Welcome to Cassette Beasts - Roundup #2

Tom and Jay here again to welcome to our second roundup blog! Let's say hello to some new monsters and get a little more familiar with the systems in Cassette Beasts!
First, let's look at the element system in Cassette Beasts. How does it work? What is the Chemistry System? And how does fusion play into it? Let's find out!

Elements

Every monster in Cassette Beasts has an elemental type. These represent the monster's nature and can be seen next to the health bar on the battle screen. What are the elements in Cassette Beasts, then? let's take a look at the list!
Beast
Fire
Ice
Lightning
Plant
Air
Water
Earth
Poison
Metal
Plastic
Astral
Glass
Glitter So we've looked at the elemental types - but what does it all mean?

Chemistry

So how do these elements interact with each other? Well, the chemistry system allows these elements to create reactions that can be positive, negative or neutral! Here is an example of the air-type Cluckabilly attacking the fire-type Velocirifile.
If hit with an air-type attack from Cluckabilly then Velocirifle will be Extinguished, a reaction that lowers its melee and ranged attack power. The attack won't do extra damage, but it will negatively affect Velocirifle's ability to deal damage! What about the reverse, then?
This reaction is Updraft, causing Cluckabilly to receive an Air Wall status, which absorbs up to 3 incoming hits. Pretty useful, huh? You can utilise many reactions in battle to give yourself the edge.

Cluckabilly #100

Cluckabillies are defined by their antisocial attitudes. The force of their angry caws can be strong enough to create shockwaves. Whilst they may look unthreatening in their adolescent forms, it is said that they are capable of growing into something much more dangerous. They are well-rounded in battle, but their razor sharp blade tails give them a slight edge as melee fighters.

Velocirifle #042

The base of its skull has chambers full of gunpowder that it can use to cause explosions. It can fire objects out of its face this way, as well as quick blasts of fire and flame! Whilst weak in melee combat, it excels as a ranged attacker.

Fusion

So how does fusion work with this element system? Well, a monster's fusion form inherits both elements from the two monsters that combine to form it!
How terrifying! So when Mascotbilly attacks an enemy with a move that doesn't have an elemental type of its own, it'll use both elements that Mascotbilly has. Against Velocirifle it triggers both the Smoke reaction (which increases the target's evasion) on account of the plastic-type, but also the Extinguished reaction we explained earlier.
So whilst Velocirifle took multiple debuffs, it also gained one buff from the attack. Interesting, huh? Some fusions must create some very interesting reactions...

Mascotoy

Mascotoy proves that plastic-type beasts arent all fun and games. Once some sort of character costume, the Mascotoy is now closer to a shambling corpse. Whilst its slow, you wouldnt want to be on the pointy end of its oversized claw. Perhaps if one were to record it, however, this unnerving entity would make for a formidable form to take in battle.

Bootlegs

Ocassionally, in Cassette Beasts, you'll stumble upon an odd-coloured monster in the world.
Hey wait, is that Squirey... green? This Squirey here is usually beast-type, yet it's appeared here with the wrong colour and element! This is a "bootleg" - signified by its name in red above its health bar. This is different from a monster using a coating move to change its element, which can be done in battle as a temporary element swapping. Any monster has a small chance to appear with any element as bootleg.
The colour even matches its new element! Bootleg monsters don't just have different elements - they also have a new move pool to match. This means a monster may have access to a whole selection of moves they wouldn't normally have. On top of this, bootleg tapes have a slightly higher chance to learn moves with uncommon or rare bonus traits.
Squirey cannot usually learn Woodcutter, but this plant-type bootleg tape form can!

Next Time

Thank you for taking the time to read our quick roundup of some of the features and systems in Cassette Beasts. To see more in detail, you can view the individual posts below. If you want to ask any questions, feel free to visit the official Discord and follow us on Twitter!

• Cassette Beasts Blog #5 - Monster Showcase
• Cassette Beasts Blog #6 - Elements, Chemistry & Fusion
• Cassette Beasts Blog #7 - Bootleg
• Blog #4: Show your Moves!