#nexomon champion

[1-nexomon-a-day]

4/11/24 - Nara

[glitchven]

Its really late but i just keep thinking about how Deena never interacts with her siblings in the entirety of both the nexomon games

Like-WE WERE ROBBED!!!!!!

SO YOUR TELLING ME-everytime the MC encounters one of the Champions with Deena around they DIDNT NOTICE HER??????

NOT EVEN A PASSING GLANCE OR GREETING??????

BLASHEMY

No heres MY personal crackpot headcannon

So during the War between Humans and Nexomon when Deena began to sympathise with humanity Omnicron began to notice and got angry (ObViOuSlY) and actually kicked her out of the group and disowned her, and then made everyone else reject her as well-OR EVEN BETTER tricked them to think she left of her own volition

And because most of the champions are just being revived in N1 thats why they act like they dont know her

[tulipsnflowers]

I don't think I asked this yet - Merida for the ramble ask game!

Merida!! Alright, let's try I'm feeling in the mood to be absolutely wrong

Nexomon spoilers, and a bit of Nexomon:Extinction spoilers

Merida, Champion of Water also known as Arqua of the Bottomless Oceans (iirc), Prisoner to Darine

Merida! I feel like if I were to rang the CoO in how much they tolerate humanity, (Deena dominates the top chart, but) Merida would be near the top as well

She's the world's worst volleyball player, and she even had fans! That's a human sport, and to get into tournaments you need a team, of 6 players. And you know I don't see her family loving volleyball all that much, right?

Even then 6 means she'd need to revive Grunda to have 6

So she obviously, at the very least, plays Volleyball with humans, like on the same team (and she needs to play in a game to cheat, so if they accused her of cheating she played in at least one game)

Now as someone who sucks absolutely ass at Volleyball (don't ask me to catch something you throw at me,), I'd think weather one likes it or not. Playing matches with someone (even if with a "higher than thou" mentality, which all of them have towards humanity), ya gotta at least respect them. Does anyone wanna bet a human had to (try to) help her with volleyball at someone point because she was uh... Not the best

I don't think JV thought that far ahead when he made it volleyball but I have, bastard.

She also has a fake persona, of like a cute volleyball girl(.. Merida, Merida please watch yours horns,) which lasts until you kick her bum

Still, her having one-

And then after your volleyball she leaves you alone because James called, and then she tries to drown you!

.. Because you're trying to stop the reveal of Grunda to be fair, but still tries to stop you!

Then we skip the tower entirely (she does say we have no idea what we're going up against)

Then it's nightmare time! It's weird, while everyone does have humans in their dreams (Nadine doesn't count because she's unconscious on the floor currently), Zetta bullies them, Fenrir makes a riot kinda, Grunda is the protector (Also screaming at the Nara thing) but aside from him, Merida is the only one who's civil

Or I'm assuming she is, hard to tell with how little we saw. But we can assume she was probably just having the time of her life playing actual good volleyball

Which is something to say the least, considering she's actually enjoying human activities - unlike the rest who are doing their own thing

And then n2!!!

She's apparently in Palmaya but she's currently in Frozen watching over the tower (James please this is like your area™ where are you.), and aside from a small memory thing with Atlas, she seems to be better

So do the rest of them, honestly, it was so good to see the Omni kids tolerating humanity in various degrees

[nayvwriter]

Bet (I just dunno who to ask outside of people who...)

Does Ulzar count as an n2 character? He does appear there, albeit in Abyssals. I personally dislike him but you don't have to answer if you don't know

BET

(people who what?)

(Nexomon Series Spoilers)

So. We don't know that much about Ulzar. But I like to read him like I read Amelie or Lobo.

In that he's desperate. In that he's seen terrible things and he desperately needs to stop them. In that he thinks he's right, knows he's right (he's not).

So I might have over-extrapolated this, but it is a possible reading - I've been working with the idea that Ulzar was killed by his own Nexomon. How? Maybe Omnicron's last revenge (or Metta's?). I came up with something for HR.

So what I think happened was something like this.

Ulzar's born into a war between humans and Nexomon. He wants this war to stop, and he knows how. He uses his Nexomon to fight - and maybe he's ruthless with it, because his enemies (or at least their leadership) are too.

He stands out. He attracts Deena's attention. She stands besides him as he goes on his crusade to save humanity by killing Omnicron and his children.

Omnicron tells him that all Nexomon are evil. Ulzar doesn't want to believe it. He tells himself that Omnicron was just saying that to be cruel, a last revenge.

And maybe he finds out about Deena and doesn't react well. Maybe he cuts ties with her. And maybe... that leaves him undefended.

Something comes over Ulzar's Nexomon. Ulzar dies betrayed by his own companions, his own Nexomon.

He then has centuries to stew in this. The Nexomon he's seen have either been his enemies or his former friends who killed him. Is it any wonder he starts to think maybe Omnicron told the truth after all?

The N1 protagonist comes along. Ulzar sees them, Deena's next champion, so devoted to their Nexomon friends, and he pities them. He thinks something terrible is going to happen to them. He sees them as an even more naive version of what he used to be. So he tries to tell them, tries to dissuade them time after time, but it doesn't work. They love their friends too much to believe a word he says. He hates that he can't protect them.

...but nothing happens to them, other than having to fight Omnicron. Ulzar... starts thinking.

After another thousand years, he's calmed down. Possibly talked to Blue. Probably figured out that it wasn't his Nexomon's fault. Is still very bitter towards Omnicron, which is entirely fair.

