like, before we had a term for it". About a game released in 1993... 13 years (and dozens upon dozens of rogue-like games) after Rogue came out...
Someone has to say it. :D
"the concept of Shaman King translates very well into a pokemon rpg" umm... no? I mean besides this one guy that had 5 spirits, every peron had ONE spirit with them.
If anything, this is more a JoJo clone, with the 5-spirits guy being just like Sex Pistols or Harvest.
But Shaman King was its own thing.
To the one who said Shaman King came before: No. Stardust Cruzaders manga came out in 89, Shaman King in 98.
I'm not saying it's a clone though, the concept was very diferent, and only because Amidamaru and the others stand besides their shamans every so often doesn't make them comparable to stands, specially after they discover weapon possesion.
Azure Dreams is such a great game. I own both versions and can attest that they rock. It's not your usual game and that's why I love it.
Now I want to watch the Nitro Rad video on HeartBeat...
watching a nitrorad vid is always a great idea
The best pokemon clone was Scannerz (An updated Barcode Battler) Was literally Pokémon G.O. 16 years ago.
That sounds a ton more like Monster Rancher tho
@@MiloKuroshiro You walked around stores and scanned stuff to catch and battle random monsters. Monster was more about training your monster than anything els.
Jesus, Trainer Canyon looks like it had more effort put into it than Sword and Shield.
Because, as we all know, AAA billionaire studios have a real tough time animating attacks.
The last game looks great! I might need to check it out sometime!
Also does Flight Rising count as a Pokemon clone? I feel like it counts as a Pokemon clone. But with limited dragons.
does summon knight count? does anyone remember summon knight?
I can only remember the Summon Night games for the gba, and... they don't really count as you only get one companion at the start and you stick with it until the end of the game. I have no idea of how the Japan-only games work though.
"No girls to beat you up."
...then why would I care!?
Nexomon reminds me of another mobile Pokemon clone called Micromon. The animation style is so similar I'm genuinely curious if they were done by the same people. Micromon was also pretty good.
I know this is 3 years late and you probably got your answer by now, but ye, they're from the same devs, and Nexomon is even considered a sequel.
Oh man, Azure Dreams was one of my fav PS1 games, esp for proto-roguelikes. It was SO addicting. Freakin' 10 or 11 yr old me worked SO hard to beat that game.
Not gonna lie, games like Nexomon baffle me. Like "We're gonna pirate the shit out of Pokemon!"
"Yeah!"
"But first lets develop thousands of well designed original assets to use instead of the ones in pokemon!"
"Uh..."
I mean... that's how you do it, but legal.
@@somescrub885 Yeah, but like, why not just do it legally then? That's like 90% of the work, all you have to do is just not also use stolen assets.
The thing about Shin Megami Tensei and Pokémon is that in SMT, you recruit the creatures, in Pokémon you catch them. When a Pokémon is caught it is subservient and will not question, and SMT demons have enough free will to refuse to join your party (that doesn't even need the creatures for you to fight).
Pokémon has more in common with Dragon Quest V than SMT.
The game at 12:25 is called Monster Super League, for anyone interested.
The Cubeworld PTSD never leaves brother
Azure dreams, ty. I have both versions, I loved the gamboy version and didn't care for the ps one. Bonus points for pronouncing Kewne correctly.
Didn't even know Mystery Dungeon games were a genre, legit thought there were only the Pokemon ones. Glad you reminded me about them though, makes me really wanna go back and get some much needed nostalgia
Yep, they've been a genre for a long time. They're called Roguelikes. The very first game in that genre was called Rogue. Look it up.
What Austin calls Roguelikes though, are actually "Roguelites".
The Chinese Pokémon bootleg market is insane. There's one that's had... at least 30 different names on the App Store. They keep it going because it's absolutely huge... both in popularity and profits.
The game's called Pokeland Legends (among 30 other things), and has a subreddit with almost 5,000 members. It's a rabbit hole that I can't resist jumping into...
Hey, HEARTBEAT! I've had my eye on that one for a while.
Games like this are why I love RPG Maker so much! There are so many gems made with the various versions of RM (HEARTBEAT, Seraphic Blue, Gaia's Melody HD, Crimson Shift, various Pokemon fangames, etc.) and I think it's accessibly is why it gets such a bad rep, because it's easy for anyone to use.
Also, I noticed that they used a lot of the default RMMV animations and just pixelated them. I'm totally ok with that! They fit better than they did before they were pixilized.
To the Moon, OneShot, Lisa, Hello Charlotte and LiEat also came from the RPGMaker, iirc - all pretty neat titles, and proof that it can give birth to amazing games as long as you're inventive, talented and go the extra mile to make them distinctive.
I may never have the chops as a dev to do a tenth of what these games do, but as a player it's one of my favourite platforms to explore!
