Monster Strike

Monster Strike is an Action RPG game developed and published by mixi, Inc for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released exclusively in Japan on December 17, 2015. The player battles waves of monsters to collect them, fuse them, and evolve them and earn gold and other items through gameplay to get stronger monsters and build a list of friends with monsters to use as well. What sets it apart is that rather than being a tile-matching video game.

The player aims and flicks their monsters around on a field, similar to billiards/pool, bumping off of walls and enemies to perform damage. Quests in the game are divided into Solo and Co-Op and then Normal and Event. Event Quests are only available for limited periods of time and often feature rare monsters that are powerful or that can be used in the Ascension of other monsters. Completing the levels of a quest awards the player monsters, catalysts, and coins.

In Normal Quests, for completing the penultimate level in the quest, players are awarded a rare catalyst and for completing the final level, they are awarded an Orb as well as unlocking a Bonus Level featuring the experience-increasing or high-selling turtle monsters. Each monster has its own HP, Attack, and Speed statistics. The player’s three monsters’ HP and their friend or helper’s monsters’ HP are combined for a total HP. Attack determines how much damage the player’s monster does to enemy monsters and Speed determines how fast (how much distance) the monster travels in a single turn.

These values are increased by fusing monsters together to gain experience or using special stat-only increasing monsters. After raising a monster to its maximum level, the player can Evolve them through the use of Evolution Catalysts (“Evolution Items”). Players can also Ascend their monsters into even more powerful forms through the use of other monsters with specific Luck levels. Divination is a combination of the two evolutions, giving the monster a second tier to their Strike Shot and a second slot for an Ableberry.