One of the most popular mechanics in games is the
collection of various different objects. This becomes even more interesting
when these objects are living creatures. More often than not when a game
contains its own ecosystem of unique species of creatures, there will be incentives
to collect them, see pokemon, or a system designed around discovering as many
species as possible, as made evident by the game's collection screen where you
can browse creatures you have beaten, seen collected etc, see pikmin, cubivore, elebits or again
pokemon. These games are often targeted to children as they help sell more toys
like trading cards, skylanders and amiibos. Our love of the unique living
creatures may explain our love of animals why we have favorites. Even adults
have created encyclopedias of every species of animal in a certain group or
location, but is this because we view them as objects or because they are so
far from being just objects.
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