(and HEARTBEAT is well-deserving of every compliment it's gotten in this video.
great game
horrible person as its dev
@@poyosphere8553 Yep. I was unaware of that at the time I made the comment, but I've since learned about that. :/
4:50 I think the saddest part about this is that not only are the 2 Shaman King metroidvanias pretty decent, they also do the whole monster collection via dead people waaaay better. Like, you can actually make _teams_ of ghosts with various effects that directly or passively affect your stats, energy consumption or just the way you traverse terrain, it's really cool.
You can even nuzlocke it by choosing not to use certain spirits (like Amidamaru, who of course is the MVP one and is pretty OP) for a more challenging experience.
Lol, that snippet from the shaman king opening was from a german channel, Wich was the way I watched it when I was young.
In Russia shaman king its like a biggest anime of all time
But in reality
Pokémon is a Shin Megami Tensei clone
This is fine but I still want to see the sonic adventure clone video
Gimmie a week or two it'll be
@Austin Eruption Dang, I was really excited for that video. Spark 2 really needs more attention, it's one of the most underappreciated games I've ever played. (At least, I assume it's a video on Spark 2. It's the only Sonic Adventure-inspired game I know of.)
@@AndrewAndroid1 isn't there other games that are like Sonic Adventures?
Anubis II
Super Mario Odeyseey
Jet Set Radio
Blinx The Time Sweeper
1:49
Oh the Nostalgia hit. That was nice
"I wonder why Nintendo is so quick to shut down fan games without considering the merits of-"
*sees Trainer Canyon*
"...never mind."
Animorphs for the GameBoy Color is a long forgotten, possibly never known, Pokemon clone! Similar sprite work, “monster” collecting, and battles.
You haven't seen fully fledged really good rpg game made in rpg maker that literally nobody talks about until you play Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
Nexomon on the switch was amazing… I loved the self aware humor in that game
"Aggressively Mediocre" and "Painfully Average" were the two pet names my mom gave me!
Breanainn Weber This legit sounds like something ScottTheWoz would say tbh.
0:20 you'll have to pry my Vita from my cold dead hands
Austin is fat and fluffy I can’t stop thinking about it and I love it. No more skinny youtubers! 3:20
The _Monster Rancher_ franchise didn't just have a few months. It spawned a 15 year legacy. Furthermore, _My Monster Rancher_ was active until 2014 and It spawned two sequels in Japan. It's just not profitable in the west apparently.
Two others greats pokemons "clones" : the Siralim Series (on steam, android, ios and lots of other plateformes) and Jade Cocoon 2 on Ps2
Finally someone's talking about Heartbeat
Azure Dreams' character design is quite the nightmare, i dont like seeing 10 different identical faces with eyes that are far too big even for anime standards.
7.8/10 too much musk
Heartbeat's on sale for 50% off due to Steam's Summer Sale and if you fork over a few extra bucks you get the soundtrack; GET IT NOW!
I LOVED Azure Dreams! I got it when I was 10 and loved it. Oddly now I don't care for most dungeon crawlers, Rouge-likes, or dating Sims, but love Azure Dreams. I always imagined a remake
6:21 is Shiren the Wanderer in case anyone was wanting to know
Omg, Tao's Adventure was great. I bought it used based purely on the fact that the art looked cool and I'd never heard of it (which was a huge plus in edgy teenager me's book). It got pretty difficult too, makes me want to play it again now that I'm a decade older.
I played Azure Dreams and completely forgot it existed until watching this!
I hecking love flea markets
I found a copy of mgs 2 substance for pc for like 2$
Kinda off topic but I just wanted to flex a bit
Did you get it to work? I also have that one!
@@DocDoesGamingTV if you ask/search on the mgs subreddit the link you a very easy guid to make it work.
github.com/VFansss/mgs2-v-s-fix/wiki
It's all here and they made it very easy to follow
I literally just looked on a Pokémon video and saw people in the comments talking about KHIII. So no. The KHIII fandom didn't die out at ALL
"Pokèmon Clone" should only be reserved for genuine clones, the term you are looking for is "Monster-Tamer". Monster-Tamer is a genre which has been around before Pokèmon, and nobody owns the genre and the mechanic of catching, breeding, or taming monsters. Just wanted to get this out there for those who are interested or are saying "Pokèmon Clone". I have yet to watch this video just needed to say that games like Nexomon, Coromon, Monster Sanctuary, Monster Crown, TemTem and Digimon are NOT Pokèmon clones, something can be inspired or have similar aspects to another thing without being a rip-off or clone.
Cubeworlds hype has died for most. but we have a very strong community keeping our eyes on it.
Hundreds of us still mod and play it as well.
Dev has been posting more and more info about the next update. Sadly, no update has been released in a while.
