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[Leonon]

Minecraft has Mo' Creatures which allows horse and dolphin breeding that's like a very light version of Dragon Quest Monsters or Shin Megami Tensei with some randomness thrown in for the horses.

Sims 3 has farming that's more complex than Animal Crossing's trees but simpler than Animal Crossing's flowers. The chess ranking in Sims 3 might play similarly to a monster raising game but I havn't tried it.

Fossil Fighters for the NDS has you dig up fossils and battle dinosaurs that you revive from said fossils.

[breadbocks]

Minecraft is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE stretch.

[BigD145]

Minecraft is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE stretch.

The mod is more of a breeding mini game.

[breadbocks]

Minecraft is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE stretch.

The mod is more of a breeding mini game.

Not even close. The only breeding is a mini-game inside of a mod. REEEEALY a stretch.  That would be like me adding a way to breed horses in Oblivion and expecting it to be added to the list.

[Neonivek]

Yeah...

When I said Princess Maker it was only because it was actually inspiration for many breeding games (in that it was dirrectly copied for games like Monster rancher and Gallop Racer)

But apperantly it was a mistake because now we are getting every game that has growing or breeding in it.

I mean... someone posted Pokemon... The definition of a game that pretends to be a breeding game.

Looking at the main page... animal crossing was listed making the list a farse.

[Peewee]

I mean... someone posted Pokemon... The definition of a game that pretends to be a breeding game.

You clearly aren't a hardcore pokemon fan. Many teams depend on breeding to get the right moves, since sometimes moves transfer from mother(?) to child.

[Neonivek]

I mean... someone posted Pokemon... The definition of a game that pretends to be a breeding game.

You clearly aren't a hardcore pokemon fan. Many teams depend on breeding to get the right moves, since sometimes moves transfer from mother(?) to child.

The Digimon series did the same... But I didn't put that up either. (Though the first would probably qualify for the list)

heck... Jade Cacoon did the same years before Pokemon even added that feature.

Disgaea, Makai Kingdom, and Phantom Brave also featured something similar.

It is too little.

The idea of combining two characters to get a better character using the traits of the first one does not a breeding/ranch game make. Pokemon seperates you from... actually raising the pokemon which is why it is just a collection based RPG.

[Moogie]

The list is supposed to accomodate any games of the type I was originally searching for. I only decided to expand it so it would be a bit more useful for anyone else searching for similar things. I understand that everyone has differing opinions on what would count for the list, so I'm happy to add games that have related features, even if they don't tick every box. Of course, this is subject to whether I personally think a mention is worth adding to the OP. But even if I don't, that doesn't stop people posting suggestions, and anyone hungry enough for these games will browse the other pages and see them anyway.

tldr: If you don't like my list, make your own.

[chaoticag]

Quick fix on the list, Dark Cloud 2's fishing minigame thing also had racing and battling, not just breeding. Spent so many hours on that.

[GlyphGryph]

You clearly aren't a hardcore pokemon fan. Many teams depend on breeding to get the right moves, since sometimes moves transfer from mother(?) to child.

Pokemon has no raising aspect though, except arguably in the form of EV training. And I consider actually raising the monsters/critters one of the three core aspects of the genre. And its breeding system is a joke, no matter how important it is to the game.

It's a collection game/RPG/Battling game.

Ranchers tend to be defined by Raising your critters, Breeding your critters, and some sort of organized competition (not just one off battles and races, but more structured stuff, and not JUST battles and racing either, since shows are an element sometimes).

[Bluerobin]

Brotip: DQM and DWM are the same thing. Just it was translated as warriors instead of quest at first, but they gave that up soon enough.

Yes and no. They are indeed part of the same universe/series of games and mean the same thing in Japan, but in the US (and probably other English localizations) the Dragon Warrior Monsters games are very different from the Dragon Quest Monsters games that were released outside of Japan. (Wikipedia explanation: LINK) It's kind of nitpicky, but I just wanted people to be sure that if they see the two games in English, they should expect them to be different games, not remakes.

[Moogie]

It seems odd that Azure Dreams would be there, but not Pokemon or the entirety of the SMT/Persona series.

Pokemon has always been there, but maybe it shouldn't be. Persona... I dunno, not really feeling that. I know they're very similar games, though.

I removed Animal Crossing. Having not played it myself, I was mostly going by anecdotal evidence and whatever wikipedia had to say about it.

I still stand by Harvest Moon deserving a spot, though, even if it's more of a farming game. It fulfills some of what I was originally looking for, and I will never willingly exclude such a classic.

[Neonivek]

Harvest moon includes actually taking care of a ranch/farm itself.

Rather then just having things growing and stuff on the side.

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Also I'd like to put "Digimon World" (the first and only the first) up for discussion on if it counts for the list.