<s>
Monster	B-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jewel	I-Application
Summoner	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Gaia	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Atlus	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
console	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
where	O
monsters	B-Application
and	O
human	O
beings	O
once	O
lived	O
in	O
harmony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
monsters	B-Application
were	O
hunted	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
were	O
eventually	O
imprisoned	O
in	O
devices	O
called	O
"	O
jewels	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
trapped	O
in	O
a	O
jewel	O
,	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
becomes	O
tame	O
and	O
servile	O
to	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
jewel	O
,	O
allowing	O
human	O
warriors	O
,	O
called	O
Jewel	O
Summoners	O
,	O
to	O
use	O
them	O
in	O
combat	O
against	O
other	O
monsters	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
quest	O
for	O
vengeance	O
of	O
one	O
such	O
warrior	O
,	O
Vice	O
,	O
whose	O
mother	O
died	O
at	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
monster-collection	O
theme	O
and	O
turn-based	O
gameplay	O
was	O
often	O
compared	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Pokémon	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	O
dungeons	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
movement	O
will	O
activate	O
random	O
battles	O
against	O
wild	O
monsters	B-Application
;	O
battles	O
are	O
represented	O
in	O
a	O
split-screen	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
have	O
a	O
party	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
member	O
has	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
three	O
monsters	B-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
summoned	O
from	O
storage	O
receptacles	O
,	O
called	O
jewels	O
,	O
to	O
fight	O
against	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battles	O
are	O
turn-based	O
and	O
each	O
monster	B-Application
has	O
access	O
to	O
several	O
attacks	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
execute	O
each	O
turn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monsters	B-Application
do	O
not	O
have	O
individual	O
health	O
bars	O
;	O
their	O
controlling	O
character	O
's	O
health	O
is	O
used	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemy	O
monsters	B-Application
can	O
be	O
recruited	O
by	O
weakening	O
them	O
in	O
battle	O
and	O
then	O
capturing	O
them	O
within	O
a	O
jewel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
over	O
100	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
monster	B-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
possesses	O
traits	O
in	O
the	O
forms	O
of	O
"	O
elements	O
"	O
that	O
dictate	O
its	O
strengths	O
and	O
weaknesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
element	O
system	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
"	O
rock-paper-scissors	O
"	O
;	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
water-elemental	O
monsters	B-Application
have	O
an	O
advantage	O
over	O
fire-based	O
monsters	B-Application
,	O
and	O
fire-based	O
monsters	B-Application
have	O
an	O
advantage	O
over	O
ice-based	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
monster	B-Application
can	O
only	O
be	O
captured	O
within	O
a	O
jewel	O
that	O
represents	O
the	O
same	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monsters	B-Application
earn	O
experience	O
in	O
battle	O
and	O
subsequently	O
level	O
up	O
,	O
learn	O
new	O
abilities	O
,	O
and	O
evolve	O
into	O
different	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jewel	O
Summoners	O
can	O
also	O
influence	O
their	O
monsters	B-Application
 '	O
growth	O
by	O
fusing	O
them	O
with	O
specially	O
refined	O
items	O
and	O
pieces	O
of	O
quartz	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
by	O
increasing	O
their	O
stats	O
with	O
"	O
Ability	O
Points	O
"	O
earned	O
in	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
combat	O
,	O
each	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
can	O
bring	O
out	O
one	O
monster	B-Application
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
turn	O
,	O
each	O
monster	B-Application
(	O
both	O
enemy	O
and	O
ally	O
)	O
can	O
activate	O
one	O
attack	O
or	O
elemental	O
ability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
monster	B-Application
initially	O
has	O
four	O
slots	O
available	O
for	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monsters	B-Application
can	O
quickly	O
learn	O
abilities	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
element	O
type	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
pick	O
up	O
abilities	O
from	O
other	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
an	O
ability	O
requires	O
the	O
expenditure	O
of	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
's	O
"	O
Jewel	O
Points	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
mana-like	B-Application
energy	O
of	O
which	O
each	O
creature	O
has	O
only	O
a	O
finite	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
's	O
Jewel	O
Points	O
are	O
depleted	O
,	O
it	O
becomes	O
inaccessible	O
to	O
the	O
character	O
and	O
another	O
monster	B-Application
must	O
be	O
selected	O
to	O
fight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monsters	B-Application
can	O
return	O
to	O
battle	O
when	O
their	O
Jewel	O
Points	O
have	O
been	O
restored	O
at	O
a	O
save	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
has	O
two	O
options	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
's	O
"	O
ad-hoc	O
"	O
local	O
wireless	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
trade	O
monsters	B-Application
with	O
each	O
other	O
or	O
