DeNA reveals its Pokémon-like Monster Builder mobile game

We’re getting a pair of new Pokémon games for the 3DS later this year, but DeNA is hoping you’ll give its take on that genre a try on your smartphone instead.

The publisher is announcing today that its Monster Builder game is coming to Android devices this month, with an iOS version at a later date. This new series from DeNA and developer Nurijoy will have fans collecting and battling creatures in a role-playing-game setting. Collecting and battling with creatures is a mechanic that has helped Pokémon win an audience for decades and turned Puzzle & Dragons into a billion-dollar success. DeNA is attempting to capture some of that success to help it claim a piece of the $36.9 billion mobile-gaming industry for itself.