Hi Trainers,

The May community playtest is now closed! Thank you to everyone who spent time with Montabi throughout the playtest. This has been really crucial as we prepare for a lot of exciting stuffs in the near future. We truly appreciate all the feedback and we’ll continue addressing them as best as we can!

June is packed with exciting events and announcements! For Montabi, there are two major events to watch out for this month:

• June 6 - Southeast Asian Games Showcase: BIG announcement is coming!

  We'll be streaming the SEAGS event and speedrunning the game in View game page

• June 15 - Steam Next Fest: New demo update!

What’s New?

We’ve been focusing on addressing your feedback, including various QoL improvements and balancing changes:

• New content

  • Charm: Herd Call, Primal Flux

  • Status effect: Impervious

  • Supply: Coating

    

• Balancing

  • Skills adjustments, rebalance, or redesigns, including:

    • Chottle, Yipao, and Cabpod starter decks redesign

    • Flamble armor playstyle redesign

    • Exchroma redesign

    • And many more!

  • Stickers: Rebalance, rarity, and price adjustments

  • Montabi Mastery Reward: Progression adjustments

  • Events: Tinker Shop Clearance, Training Station, Relaxing Spa, No Pain No Gain

  • Cafe: “Study” levels up twice instead of once

• QoL improvements

  • Attach sticker UX: Show which sticker you’re going to attach to a card

  • Timer in team detail: Show how long you’ve been playing

    

  • Settings and accessibility improvements

    

  • And more!

• Credits update

• Localization

• Store page refresh

  • New capsule art: Adding more cards and zoom for genre clarity and readability, while also keeping the vibes alive

    

  • Meet the Montabi: Introducing all the starters you’ll meet in the game!

    

  • New GIFs: Also more cards! And showing how each Montabi has its own deck

What’s Next?

• More balancing and bug fixes💪

• More QoL improvements💪

• ✨HUGE✨ announcement on June 6

• Steam Next Fest demo update

Fanart

Wonderful art of Tonkey, Wishly, and Hydo by Sharlyf from Montabi Discord!

Don’t miss important announcements and events, especially this June! Join the Montabi Discord for reminders and fun discussions with the community. Let’s get hyped together for these adorable mons!

Thank you for building Montabi with us! See you soon… REAL SOON!👀