This is mostly from memory, but I did check one thing. Ulzar shows up briefly in N2, just before the final fight. And he's very courteous to the protagonist, despite clearly knowing what's going on. There's no way he doesn't know Solus's identity. So I conclude that by n2, he's changed his mind.

(He also says not to be too harsh on Amelie and the Guild, for it was Omnicron who pushed them to such extreme measures (near quote). He understands Amelie's desperation, I think, because he's felt a similar thing himself. I really do read Ulzar and Amelie similarly.)

thank you very much for the ask! this was a fun one.

[thenixkat]

Just there are so many mon games out there. So many. To say that Pokemon has the monopoly really shows that you haven't been looking around the genre.

Games I've played and liked in the monster buddy battling/raising/farming thing include:

So many Digimon games. Digimon World DS, Digimon World Dawn/Dusk, Digimon World Championship, Digimon Story Cybersleuth/Hacker's Memory, and Digimon Survive specificlly.

Nexomon Extinction

Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Dinosaur King

Fossil Fighters, Fossil Fighters: Champions, and Fossil Fighters: Frontier

Yo-kai Watch 2: Boney Spirits/Fleshy Souls

Viva Piñata

Magi-Nation

And there's like so much more out there. I didn't include things I played and didn't like for personal reasons like I couldn't get the camera to work right in Dragon Quest Monsters and just I'm shit at camera aiming or like the Shin Megami Tensei game I picked up where I just didn't personally like the designs for the humans and the whole do certain events by X time in the story is a bit complicated for me and my memory and focusing issues. Or just the consul issues I was having while trying to play Spectrobes led to me not having a decent time playing.

But who knows? You might like those games.

[quibbs126]

I’m also realizing while playing Nexomon that it’s literally the plot point I want in Pokémon

That is, that the strongest Tamer/Champion is the main villain, and the officials in that system also work for him, but some of the lower level ones have varying opinions of them

The main difference is that unlike my thing, in Nexomon you know this from the onset and don’t have a decoy evil team to throw off your suspicion

At least I assume, I haven’t gotten that far in Nexomon yet and I don’t know the full story

[player-1]

Nexolord & co. shenanigans (Nexomon 1)

It's honestly been a long time coming, though mostly for the nostalgia and hype for Nexomon 3, but I figured I would look back in the story for any context clues to Nexolord/Metta's personality and abilities mentioned from his siblings, Overseers, or anyone unlucky enough to get on his bad side. Obviously it's going to be a massive list (with some spoilers for to Micromon and Extinction), but here goes!

First off, there's no real timeline on how long Metta's been Nexolord or when he started his Omnicron revival plan into action, but I'll put in a generous estimate of 2-3 years before the main story since he already put way too much fear into people's hearts to go against his authority until MC went ham on his master plan. Same goes for him commissioning MC's parents to build the resurrection machine and revive Omnicron for real.

For Overseers, I would assume that ex-Nexolord Remus originally had Hilda, Khan, and Jack until Metta took the title (and adding five more to spread out his influence). But it's also funny to assume that Metta indirectly assigned his siblings/Champions to a certain Overseer that either complement or conflict their personalities...You know, for shits and giggles. -Fenrir/Fona -> Ivan & Ira (Fiery spirit and moderately irrational) -Nadine/Ventra -> Remus (Unstoppable force vs. Immovable object) -Merida/Arqua -> Hendrick (90% charm and 10% backstabber) -Zetta/Luxa -> Spencer (Snotty rich kid with inflated ego) -Ulrich/Grunda -> Jack (Reliable leader but goes against authority to protect his people (Mostly connected to Netherworld Ulrich)) Nexolord/Metta -> Glacia (Cold-blooded tactician with an extreme ego trip) -Deena/Nara -> Khan ("Subtly" associating the family traitor as a wild savage who only cares about the world and harmony over complete authority...Harsh, even for a kids game)

Metta's childhood in the Frozen Tundra was already going to be shrouded in mystery from the get-go (and obviously exclude flashbacks in-game to avoid spoiling his identity), but he left a pretty deep impact on the three people he interacted with in the past (Glacia, Juliet, and Malk). -First, Juliet's a fangirl for him, so much so that she'll completely ignore his plan to destroy humanity if it meant getting a sliver of attention from him or one-up Glacia as Overseer. She also believes that he's a vampire (either when they were kids or into adulthood) and regularly reads cheesy YA vampire novels that she "accidentally" leaves on her kitchen table for someone to notice. -Glacia is 110% loyal to Metta and will gladly brag to anyone she meets on how she's the most "true and loyal Overseer" there is. Also, she's the only Overseer who's aware that the Champions are Omnicron's children (minus Remus figuring it out through context clues), so she somehow earned Metta's trust to learn that fact as well (though whether she knew Metta's true form too is up for debate). -Finally Malk "I taught [the Nexolord] everything I know" Micromon is either the best/worst person to be Metta's tutor (re: legit father-figure) to make him become the little tyrant he is now. Whether it's to fuel Metta's already-burning hatred for humans (being a sentient AI that destroyed Project Pixekai in revenge of the programmers who created him), teaching him useful skills to gain control over others as a leader (master manipulator, master technician, and more!), or giving Metta the emotional support he never had from his siblings or dad (headcanons galore!). Also love the little gimmick that Malk's name isn't shown to the MC since he doesn't properly introduce himself to them; only Metta calls him by name once when they're the only ones in a room or during Malk's last hurrah speech before MC fights Omnicron and disappearing for good. Also, Malk mentions meeting a younger Nexolord/Metta sometime after busting out of Pixekai and adjusting to human life, so he might've tried disguising himself long before they teamed up. Now I want to know if Metta first learned that Malk wasn't human or vice versa, but I would love to know what babey Nexolord looked like before he went anime villain mode. :)