fight	O
1-on-1	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Long	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
,	O
monsters	B-Application
and	O
humans	O
coexisted	O
peacefully	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
a	O
mysterious	O
event	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Great	O
Disaster	O
"	O
occurred	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
monsters	B-Application
disappeared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occasionally	O
,	O
rogue	O
monsters	B-Application
called	O
Abominations	O
would	O
appear	O
and	O
attack	O
humans	O
indiscriminately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vice	O
's	O
mother	O
died	O
at	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
an	O
Abomination	O
named	O
Shina	O
years	O
before	O
,	O
and	O
Vice	O
has	O
been	O
searching	O
for	O
the	O
monster	B-Application
ever	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
she	O
died	O
,	O
Vice	O
's	O
mother	O
gave	O
him	O
a	O
jewel	O
containing	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
,	O
Schatten	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
subsequently	O
discovered	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
summon	O
and	O
control	O
Schatten	O
despite	O
not	O
having	O
been	O
trained	O
at	O
the	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
Academy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okada	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
co-creators	O
of	O
the	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
role-playing	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
MegaTen	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okada	O
continued	O
the	O
game	O
mechanic	O
of	O
collecting	O
and	O
raising	O
creatures	O
in	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
,	O
altered	O
from	O
MegaTen	O
's	O
concept	O
of	O
"	O
nakama	O
"	O
:	O
player-controlled	O
,	O
friendly	O
demons	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Gaia	O
was	O
formed	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
studio	O
learned	O
that	O
Sony	O
was	O
interested	O
in	O
finding	O
developers	O
for	O
its	O
upcoming	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaia	O
developed	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
visuals	O
tailored	O
to	O
its	O
screen	O
and	O
a	O
creature	O
development	O
system	O
that	O
would	O
utilize	O
the	O
console	B-Device
's	O
internal	O
clock	O
to	O
continually	O
train	O
monsters	B-Application
,	O
even	O
when	O
the	O
unit	O
was	O
not	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
borrowed	O
several	O
aspects	O
from	O
Okada	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
's	O
concept	O
of	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
important	O
design	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
its	O
"	O
rensei	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
monster	B-Application
training	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
staple	O
of	O
Okada	O
's	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okada	O
has	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Monster	B-Application
Kingdom	O
games	O
;	O
its	O
title	O
was	O
even	O
created	O
with	O
this	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Folklore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
PlayStation	O
3	O
game	O
with	O
similarities	O
to	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
;	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Republic	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sony	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaia	O
assisted	O
Game	O
Republic	O
with	O
Folklore	B-Application
's	O
monster-creation	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
original	O
title	O
was	O
Monster	B-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
:	I-Application
Unknown	I-Application
Realms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
Gaia	O
game	O
,	O
Coded	B-Application
Soul	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
also	O
has	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
Jewel	O
Summoner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
gameplay	O
format	O
,	O
especially	O
the	O
premise	O
of	O
monster	B-Application
collecting	O
,	O
elicited	O
frequent	O
comparisons	O
to	O
Pokémon	O
,	O
a	O
long-running	O
Nintendo	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
of	O
improving	O
monsters	B-Application
was	O
described	O
by	O
GameSpot	O
as	O
too	O
long	O
and	O
needlessly	O
complicated	O
,	O
and	O
IGN	O
declared	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
even	O
worth	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
audio	O
was	O
generally	O
positive	O
,	O
with	O
IGN	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
music	O
as	O
"	O
top-notch	O
"	O
and	O
GamesRadar	O
commenting	O
"	O
The	O
tunes	O
are	O
varied	O
,	O
catchy	O
,	O
match	O
the	O
settings	O
,	O
and	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
's	O
sound	O
system.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
X-Play	O
said	O
"	O
The	O
monsters	B-Application
 [ sic ] 	O
designs	O
here	O
are	O
creative	O
,	O
detailed	O
takes	O
on	O
all	O
kinds	O
of	O
different	O
well-known	O
fantasy	O
archetypes.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameZone	O
's	O
reviewer	O
said	O
"	O
The	O
monster	B-Application
details	O
are	O
very	O
good	O
,	O
as	O
is	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
artwork	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
IGN	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
Each	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
also	O
gets	O
nice	O
,	O
crisp	O
art	O
for	O
the	O
conversational	O
scenes.	O
"	O
</s>
