What's the name of the game on the DS?

Te
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It's a little hard to explain, but I've been looking for a while for a game I played as a kid on Nintendo DS. Unfortunately, I do not remember exactly what this is about. All I know is that with 2 or 3 little monster-like creatures have been fighting through towns / villages as well as in forests and fighting there. Sometimes they could also connect the monster beings.
If I recall correctly, those monsters were also the people in the game and they had to be rescued, but I'm not sure.
It was or is also relatively unknown and from today's point of view not the big hit, but purely for nostalgic reasons, I would like to play again.
Unfortunately I sold it at that time with the DS and all the other games, which is why I do not have it anymore, so I hope that one of you may know the game, even though, as already said, the explanation is a bit spongy.

tr

That somehow sounds like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon to me. There were a few parts of it for the DS. They have never had too much publicity.

Te

No, that was not it. Mystery Dungeon was a spin-off of the Pokémon series, what I'm looking for was a stand-alone game where you drove a boy and got some monsters.

Ja

Maybe digimon?

Te

No, not that. It was a completely unknown genre in general

St

Greetings,

Sounds like Dragon Quest to me. Back then for the GBC

Dragon Quest Monsters

You could catch up to three monsters that were running after you. You could cross them later and create, among other things, completely different monsters. Very good game. In my opinion, better than Pokemon. But if you mean a different genre?

Which one?