So I've been really busy lately coding in the monster capture system and I've started to wonder...what do people think of this system? Here are the basics of it:

1. Use a scan crystal to scan a monster (which provides other benefits) to see what his respect level is and his diet.
2. The respect level is the level one of your party members must be in order for the capture to be a success.
3. The diet is the monster's favorite food and what you need to distract it.
4. Throw the food to the monster, they get distracted, then use a capture sphere to capture it.

You get rewards for capture all the monsters in a single area, and I'm also thinking about putting a mini-game in where you challenge other people and fight using the different monsters you've collected (but that's still in the early stages). Each monster has a special skill you can use in battle at anytime, so if a boss isn't weak against any of your standard techniques, it's possible a monster may have an ability of that type.

I think this adds some variety to battles and helps mix things up, while also adding a fun little sidequest. However, am I the only one who thinks this is a good idea? I haven't really gotten any feedback on it, and I'm wondering if it's a good idea. The coding is a total bitch and is extremely easy to make a mistake, so before I spend anymore time on trying to perfect this system, I wanna know what people think. Do you think it sounds cool and fun or totally stupid?