
Like with the Nintendo Switch masterpiece, I felt an omnipresent sense of freedom while playing Tchia. It’s hard to talk about Tchia without bringing up other massive games and franchises, so let’s just get started by comparing it to one of the most obvious ones - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. While the trailers popped with their colorful visuals and vibrant landscapes, I was really won over by Tchia once I got a chance to go hands-on in its open world for preview, as well as experience how it cobbles together a ton of familiar elements to create something wholly unique unto itself. Hopefully this will help out those who want to meet and greet every animal in the game.Tchia is the latest game from the Montreal-based developer Awaceb and is inspired by the studio founders’ time growing up in New Caledonia. That's every single species of fauna in Tchia listed, along with information on where to go to find them. And once Tchia has proven herself in the story, she'll be able to call upon it at any time. It is a flying creature that can fly as fast as any bird, which means it inherits the birds' superiority when it comes to bypassing uphill terrain. You can't find the Xetiwa in the wild, so the only way you can possess it is by finishing the story, after which you gain the ability to summon it with your ukulele or by attempting the Shrine Challenge on Ieji Sinöe. Xetiwaįinally, the legendary mythological Xetiwa is quite a special case in Tchia. Otherwise they're not particularly useful, although their ability to breathe underwater can prevent you from drowning if one is near enough to be possessed.

There are three species of crab to discover in Tchia, and they all have a very important purpose - they can use their strong claws to break the chains on Tchia Treasure Chests. All bird species fly at the same speed, except Chickens and Kagou, which are flightless birds and can only float temporarily in the air. Bird flight drains your Soul Meter very quickly, but it's incredibly useful, and I often keep a couple of birds in my backpack to help with quick traversal. Birdsīirds are by far the best animals to possess in Tchia if you want to travel uphill, because even fast land animals like Deer will slow down considerably on steep slopes. It's a fast swimmer even without its Sprint ability, but with Sprint it can cover great distances very quickly - surpassing even the top speed of your boat! Though of course you won't be able to keep that speed up for nearly as long. If you need to travel at great speed underwater, there's no animal better than the Dolphin. They're also fairly commonly seen inland on both islands, particularly Ija Nöj, which makes them easy to find when you need them, even if they're a little too big to live inside Tchia's backpack. Sprinting drains your Soul Meter quickly, but it's a great way of quickly getting across terrain that Tchia can't slide down. The Deer is the fastest animal that can run on land in Tchia, thanks to its Sprint ability. If they're small, you can even put them in your backpack ready to possess later (don't worry, they're fine in there!): Deer

Here are a few of the most important animals to keep an eye out for. Many of the different animals in Tchia have unique traits and abilities which make them useful (or essential) in different circumstances. We'll also explain the habitat of each animal so you can find it more easily.
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Below is the full list of all animals in Tchia, in the order they're presented in the "Fauna" section of Tchia's journal.