Metta definitely was the one who gave his siblings their fake Champion names, mostly on the joke of Fona/Fenrir being Metta's guard-dog for a good chunk of the story (even accompanying him to Grunda's grave and keep a eye on Overseer Jack for the excavation). Besides that, it makes sense for Metta to have every opportunity to make a jab at his siblings and put them in their place in the current hierarchy. -Fenrir: Marsh/Fen-dweller, Norse mythos wolf that would bring disaster during Ragnarok and was bound by a chain shaped like a silk ribbon. [Similar motif to Nexomon Fenrir to have giant prison cuffs on his wrists and collar-like design on his shirt.] -Nadine: Hope (French), messenger/admonitory or showerer of blessings (Arabic), "the courage of a bear" (Russian) [Latter fits cause of her assigned Overseer being Remus and her tendency to put combat first over talking.] -Merida: Pearl (Mairead, Celtic), "one who achieved a high place of honor" (Latin), "a chaste girl" or "like a mother" (Persian) [Persian seems more ironic since Merida's nice when she gets attention but throws a major hissy fit if embarrassed or mocked.] -Zetta: Inquiry or quest (Greek ztsis), "a person that is intellectually curious and has a thirst for knowledge" [Mostly ironic since Zetta's dumb as a brick and has a love for shiny things.] -Ulrich: Noble or regal ruler, noble/rich heritage (Old German) [Grunda never had the chance to get a Champion name (until Netherworld), but it's interesting how his Nightmare makes him the ruler/guardian of Solus Desert and protects his people from the big bad Nexolord Remus...At least he got his priorities straight?] -Deena: Valley, church leader, spear ruler (Hebrew/Old English/Old German); "compromising, passive, and more likely to stay in the background rather than front and center" (myfirstname.rocks) [Even if she was a major part of Ulzar's fame, Deena keeps herself as inconspicuous as possible to ensure the MC's success too. Definitely didn't want to be caught up in the family drama again, you know? :)]

It is somewhat confirmed in the Netherworld end-story that Nexonium/Nexomite is more commonly found in the literal afterlife than in the normal world (and stupidly expensive too), and it also has the ability to incapacitate any Nexomon in its vicinity (when powered by a NexoCore) or keep a Nightmare running without a Warden to guard it. So who's to say that Metta used Nexonium to create the Nexocore, easily violating Ziegler's rule of keeping the dead dead and creating a power source that won't get traced back to him (you know, since he commissioned MC's parents to make it?). And it also shows that Metta had Nexonium stowed away in his old house, most likely studying its components in there or in the bunker.

And last but not least, it's not exactly confirmed if Metta actually sacrificed himself to revive Omnicron like the rest of Champions; he doesn't have a personal Nightmare like the other four (+Grunda/Ulrich), and you only get to find Metta's true form after the Netherworld story (ie. Killing Omnicron for real, dooming the current Nexomon species to extinction, and making a bridge between the Netherworld and real world to finish loose ends). Speaking of bridge, it's also confirmed in Extinction that just after MC destroyed Omnicron's soul, Venefelis was unleashed with the single goal to kill Hilda; unintentionally serving as the bridge for the Nexomon War and the future to come in Nexomon: Extinction. ...Also the MC (The Ghost of Nexomon Past) gets Metta's jacket and was buried in it pre-Extinction, so I'm betting the madlad did the blanket dog trick and it somehow worked against the MC and Nara. I mean, Metta's about the size of a bowling ball (five-pin/duckpin maybe?) so he might've had a chance to pull it off when MC was distracted by Omnicron and he just assumed the guy was gone for good.

Anywho, that's all I have for now, hope you enjoyed!

[crystalelemental]

I've talked about the good, I've talked about the bad, but now it's time to talk about the perfectly serviceable. The third game I've played recently, Nexomon, has been completed. I have thoughts.

Unlike with Triangle Strategy, where I ended on "This is a very distinct game from Three Houses, comparisons aren't entirely fair," this game is a Pokemon clone. Like, yes, I know Pokemon is not the only monster catching game, there are plenty of general rules set before them. But the healing center is just a Pokemon Center down to everything's positioning, teams are of six and format is 1v1, and by the time you realize there's a Nexolord, four Champions, and eight Overseers, you start to raise some eyebrows. I feel like the question is less about what tier of legally distinct this game is operating on, but how engaging the game is on its own merits. So while comparison to Pokemon will happen for the point of drawing understanding, I don't plan to harp on this.

Nexomon is decently fun. The monster designs are a mix of pretty cute stuff to your more standard hulking monster things, with the usual issue I take of "all the strong stuff is hulking monster stuff." Almost nothing that's high cute is statistically good. Exploration of the map is decent, and catch mechanics are fairly smooth. It's the usual "lower HP and inflict a status to ease capture," but it feels like better odds than Pokemon. I never felt like I was wasting 20+ Ultra Balls for nothing. On a similar scale, Golden Nexotraps are equivalent to Master Balls, and they are plentiful. I worried about using too many and not being able to just catch the legends, but barring "always make sure you have one in case of Luhava," there are so many in just the main game you won't run out, and postgame absolutely showers you with them. It makes it a lot easier to manage, even if I ended the game with like 40 of them because I didn't know this and hoarded. Don't be like me.

