Games where you collect monsters, not just Pokemon

Awesome Creature Collecting Games That Aren't Pokemon. The idea of using monsters to fight on the player’s behalf in a role-playing game was not started by the Pokemon franchise. To make this list, a game must allow the player to use creatures/entities to fight for them and also be collectible (in some way or another). The fighting does not have to be the traditional type - the creatures players collect must be used in a competition of some sort or be used in battle in some way.