History VideoGame / LilMonster

''Lil Monster'' is an obscure UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor EasternRPG, released in 1999. [[FollowTheLeader Inspired by]] ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', you make a monster beat up other monsters with a "deck" of attacks chosen at random, in the vein of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''.

* PetInterface: Moreso in the original than the sequel--the original had a full-on VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}-style interface with a real-time clock.

* StandardStatusEffects: Poison decreases your health slowly. Palsy prevents you from moving for a turn. Confusion is an InterfaceScrew.

While the US saw only ''Li'l Monster,'' Japan had two entries in the franchise--this game, known as ''Gem Gem Monster'' there, and a prequel called ''Kandume Monster.''

* FaceHeelTurn: In ''Kandume Monster,'' Cool Joe--the primary antagonist of the second game--is a fairly harmless ringleader who helps you earn points to buy new gems.

* BloodlessCarnage: Surprisingly, ''averted''.

* CuteMonsterGirl: The "Isar-" family.

* ExcusePlot: You aren't even trying ToBeAMaster, really. And what DO those [[MacGuffin GemChips]] have to do with anything?

* HyperactiveMetabolism

''Lil Monster'' is an obscure UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor {{RPG}}. [[FollowTheLeader Inspired by]] Pokemon, you make a monster beat up other monsters with a "deck" of attacks chosen at random, in the vein of VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork.

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%%* AWinnerIsYou

* DeathIsntPermanent: If your monster dies, you can just turn it into another one by using another gem.

* GuideDangIt: Many of the puzzles. Given that no complete strategy guide for this game seems to ''exist,'' even on the Internet, good luck! Many of the puzzles in this game involve using items in random places, though you'd never think of most of them--such as using the [=MiniCar=] in the first area of Mt. Coral to enter the [=MiniCar=] Grand Prix, or using the Battery in the second area of Aloe Lake to open the FishingMiniGame. There lack of [=NPCs=] to help you along doesn't help...
* HelloInsertNameHere: Weirdly enough, even though you give your character a name, most [=NPCs=] will only refer to your ''monster.''

''Lil Monster'' is an obscure GameBoyColor {{RPG}}. [[FollowTheLeader Inspired by]] Pokemon, you make a monster beat up other monsters with a "deck" of attacks chosen at random, in the vein of VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork.

* GiveMeYourInventoryItem

* LostForever: The Dowser and Dragonscale ability gems, and their associated monsters, Gyro and Argon. These two monsters are fought as bosses. However, the bosses will only appear once, and if you lose to them, they'll vanish. You'll never be able to get their ability gems.
** To make things even more annoying, due to a variant on {{Tech Tree}}s, failing to get Dowser will prevent you from getting the ''extremely'' useful Minhand, which doubles your attack.
* MiniGame
** BettingMiniGame: Gemrock.

* NoExportForYou: The original game, ''Kandume Monster,'' never made it to the US.

* PowerCrystal

* SequelFirst: The US-released ''Li'l Monster'' is actually a sequel to a Japan-only game called ''Kandume Monster.''

* UndergroundMonkey: Because you can fight almost any monster anywhere, you can have some pretty weird matchups in different places--such as fighting the dolphin-like Cupee in the Tan Desert...
* VideogameSettings:
** DeathMountain: Mt. Coral
** FirstTown (And ''only'' town): Olive Town
** GreenHillZone: Tan Field
** TheLostWoods: Pop Forest, and the more sinister Spiral Wood in the endgame.
** ShiftingSandLand: Pin Desert

* AWinnerIsYou

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* PetInterface: Moreso in the original than the sequel--the original had a full-on {{Tamagotchi}}-style interface with a real-time clock.

* QuadDamage: The Minhand gem, which doubles you attack, and the [=HiSpeed=] gem, which does the same for your speed.

* SkippableBoss: You don't have to beat Gyro or Argon at all to advance the plot! But if you loose, you'll loose a pair of unique gems.

* UselessUsefulSpell: The Reflect gem. Although it's a powerful CounterAttack that will deal any damage dealt to you back at your enemy, there are several gems which it ''doesn't'' affect... two of which are the second-most-powerful gems in the game, and are found in the arsenals of most of the strongest enemies. However, it can be NotSoUseless against enemies that like to spam you with the ''most'' powerful gem, Meteor Drop.

''Lil Monster'' is an obscure GameBoyColor {{RPG}}. [[FollowTheLeader Inspired by]] Pokemon, you make a monster beat up other monsters with a "deck" of attacks chosen at random, in the vein of MegaManBattleNetwork.

* AWinnerIsYou
* WorldMap

* BossDissonance