Encounters are random, and that comes with the usual frustrations of not finding the rare stuff in like an hour of searching. It's especially egregious because this game gets super granular. The specific patches of grass have different possible encounter tables, and there are several situations where the first stage of an evolutionary line exists in one (1) patch of grass on one (1) screen, and literally nowhere else. It's too much.

I'd also be willing to argue there are just too many monsters. 310 is a lot for a game with only seven types. There's really not that much room for variance, and the variance they do have is...not always good. This game lacks Pokemons EVs, natures, or TMs. Two of the same Nexomon at the same level are functionally identical, there is no difference between them. What separates things out is between species, and is a factor of Stats, Moveset, and Type.

There are, as stated, only seven types. Each of them has two Very Effective and Not Effective matchups. The offensive and defensive alignment is reciprocal. For example, Water is good against Fire and Mineral. This means that Water attacks deal 50% more to Fire and Mineral, while Fire and Mineral attacks deal 50% less to a Water. It makes the type chart a lot easier to comprehend, and results in perfect balance. Well. Barring some main game meta considerations, where Wind gets absolutely hosed late-game with major bosses having no types Wind is strong against, but both of Wind's weaknesses. But it is balanced. Normal is the odd one out, being neither strong against nor weak to anything. My final stance on Normal is that they're a pain. They're excellent in enemy hands where it's hard to one-shot them, but in your hands they tend to lack firepower to one-shot an opponent and get trucked. The game operates on an odd mechanic, where if you get a KO, the next thing the opponent sends out gets to attack you right away. It's good for preventing a Pokemon-style clean sweep, but also means that rotating your Nexomon in battle is essential, and Normal having no resists makes them harder to get in. I came away not loving Normal.

Moveset is simple. What you learn is what you learn, there is no deviation. This is, to me, what hurts most. Rarity is a thing in this game. It will tell you what you found is Common, Uncommon, Rare, Mega Rare, Special, or Legendary. Each step up is generally statistically superior (barring some exceptions), and generally has better moves. The big aim is the ultimate moves, with 90% accuracy and base 95 power. Mega Rare, Special, and Legendary get these reliably. Anything else has to pray, and usually gets stuck around 70. Which is serviceable, but you notice the lack of power from lower stats and lower move damage. The big contributor, then, to a lower-tier Nexomon's performance is status. Status is kind in this game. If you can land a confuse, congrats and trucking literally any boss. Even lesser status like sleep, freeze, paralysis, and bind are devastating, stopping an opponent's movement completely. Poison and Burn suck, but what can you do. Acquisition of good moves helps or hinders severely. One Nexomon I loved by design, Emperabee, wound up getting benched because its strongest on-type move...was base 55. It couldn't one-shot random Uncommon encounters 10 levels below it. And that's a major problem. On the flip side, some really good stat stuff is bad because of lack of access. Jeeta, my starter, only has Electric moves. It has no strong Normal move, so it gets hard walled by its weaknesses. Meanwhile the Mega Rare bird has Tornado, which is strong against both weaknesses, making it objectively better. I think if I'd want anything cleaned up, it'd be this moveset issue. At a minimum, anything that rare should be getting a neutral move.

Stats are harder to parse, because they matter, but not how you think. Damage in this game is high. It is not uncommon for battles to be won in two shots, regardless of move strength. Even Tackle will get good mileage. The transition, then, is from a two-shot to a one-shot. If you can't one-shot anyway, a stronger move isn't meaningful, it's just more stamina. As a result, only the Mega Rare and above tend to be functionally any different offensively. Rather, defensively is the problem. Common and Uncommons get absolutely trucked by every attack. Even resists put on a serious dent. Rare and above tends to be a lot more durable, and it's that distinction that matters most in trainer battles. Again, you rotate Nexomon a lot, so taking hits is significantly important. If you can't take hits, and you can't one-shot, you're more likely to drop before you finish a job. And it's a shame, because a lot of my favorite designs were Uncommons.

There are exceptions. Monolix, my beloved weirdo mineral beast, has better stats than Arctivore, the Mega rare, and access to both a strong neutral which Arctivore lacks, and the same top damage Mineral attack. Its distinction is lack of any status. And this is a serious consideration, given the impact status has.

I say all this to point out, it's an interesting system, but they do telegraph really strongly what's viable and what isn't. Not that you can't win with commons and uncommons, but it's going to be a much, much tougher time. I think its lack of customization compared to Pokemon is really the deciding factor. When you have an uncommon that's statistically inferior and has no real access to a good status-inflicting damage move, they're basically useless. There's no serious function to some of these, and no means of pulling them up out of those trenches.

...which is still true of Pokemon. Some options just suck ass regardless of what you do. You can still win, but it's still an uphill battle. The positive spin is the lack of Snadslash Factor, which is what I call the Pokemon phenomenon of "What the fuck do you mean this thing doesn't naturally learn any moves of its type?" Sandslash's only naturally learned Ground move was the useless Sand Tomb until Generation fucking six. Nexomon does not have this problem. You may not get the best move, but you usually get a good move in your type. Nothing is relegated to that nonsense, and nothing has to wait too long for something of its element. In this way, I think it is much improved.

