Monster Collecting Games and Their Ties To Social Simulation Games

At this point monster collecting games seem to be connecting with social simulation games. Pokemon is probably the most well known example of this, the Pokemon franchise has had a long history of appealing to social simulation fans with Hey You Pikachu and Pokemon Snap more well over a decade ago. You are startig to see games emerge that blend the two genres together. Rune Factory where you have monster farms is the most notable example of this currently. It’s interesting to see the growing overlap between the two markets beginning to grow. The sim RPG genre is near and dear to me games such as Harvest Moon, the parent series to Rune Factory and Pokemon were what I grew up on so returning and getting back into this niche again years later earnestly and seeing how it’s evolved is an exciting experience continued experience.