I saw mah boi Yoh in the thumbnail and clicked immediately!
“Oh god sword and shield is gonna have voice acting”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
good one
All 4Kids openings are dope as fuck. Don't even @ me, you know I'm right.
Hell yeah heartbeat boys represent
"Oh god Sword & Shield is gonna have Voice Acting"
Judging by how it's been complete for the better half of a month now, No it didn't.
For a second I thought you were going to talk about the igavania Shaman King and I was ready to throw hands.
P.s. i just bought Heartbeat
You gotta talk about TemTem next time!
Also I'm buying Heartbeat right now.
Nexomon, micromon Neomon, zen forms, digimon, ancientmon, TemTem the list goes on
HEARTBEAT! Is great! I adored the game as soon as I picked it up soon after release. I'm so glad Austin mentioned it.
Right there with you! I do hope Chumbosoft have another game in the works, I'd buy a sequel, well, in a HEARBEAT! (or anything they do, really, terrible pun notwithstanding ^^;)
@@Maradrafts They actually are working on a sequel. With a new cast of characters while old ones return. Don't know anything about the plot, though.
@@SaiyanGamer95 probably something to do with space
So like, Hearbeat looks awesome, and,as I type this, it's currently 50% on Steam
I haven’t even watched the current video to completion and I’m already here saying I want more of these Pokémon clone videos
That burn towards WoW for their underwhelming handling of the Shaman class was gold. 🤣
The most Pokémon thing about Heartbeat for me was that GBA style aesthetic and the colour palette. Feels like they took swatches directly from Emerald and Fire Red at times. Good to see it getting some well deserved love though.
I'm not upset by the National Pokedex Non-troversy at all. But I'm glad to see this anyway.
Seriously, I was talking about this with a younger Pokémon fan at work, and he doesn’t see the big deal, since he wanted to try out the newer Pokémon first and foremost (as do I). An 11-year-old boy is being more mature than the Pokémon fan base right now 🤦♀️
4:18 Is it weird to find that unsettling? Being softlocked upon death just feels weirdly spooky
If you make another one, check out Animorphs for the GBC. I'm not sure what I expected an Animorphs game to look like but Pokemon clone was NOT IT
Oh man, I can't believe this exists. Thank you so much for this comment and making me witness this glorious mess.
Did you actually get to play it? :)
@@Maradrafts Many years after the fact, yeah. I just was so curious what this would be hahaha. I played through most of it but not all. It's pretty awful but soooooo funny.
I saw a short clip of something called "Monster Super League." Apparently, they got the rights to add Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and Silver to the game. Officially. And I think that's pretty dang cool.
that yugioh thing was a commercial for a booster pack, though now i want a Buster Blader game
Not gonna lie.. that Shaman King SRPG was actually pretty rad... and the metroidvania looks good??
Vanessa Colquhoun the metroidvania is very good.
Shoutouts to Temtem. The best pokemon clone.
Okay, so I really need to play HEARTBEAT. That game looks fantastic.
Ah Shaman King I miss that show.
I love it when someone with significant influence brings attention to practically unknown but good games from recent (or recentish) years. It draws in new players and new fans, helping the indie team to bring more to the table. It's just so sweet, and we can always use more great game devs.
Shaman King in the thumbnail?
Instant like, haven't even watched yet.
Top 10 Unexpected Sequels
Man im just SO happy that someone is finally talking about Heartbeat even if its just a lil bit becouse i absolutely adore this game
Nitrorad did it years ago, you should check out his video if you haven't.
@@CortezaDeAbedul I have but Nitro and Austin are like the only 2 big youtubers that even mentioned the game i just think it needs more recognition
@@hmm44523 ah yeh, I see your point, and yes it does, but I have hope that it will get some videos eventually, the game is really good and it will slowly track atention hopefully
Oh boy, I hope you're gonna play more than just the first Yokai Watch game to talk about it for next time, like 2 and 3 are miles ahead of their first release. Trust me.
(also 4 is out but no telling when that will come overseas)
Yokai watch 2 is easily one of my favorite games on the 3DS.
For a future video, check out Monster Sanctuary on steam. It's mix-up the pokemon formula by being a side-scroller, with your monsters having upgradable skill trees. It's still being worked on, but there's a demo for it decently long.
*Psycho Mantis:* "So, you like _Azure Dreams?"_
I just recently bought a game called Underhero after a video I watched about Paper Mario recommended it. Now I bought HeartBeat.
I really like this. Please keep recommending good indi games like this please.
Buchi exploded on the way to his home planet.
YOH SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS AZURE DREAMS EXISTED, THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY!
Pocket Morties is surprisingly fun for a short time.
Dude I'm so glad you talked about heartbeat it's so good