If there are problems with Nexomon as a game, I would say it's a twofold issue of its lowly origins, and being insincere at times.

By lowly origins, I mean this started as a microtransaction phone game and it shows. The clear delineation of rarity being equivalent to performance, but with specific super rare things you can't obtain naturally having advantage is very in line with that kind of game. The lack of customization, just get a better thing, is also very in line. While I wound up liking the Netherworld, it is insanely funny to look something up and be greeted by "Yeah the EXP Share and EXP Boost were purchasable items you got to use for like a day at a time and then had to re-buy." Suddenly that whole zone resetting you to level 5 makes a lot more sense. They're trying to sell microtransactions. That whole sequence goes at a decent pace with the items permanently on, but I admit it's more grinding work than I'd otherwise appreciate, especially transitioning into the Warden encounters. There are just some decisions that feel like they're birthed from the kind of game this started as, and while it's never a gamebreaker, it does make me hopeful about its sequel game, which I am assuming does not have the same origins.

Insincerity requires talking about what I haven't mentioned yet: story and characters. Overall, the story is not exceptional, but I wound up being charmed well enough. It's decent light-hearted fun. I think the Nexolord himself goes under-utilized, but the children of Omnicron are great fun, and many of the Overseers are entertaining. My dilemma has less to do with the characters or the direction of its story, so much as its tone and some attempts at humor.

This game does not take itself too seriously, and aims to be funny more than anything. It can succeed pretty well at it too! But there are some jokes that go beyond what I think they want to aim for. Specifically, any fourth-wall-breaking jokes tend to be more of a groan than a giggle.

For example: there is a sequence where your ship is attacked and capsized. In the leadup, the character responsible shows up, angrily proclaiming their revenge, and your robot companion Atlas asks if this is about them being mad about losing at volleyball, which sets them off. That part's decently funny; it's a bit of wit that flows well and feels organic. But when the ship is sunk, you wake up on shore, and your mentor's ghost wakes you up and tells you "All of your allies mysteriously survived, otherwise this game would have a much higher rating." And that's kinda what I mean.

The game pokes fun at certain cliches, while pulling them off verbatim. And it doesn't land as a haha funny when you play the trope straight. Commenting that having to do a specific quest is just padding out the game doesn't make me laugh, it makes me go "then why the fuck did you do it?" If you knew it sucked, why'd you do it? A short quip about it isn't offsetting the fact you're still doing it unironically, and that it is bad. Some of these meta jokes can land because they're not bringing attention to a dumb thing. Like at one point, a character asks if you're okay, and Atlas goes "We were just attacked by a boss with 9999 HP, how do you think?" It's an unwinnable fight for cinematic purposes, but because it's not an annoying video-gamey trope, that one gets to feel more like a bit of meta humor than annoying.

My point is really that at times, it feels like the game doesn't respect what it is based on these jokes. Joking about a cliche or an annoying trope and doing it anyway isn't really humorous, and if you're going to do it anyway probably best to just play that part straight. You can be legitimately funny, but it feels at times like you're trying to paper over lack of a creative task or obstacle with self-effacing humor and it doesn't work out so well.

To give cast its own time: Nadine is my favorite, I have a type. I really liked Merida, she feels like a poster child for failgirl. Overseer Ivan is a good comedic character. I actually really respect that Juliet's thing is being in love with the Nexolord and mad he chose another girl as overseer, going so far that when someone calls her crazy for this, she just goes "So is he! We're perfect for each other!" Respect that hustle, girl. I don't particularly like...uh...the guy who last beat the Nexolord. Ulzar! That guy. He's not particularly interesting on his own merits, but I do like the twist he posits when you meet him.

Spoiler content for story: I think how they play Nexomon's nature and what all of this is, is fairly interesting. They're all descended from Omnicron, and thus can all be driven to cruelty by its whims, leading the midgame swerve to be "You cannot trust your pets, they'll turn on you." You still win with the power of friendship, but despite how abrupt that is, it's still neat. Defeating Omnicron and being told that destroying it for good will mean all Nexomon die with it is cool, and sets itself up well for the sequel. I also do have to applaud the Netherworld segment. I won't go into detail because that one's legitimately a good spin, but the way they play with what happened is honestly pretty cool. That said, I do wish we got a little more of the Children of Omnicron. I know how things shake out justify it a bit, but I was really hoping their re-appearance would result in a bit more development of who they are as people. Or at least the Nexolord doing like. Anything.

My final verdict is I could comfortably recommend this game, but with some caveats. I think it is a very fun time, and a decently developed game, albeit with some aspects that don't always land. It's decently paced, it has some cute and cool monster dudes, the story and cast are serviceable. I had a decent time. We did get Extinction as part of a bundle deal, so that's up next. This is more my wife's game though, she wanted to play it, so I'm waiting for her to start it up before I get going. Stay tuned.

[champoflightning]

Hello, weird human thing called "Rotomblr"! It is I, Zetta, the great Champion of Lightning! Bzap!

Apparently I've been dumped in this other world for some reason (which, what the heck! You have these weird things that are kind of like Nexomon but aren't? It's bizarre.) and brought to this human village by a really rude guy. Anyway, looks like I'm stuck here until I find a way back, and the human calling himself "Professor" said I should check out this "website" in the meantime. So hello! Feel free to bask in my awesomeness until I leave you once again! And if any electric types are reading this can I get a quick recharge? (OOC info:)

Hello there! This is a pokeblog for Zetta, of Nexomon! He's been yoinked from right after the first game, and plopped in the ocean by Alola! Feel free to bug him! :D There will be spoilers for the first Nexomon game! Probably a lot of them! (Mod is a big fan of both series, and also a big fan of the Rotomblr-verse! An adult, but please no NSFW! My main blog is @musicaldaydreams !)

