{"id":1740,"date":"2025-09-08T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:15:55","slug":"hades-meets-pokemon-in-this-new-handheld-creature-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/hades-meets-pokemon-in-this-new-handheld-creature-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"Hades meets Pok\u00e9mon in this new handheld creature collector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indie game developer Crazy Goat Games has announced Path to Tamer Town, a procedural, roguelite creature collector with echoes of Pok\u00e9mon. It\u2019s slated for release on the Nintendo Switch 2, Steam, and other consoles in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of games like Pok\u00e9mon out there, but a lot of them remain stuck on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox, and never make the leap to handheld. That\u2019s where Path to Tamer Town differs, as its developer clearly states that it\u2019s headed to the Nintendo Switch 2 as soon as it\u2019s out of early access. The monster-taming adventure sees you travel from town to town, earning badges and catching Mokitons as you go, preparing you for the final fight at the end. The procedurally-generated routes provide extra replayability, drawing inspiration from Hades, one of the best roguelike games in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Path to Tamer Town is a standalone prequel to Crazy Goat Games\u2019 other upcoming title, Tamer Town. This game also features Mokitons, but is much closer to a city builder game than an RPG or roguelike. Your aim is to make a thriving city that lets Mokitons and humans live side by side peacefully, while also fostering the competitive spirit of battling.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on Pocket Tactics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/path-to-tamer-town\/guide\">Hades meets Pok\u00e9mon in this new handheld creature collector<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie game developer Crazy Goat Games has announced Path to Tamer Town, a procedural, roguelite creature collector with echoes of Pok\u00e9mon. It\u2019s slated for release on the Nintendo Switch 2, Steam, and other consoles in 2026. There are plenty of games like Pok\u00e9mon out there, but a lot of them remain stuck on PC, PlayStation,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1741,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions\/1741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}