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Actually according to an interview with Magikarp Jump's developers, they almost chose Metapod. And yeah they even joke it might have become Metapod Harden.
>――コイキングの案は、皆さんで相談して決められたんですか？
>塚田：そうですね、3人で話して決めました。3人で作るので、リソースが限られていたので、1つに絞ってフィーチャーした場合にどんな案があるんだろうかということで、トランセルとかコイキングとかが出てきて、それでコイキング良いよね！って感じで決まりましたね。
>中畑：ピカチュウ、イーブイと来て、次にトランセルとコイキングでした。もしかしたらトランセルのゲームになっていたかもしれません。
>一同：（笑）
>村田：ひたすら硬くなるゲームですね！（笑）
Then the developers found a popular mobile game in Japan called Survive! Mola mola!.
>――それはそれで気になりますね～（笑）。 SELECT BUTTONさんがコイキングのアプリを作るということを聞いた時、私も『生きろ！マンボウ！』を遊んでいたので、このアプリを作った方がコイキングのゲームを作ったら絶対に面白いものになるだろうなというイメージがあったので、とても楽しみでした。
Summary on Google Play:
>The "closest animal to heaven" has arrived!! Take care of your mola! Brand-new nurturing game where "death=pleasure"
>Molas are pretty distinct with a large and oddly-shaped body. However, they are actually very delicate. The smallest thing can make them die (´・ω・`)
>【Cause of death】
>Dive into the deep-end too quickly
>→Wow, the water is so cold!
>→Death
>Sun bathing
>→When I woke up, I was on land
>→Death
>Jump to kill a parasites riding on the body
>→Fell and struck the water!
>→Death
>Don't let your mola die. Grow your mola to the world's biggest 2.5t class!
Sounds familiar? That's what inspired them to make Magikarp Jump instead of Metapod Harden.
~~Wait... Why not Alomomola instead?~~
Edit: Actually the developers of Magikarp Jump are from the same company (SELECT BUTTON) that made Survive! Mola Mola. ~~That doesn't count as a ripoff then.~~
>＜株式会社SELECT BUTTON＞
>・中畑 虎也（なかはた こうや）さん：ゲームデザイン担当
>・塚田 拓実（つかだ たくみ）さん：グラフィック担当
>・宮川 佳祐（みやがわ けいすけ）さん：プログラム担当
a parody of "survive! mola mola" wherein you create an army of demons, but you have to find all the potential ways doomguy can brutally murder the army
fund it
No idea yet, but could easily be a skin on top of one of the devs games. Much like Pokemon Go was a skin on top of Ingress.
I thoroughly enjoyed the game Survive! Mola Mola! The goal was to grow your sunfish to legendary sizes, while it flirted with death from any small reason like getting scared or getting too much sun.
It's amazing they can get that big, considering how easy it would be to eat a plastic bag or something like that.
Side note, I tried to Google how they survive and grow that big, and there seems to be a Mola Mola simulation game that's all about trying not to die like a billion ways. Weird.
If you like this derpy fish, you can try raising one of your own.
Good luck with that though, it might die before it even hatches.
Mola mola! They remind me of this game which I used to play in my downtime when I had a super stressful job - it's very therapeutic and relaxing. :)
Survive! Mola Mola! By Select Button Inc.
Here it is on the Google Play Store!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.selectbutton.manbotheworld
I also recommend Hunt Cook by the same people it's one of my faves
It's called "Survive! Mola Mola" in Playstore, here is the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.selectbutton.manbotheworld
You need to play Survive! Mola Mola! and just die over and over and over again to vent your frustrations.
There is even an Android game where the game is not to die and literally much everything kills you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.selectbutton.manbotheworld
And now I want to play this game again.
Surive! Mola Mola Android Game
Actually a really funny game where you play as one of these creatures.