[minolyth]

I FINALLY COMPLETED IT

I stg I worked on this off/on for like a month now aaaaaaaaaaa

Both with and without the lightning! Click for better quality!

I promised I'd make a big piece of my boy Zetta from Nexomon, and here he is in all his glory!! Inspired by a certain scene with Fenrir in Nexomon: Extinction :) (His transformation photo)

Please do not repost; reblogs are a-okay!

[1-nexomon-a-day]

3/17/23 - Luberg

[anubisden]

Nexomon

Nexomon é um jogo indie feito pela VEWO Interactive Inc. Uma empresa pequeninha que sempre quis tentar criar um jogo Monster Catcher mobile por volta de 2018, até finalmente chegarmos aqui, no Nexomon. 

Nexomon, como nome deixa a entender, é um jogo de captura de monstrinhos inspirado em Pokémon. Sabendo que vai ser duramente criticado como mais uma copia de Pokémon, Nexomon usa e abusa de vários elementos da franquia da GameFreak como cenários coloridos, monstros que parecem animais ou objetos, estilo de arte parecidos, e não poupam esforços para zoar e questionar os vários sistemas que se tornou regra graças a popularização de Pokémon, como andar apenas com 6 monstros e apenas 4 ataques.

A história do jogo é bem simples: Você, uma criança de por volta de 10~16 anos, vai se encontrar com sua amiga Ellie, uma garotinha cadeirante de cabelo verde que é uma gênia da robótica. Mas assim que a encontramos, ela e seu recém construído robô, Atlas, estão brigando contra um dos aliados do Nexolord (um equivalente ao Champion no Pokémon)! Após vencer sua primeira batalha contra um dos inimigos e receber um dos primeiros Nexomon, o Nexolord em pessoa aparece na sua frente e diz que vai estar te esperando. E assim começa sua jornada.

Recheada de humor divertido, designs e trilhas sonoras incríveis, arte limpa e agradável e várias quebras de quarta parede, Nexomon é aquela pérola escondida nas profundezas da PlayStore/Steam, esperando ser descoberta por um alma curiosa. E o melhor, mesmo nos consoles ele não é um jogo tão caro!

Pontos positivos:

Arte muito bonita

Cenários novos e interessantes

Personagens carismáticos

Humor no ponto certo

Mais de 300 monstros para colecionar

Preço acessível (Custa sem promoção 20,69 na Steam)

Jogo bem leve em questão de requisitos

Disponível para PC, iPhone, Android, Switch, XBOX, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic, Steam, XBOX Series X|S...

Trilha sonora ótima

Mais de 20 horas de gameplay

Te dar a opção de quando quer ou não lutar contra o bicho no mato ou treinador.

Minigame de vôlei

Pontos negativos:

Evoluções limitada a raridade. (Nexomon comuns, e alguns incomuns não evoluem)

Algumas travadas quando muda de um cenário para o outro graças ao autosave.

Falta de animações nos monstrinhos. Eles só tem animação de ataque perto, a distância, idle e recebendo dano.

Não dá pra nomear os monstrinhos, mas isso é resolvido na continuação do game.

[nayvwriter]

Also Deena and James to get that ready here

(For the 2 character ask game)

Okay. Been procrastinating this because I don't feel like I can answer it well, but (talking sternly to the perfectionism) some answer is better than none and this ask game is for rambles anyway.

(nexomon spoilers)

(For those not in the know, James is a common fan-created human name for Metta.)

So! Deena, aka Nara, fourth child of Omnicron, and James aka Metta, seventh child of Omnicron.

Siblings! But since Metta's the youngest, there's no telling how long they had together before Nara switched sides. I tend to think that they started to know each other, cared about each other, but most of their time together was ripped away by Omnicron.

I also have this headcanon that Metta cares deeply about his sister. He cares about all his siblings, but there's some - protective instinct, with Nara. Even after all she's done against him, he can't easily let it go.

It might be because he's seen her hurt. I have this headcanon that I wrote into a fic and then internalised into my personal canon - the big pivot point of Nara's split was when Omnicron tried to kill her for disloyalty.

Whether she actually was disloyal or not before being forced to switch sides is largely irrelevant to this - though perhaps, it had been Metta that Omnicron worried about, before Nara showed a little too much sympathy for humanity. Perhaps Nara unintentionally took the punishment that Metta nearly had.

Omnicron struck out at her, left her dying on the floor - and Metta saw. And when Omnicron had left... he went to her. Metta had all his sibling's powers - and he used Nara's power to save her life.

They never spoke of it again. Metta went right back to his father, and Nara joined the humans.

Then when Ulzar went on his crusade, Metta was nowhere to be found. Saving himself? Planning ahead to the resurrection? Or... not wanting to face his sister on the battlefield?

This is all headcanon, of course. But you do have to wonder how come Metta survived Ulzar's crusade - he had to have survived, surely, to be able to resurrect his siblings and father in N1.

And now we do look at n1. Metta's enacting a plan, and Deena clearly knows some of it. She finds a champion, makes sure they don't get themselves killed - I think this method of working through other people is just something Deena does, rather than anything to do with Metta.

