Aniimo. Ultimate Creature Catcher

Aniimo is a creature catcher adventure game developed and published by ‘Pawprint Studio‘. Aniimo is said to be coming out late 2026 on the Xbox Series X/S and PC. In the future Aniimo will be on the Xbox Helix. Another Xbox exclusive. The date 31st of December has been thrown around but the plans can change. X35 Earthwalker is definitely hyped for this game and awaits its arrival. Aniimo is definitely looking different from everything else. Let’s take a look.

Aniimo is another creature catcher game. A next generation action role playing game (ARPG). We can clearly see that. the action in Aniimo takes place on a continent called Idyll. This place is large and described as “expansive”. Expect loads of areas to explore, traverse and get busy in. Idyll has puzzles, battles, characters and creatures. Players will need to get exploring and see for themselves. Have their own adventure.  

Just by looking at Aniimo you can tell it was next gen. Simply by how good the game looks. The looks, designs and details easily puts Aniimo above pokemon and even Palworld. Aniimo is doing its own thing and standing out. The main stars are the Aniimo themselves and they look awesome. Look at Scorchhowl. This thing looks cool, strong and fast. It then has multiple forms. Normal, prismana and thunderstorm. Thunderstorm adds an additional type to Scrochhowl making it fire and lightning. Then you got cute little guys like Nimbi who’s basically a fluffy sheep. If it puffs up to the max, it can actually float into the air and look like a cloud. The ultimate sheep! Nimbi is a wind type but in the rainstorm form it becomes wind and lighting. So cool.

A unique feature of Aniimo is that you can “twine” with your Aniimo. So basically you become the Aniimo and experience things through their eyes/senses. This is very cool and easily reminds us of another game that has something similar. Cassette Beasts. In Cassette Beasts you literally become the creature you recorded. So this is familiar to X35 Earthwalker but Aniimo has the 3D world so this will be a different experience. The combat isn’t turn based but real time like Palworld. Meaning the players knowledge of the Aniimo, decisions and reflexes do matter a lot. Maybe even the use of the environment. So much to think about.

We will say this now as we have said on the X35 Earthwalker podcast channel. Animo will be a Xbox exclusive as it will be on Xbox and PC. Hopefully they stay that way. The biggest mistake that Palword made was going to playstation. the moment they went to playstation all momentum they had just disappeared. they stopped even celebrating their numbers as the growth from playstation was basically zero. If Aniimo does wonderfully well on xbox, which it will, then it needs to think carefully before deciding to be multiplatform.

There’s so far a good level of diversity in the environments. ‘Sea of flowers’ is like the fantasy lovely flowery hills where you are suppose to skip, run and jump. Peaceful looking. ‘Echoback Landing’ is coastal area with pink barrier reef like designs and there’s even a giant remains of a massive creature. Forest of Falling stars is a forest… what did you expect? Hollowed out logs to climb through. Blitzwood, Nimbus fields and Mistwood. Get to it. 

We checked out some Aniimo gameplay and it’s what we expected. The combat is fast paced and real time. Like Palworld you can get involved in the combat also, truly making it a team work. Some Aniimos can evolve and obvious become better, stronger etc. If you spend time and train your Aniimo you can actually stories. So there’s more purpose to catch them all. There is a variety of biomes to visit and explore which also means different Aniimos. Find treasure, wade through streams and more. There’s even basically a city in the sky. Just have fun.

Overall Aniimo is looking like a fantastic game. Graphics are fantastic, animations are fantastic as well. The details like the fluffiness of Nimbi wool are top tier. The world is looking real interesting. There’s even an RV for players and they can use it to return to the homeland and decorate their abode. Make it unique to them. There’s a lot going on. The battles are quite epic and you know things will get more deep. Now, will there be any sexy or attractive creatures like Lovander? Or will the whole thing be friendly disney land type. The developers ‘Pawprint Studio’ have done a fantastic job so far. We at X35 Earthwalker are definitely looking forward to this game. Playing it guaranteed. Now Aniimo may have the best looking creatures but they aren’t as good looking as… the ‘Earth Walk!’