EvoMon Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published August 21, 2024 · Updated August 20, 2024

EvoMon Review, Here they are – EvoMons – extraordinary creatures. Prepare them to become true EvoMon Champions! Take care of their needs, feed and train them while watching how a tiny, vulnerable baby evolves into a fearless warrior. Feed your friend with a variety of treats, keep it clean, and provide the necessary care tools from the store. Make sure all needs are taken care of because otherwise, your precious creature will stop growing and you will look after a baby forever.

EvoMon Review Pros:

Decent pixel art graphics.
167MB download size.
Still art cutscenes with pixel art character portrait interactions.
At the start of the game, you choose 1 egg from 3.
Pokémon style gameplay.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Pokémon-inspired.
You look after your EvoMon a lot like a Tamagotchi, you have to feed, play, battle, and generally look after your EvoMon.
The trainer (you) has their own room and you can edit your layout here, look at game stats, and check what EvoMon you have.
Aside from your farm, you can go to six other locations in the world – Evo Square, fishing, Evo shop, Evo lab, Expedition, and the Arena.
In the fishing spot, you can evolve your EvoMon, earn Evo coins, and feed your EvoMon with the caught fish.
Food is a big thing as you need to stockpile it on your farm so your EvoMon can eat and survive.
If an EvoMon hits zero health it gets frozen and can be bought back later.
Fishing min game is a case of pressing the button to stop the marker for casting and then you play a rhythm action type game for hooking them and then you have this keep the fish in the box whilst your bar fills mini-game to finally capture it.
As said fish can be put into your farm or sold. Caught fish will show basic stats of the fish and its value as all fish are different and there is high-value rare fish.
The Evo shop is where you spend Evo coins on items and new eggs to hatch more EvoMon.
Evo Square is where you can talk with locals, get optional side quests, and find out hints and tips.
The fishing is presented as a Cutesy pixel art diorama.
Play how you want.
Eight mini-games on the farm for you to play with your EvoMon. Each game has its own little instructional video clip to help.
Earn coins, exp, and medals for the mini-games.
Perfect fit for the handheld.
Eventually, you have to buy tools to help look after your EvoMon and do tasks like cleaning poop away.
A great little package of mini-games and endless replayability EvoMon farming.
Your EvoMon evolves as you fill up their exp bar.
In the arena you fight a series of trainers and all fighting is done via mini-games. You can earn coins, exp, and medals in the arena.
The expedition mode is where you go around this little 8-bit map using energy as you move. Break down barriers and collect coins and eggs in the world, there are also cool fun Shmup-style boss fights.
The Evo lab lets you freeze, combine, hatch, and create new EvoMon using discovered DNA.
The game autosaves constantly.

EvoMon Review Cons:

You cannot remap the controls.
No game options.
Doesn’t have voice work.
It’s not a full-screen game.
No art or border options.
The fishing has many games within it which feel a bit much.
No accessibility options like Colourblind or ways for you to customize how the fishing works.
Sometimes it’s hard to see where I am on the menu and if the menu accepts my button presses.
There is a lot of grinding for food and EXP especially as your EvoMon grows.
The fishing can get a bit stale after a few hours of play.
No way to customize your character or EvoMon.

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