But it is interesting to compare and contrast.

Metta's got a certain charisma, and he's not against making other people do the work for him, but when it comes down to it he'll put himself in the starring role. Don't have to worry about people messing stuff up then. He becomes Nexolord, he helps build the resurrection machine... he's always personally involved.

Deena, on the other hand? She always chooses others to do her work, but guides them from behind - and she has a hard time trusting anything she hasn't planned out herself, much like Metta likes to be personally involved. Like Metta, Deena takes a human form; unlike Metta, she doesn't personally get involved in the fighting.

Not until n2, which shows she's clearly capable of being a Tamer, she just... chose not to in n1. What was the reason? Not trusting herself? Not liking to fight? Or... not wanting to face her brother on the battlefield?

(^blatantly pointing at potential parallels)

Deena still chooses to work against Metta. Of course she does - he's trying to resurrect Omnicron. (Though I do have to wonder how she found this out. Or indeed - how much she found out?)

Metta? When he came up with his plan - did he know Nara was still around? Did he know she'd try to stop him? How would he not?

After n1, I think Metta vanishes again. Nara hopes he's okay, and just pulling something similar to what he did in Ulzar's time - obviously Metta potentially coming out of the woodwork with a world domination plan is not good, but... that's her brother. Even after all he's done, she can't stop caring.

They're siblings and they care about each other, but they barely had any time together, and most of their relationship is spent carefully avoiding one another and/or working against one another. It'd be interesting to see them forced to come face to face.

So yeah! Thank you very much for the ask, this was fun and I rambled way more than I thought I would, even if much of it is headcanon-based - it's possible.

[hishap]

Discussing Nexomon series spoilers/personal experiences for a minute :

the “champions actually ARE evil legendary nexomon” plot twist partway through Nexo 1 absolutely floored me back then because I did not expect a random mobile pokémon clone I found by chance to have plot twists, or much of a plot at all

For me this reveal was the turning point where I realised this game was more special than I had been giving it credit for.

(Also sidenote : as soon as Nadine was revealed to be a nexomon I automatically assumed the Nexolord was too so when one of my allies was like “why is the Nexolord helping them, he’s human isn’t he?” I was like “wait what? Why are you so sure he’s human? Did I miss something?” Turned out I was right, he IS a nexomon)

When I started Extinction I knew to expect a plot with twists & turns this time ‘cause I’d learned my lesson from the first game lol. So the instant some NPC was like “you can’t have been attacked by a dragon, they only attack tyrants!“ I went “alright ‘guess I’m secretly playing as a nexomon tyrant then“

So yeah I saw that part of the big twist coming. What I didn’t see coming was that Deena was my mother. (Sidenote : since I picked the same name in both games it was like Deena named her child after her friend and that’s so awesome it’s my headcanon now)

I’m kinda ashamed to admit it now, but between Metta’s absence even after I had met several of his siblings, the in-game joke/easter egg about how he just sorta disappeared, and the game trying real hard to make you think you’re gonna end up as the bad guy, for quite some time I thought the player character WAS Metta in disguise (and possibly without his memories).

You might wonder how that would make sense if you selected a female protag. To this I reply : there’s nothing that says monsters from another dimension can’t change their gender if they so wish

[nintendocafe]

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Nexomon: Extinction coming to Nintendo Switch in 2020

Catch, evolve and collect over 300 unique Nexomon! Assemble the ultimate Nexomon team to save your friends and save the world! Clash against legendary champions and become a hero in this epic journey!

[player-1]

Throwing myself back into the Nexomon brainrot since there's already a bunch of tidbits (and personal headcanons) to Metta's quirks and general attitude to anyone/everyone he interacts with and no one's taking the time or thought into mentioning them. And you know…To see if anything changes on his part in Nexomon 3, and I will keep pushing this agenda until the game finally comes out :)

To list a few interesting things mentioned in N1 (and definitely a long post ahead):

First the canon bits out of the way:

-Metta (and Nara) are over a million years old after Omnicron's initial invasion of the human world and after Ulzar killed the other CoO and Doggo Dad, with those two being the last living members of the family up until Nara’s (temporary) death in Extinction. Metta specifically mentions "waiting a million years" for his resurrection plan to finally come into fruition just before MC fights Omnicron in the main story, but it's mostly a 'blink and you miss it' nugget of information (same goes for Ulzar revealing Nexolord's/Metta's name in the Netherworld DLC one time).

-Metta lived in the Frozen Tundra for an undetermined amount of time, possibly when Juliet and Glacia were in their early childhood; with Juliet slowly but adamantly believing that he's a vampire (will explain later) and still reads cheesy YA vampire novels into adulthood, while Glacia admires him for his cold-hearted nature and extreme lack of empathy to other humans.

-It's not exactly specified when Micromon takes place in N1 (or when Project Pixekai goes bust), but Metta possibly gained Malk as a tutor/evil accomplice sometime during said-early childhood and after Malk left Pixekai a broken smoldering mess behind him; refurnishing a bunker in FT into a secret lab/research facility to study the properties of Nexomon and possibly laying the groundworks to the resurrection plan (and Metta becoming an master technician as well).

