Yarimono

Yarimono is a cute scifi adventure game that has players collecting monsters and training them to fight. There are over 150 unique monsters in the game, which players can find and collect with the goal of becoming a champion. As an added bonus to the game, your character’s partner has a unique move called, “Cheat Tackle” which allows them to one-shot any other opponent. On “easy” mode, there are no limits to how often this can be used. The game does a great job of guiding players through an initial tutorial. The tutorial both gets the story started and teaches players the basic of battling Yorimon. Although cheat tackle is available, players who want more of a challenge can simply choose not to.

Spicy Patch Available

The game as offered on Steam is fairly innocent. As players meet new trainers the most anyone will see are some suggestively dressed characters. There’s hints that more could happen, but nothing goes forward because the Steam version is completely safe for work. There’s a patch available that offers hentai artwork instead of merely stopping at some suggestive outfits.

This allows erotic scenes between the players and other trainers, but as of yet no interactions between players and their monsters. Without the patch, Yorimono largely amounts to a Pokemon remake with some serious storyline twists.

Surprisingly Good Storyline

With its cute pixel art and fairly simple gameplay, Yarimono looks like an almost boring game at first. Yet the story manages to carry the story forward. Yarimono opens with a legend about a sleeping white god who may one day bring “The Salvation of Light” to humanity.

The main character starts off unable to use his starlink, a coin used to control and communicate with Yarimon. Despite this, a yarimon climbs into his basement and chooses him. Together they defeat their childhood friend and agree to go on a trainer’s journey with her. This somehow lights up their starlink. The story develops from there, of an underdog character who was never able to win a single battle, to a capable fighter. What would otherwise be a normal storyline takes sudden, very serious twists through the dreams that appear as the story progresses.

The dreams can have some very disturbing elements, and really make you think. Without offering major spoilers, these dreams are what make the story so intriguing.

Rating: 9/10

Yarimono is a fantastic game for those who like games similar to Pokemon or Digimon. It’s one of those few rare games that have both a not safe for work option and a clean version as well. Even without the hentai patch, the game has an intriguing story and fun battling system.

Pros:

• Optional hentai patch
• Great storyline
• Cute graphics

Cons:

• Fairly short game

Yarimono is an erotic RPG adventure that is a parody of the Pokemon series of games. Embark on an open world adventure and get into all sorts of adventures with your pocket monsters. Where will the road take you and how strange will your route be? Get for wins not only new monsters in your collection, but also the hearts of girls.

Pros of the game:

• Fight in full-fledged turn-based battles
• Animated erotic scenes