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Cassette Beasts owes much of its DNA to the Pokemon series, even as it does many things that stand on their own as genuinely innovative. Even all that Pokemon-like content has twists - take choosing a starter, for instance, which occurs when you answer your preference for one adjective or another, rather than after you get to see who you'll be picking.
It's a little weird, but that's just how Cassette Beasts rolls. The choice will have a huge impact on your playthrough, especially early on, so we'll introduce you to the results of both answers, and you can decide for yourself the identity of your new best friend.
What's Your Aesthetic: Sweet Or Spooky?
Such a simple query from your new pal, Kayleigh, and yet your answer dictates the starter monster you'll receive in Cassette Beasts. Wow. Choose 'sweet' and you'll receive Candevil; 'spooky' nets you Bansheep. This is no Grass/Fire/Water dilemma - both are Beast-type, though they each have multiple evolutionary paths that extend into other elemental types.
Choosing Candevil
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HP |
Melee Attack |
Melee Defense |
Ranged Attack |
Ranged Defense |
Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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115 |
110 |
100 |
110 |
105 |
100 |
Say you prefer 'sweet', and Kayleigh hooks you up with Candevil. Candevil is more of a ranged attacker, learning Bon Bon Blast with a Ranged Attack of 70 after gaining its first star. (Think of stars like you'd think of levels in most RPGs.) It does learn Bite, a Melee Attack, at three stars. Furthermore, it's got the Poison-type Taunt at five.
Candevil can remaster into either the Poison-type Malchemy or Metal-type Vendemon. Malchemy, in turn, remasters into Miasmodeus, with a very high Ranged Attack and impressive Speed; Vendemon becomes Gumbaal, who has excellent Melee Defense and Ranged Defense at the cost of a somewhat less impressive offensive output.
If you want Malchemy, choose the 'alchemy' branch during the remaster process. If you'd rather befriend Vendemon, choose 'machinery' instead.
Choosing Bansheep
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HP |
Melee Attack |
Melee Defense |
Ranged Attack |
Ranged Defense |
Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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115 |
110 |
105 |
110 |
100 |
100 |
Tell Kayleigh your preference is for 'spooky' and Bansheep is yours. Compared with Candevil, Bansheep is more of a melee attacker. It learns Battering Ram at its first star with a Melee Attack of 70. Like Candevil, it learns Bite at three stars.
Bansheep will remaster into either the Earth-type Zombleat or Astral-type Wooltergeist. Zombleat's evolution is Capricorpse, a capable tank with sky-high defenses. Wooltergeist's remaster Ramtasm has somewhat low Melee Defense and Ranged Defense, but great Ranged Attack and Speed, as well as impeccable Melee Attack.
For Zombleat, answer the question the game asks you during the remaster process with 'return to the earth'. For Wooltergeist, say 'ascend to the heavens'.
How To Get The Cassette Beasts Starter You Didn't Pick
Don't worry! Your choice at the start of the game doesn't lock you out of acquiring the other starter, but - predictably - it will be a very long time before you can make that happen. It isn't until the post-game segment that the other starter can be acquired, so you'll need to have defeated all eight Archangels, beaten all 12 Ranger Captains, and gone on from there to see the grand finale.
After rebattling the Ranger Captains, Wilma will sell the tape you missed, so you can purchase your way to either a Candevil or Bansheep, depending on who you snagged all those hours ago.