-Some time after Glacia gets appointed as Overseer, she's the only one who was made aware that the Champions (ie. the Omnicron fam) are not human, and even says aloud about these super-powered monsters bickering like children over who gets to fight the MC and stop them reaching Omnicron's Tower. Glacia later throws herself into the Netherworld and corrals the Wardens to her side in a attempt to "save" Metta from the clutches of death, release Omnicron in his stead, and make him become the real NexoLord instead of MC...To be clear, Metta wasn’t dead, and he was still alive two weeks before the Netherworld story and no one figured it out!

-Metta might of had another name before defeating Nexolord Remus and gaining the title as his namesake (or just opted to call himself Nexolord until he got the clout to go with it), which is somewhat fair since he finally got the experience of being an only child for the time being.

-While Metta was also shown to have sacrificed himself to finally revive Omnicron, the Netherworld DLC only shows the element-based siblings (Fona, Arqua, Ventra, Luxa, Grunda) stuck in Nightmares with their own Wardens and MC getting stuck with Ziegler after the really weird implication that MC released Omnicron on accident in that two week time span (even if it’s never shown or explained). Not to mention a “joke” headstone later found in Extinction that makes you double-guess if he even died in the first place…

-And while it's not explicitly mentioned, but Metta might've put together the Overseers to reflect his terrible opinions of his siblings, the same goes for him riding the high of being a leader and roping said-siblings into pretending to be humans until everything comes together. As for the Overseers: Ivan and Ira could relate to Fenrir/Fona, Remus with Nadine/Ventra, Hendrick with Merida/Arqua, Spencer with Zetta/Luxa, Khan with Deena/Nara, and Jack with Ulrich/Grunda. To me, Hilda would've been scouted to become an Overseer due to her psychic abilities, but quickly defected to save humanity in her own way (ie. turning them into spirits/ghosts). Glacia would definitely be considered Metta's (most true and loyal) Overseer cause of said cold-heartedness but also being one of the few humans besides Malk who understand his true motives and wholeheartedly accepts his plan on reviving Omnicron.

And now for the headcanons! >:D -Metta would've had an incredibly hard time adjusting to, or even stooping down to, creating a disguise for himself despite his hatred for humanity; same would possibly go with him learning to write and/or read for himself instead of staying in hiding for all eternity. Also in contrast to the rest of the Omnicron fam using their powers or a surplus of energy to create a human form, Metta is just a walking human-shaped balloon and his head is the only solid part of his body (even his eyes are the same color as his main Nexomon body. Glass/prism eyes perhaps?). It might also solidify Juliet's vampire theory if he didn't take the time or effort to fake natural body heat, or having absolutely nothing to do with physical contact ever despite living in the tundra; and maybe his unnatural features were made to make himself as intimidating as possible (in complete contrast to his cringe ass bowling-ball self).

-Metta's ahoge (the blue streak of hair) might work like a pull-tab to "unravel" his disguise and reveal his Nexomon form underneath (almost like a candy wrapper). It could've spread as a rumor between the grunts (or by Zetta to tease him), but zero people would even have the balls to do it in the first place for obvious reasons.

-While Metta would despise every human who ever breathes in his general direction, he might have a reasonable amount of respect to scientists/inventors (possibly from Malk and the Pixekai Project) and any tamers with exceptional skill and strength (Remus, Hilda, Khan, and Glacia), even if it's only to use them for ulterior motives. Definitely betting that he even trusted Glacia enough to go on multiple rants about his siblings; either about how much he hates them, their naivety of the human race, or how these uber-powerful descendants of Omnicron got killed by a single human in the first place (ie. Ulzar). And yes, given how smarmy and egotistical Glacia acts around others, it's canon in my heart.

-Metta might also enjoy food and literature but doesn't have the dignity to admit it due to said-hatred for humans. Might also be the reason why he put Hendrick in as a secret Overseer in Palmaya, both for his persuasion/mind games in recruiting more goons and his killer skills in cooking; discretely trying to recreate his recipes by the letter (or holding onto a recipe book or two) for self-validation in making something on his own.

-Speaking of the power of creation, Metta possibly made the Abyssal Tyrants as a side project along his initial Omnicron revival plan. I mean, he spent a million+ years to bring his dad back to life, but it's important to know in Extinction that the Abyssals appeared right after Omnicron's super-death. So who's to say that Metta also created his own line of Nexomon that follow his every command (or to scratch that itch of being King of Monsters himself)? From causing general mayhem (Braccus & Helevolk), picking off the weaker tamers hunting them (Inominox), willingly become cannon fodder (Pluvean), become scouts (Volcel & Caelesa) avoid human contact entirely (Rotramus), or make sure to kill two extremely specific psychics (Venefelis & Kroma); they follow the general scheme being as elusive and as unpredictable as possible just like their (possible) creator.

-And yes, I wholeheartedly believe that Metta created Byeol (possibly around the same time as Caelesa), either on complete accident or to hop on the Tyrant bandwagon in Nexomon Extinction. Whether it reflects his desires to always stay on top ("the star of the show") or the visual representation of jealousy over his new niece/nephew Solus taking Omnicron's throne instead of himself, who knows? Also personally believe that Byeol, ironically enough, wants to become human, possibly watching tamers from afar or putting themselves into battles as a form of "playing" to try and learn their behavior and skills. And I know I made another rant about it, but I’m pretty sure Byeol also has the ability to enter or manipulate dreams (either to look into a person’s mind or just mess with them for fun). Why else would a Normal-type Tyrant have a good chunk of Psychic-type moves at its disposal as well? Just some food for thought here…

Anywho, now that that’s out of the way, I hope you enjoyed this laundry list of fun! :D