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Me at age 9:
Narrator: it did
It could be worse. Like, Pixie (Monster Rancher) tiers of worse:
(I liked the MR games way more than Pokemon or Digimon to be honest. Also screw Octachrome.)
Worse? Or… Better?
Por que nos los dos?
Monster Rancher was a weird one. The whole idea of monsters hidden in our CDs was a cool gimmick. And I love their monster designs, even if it was reshading the same monsters.
But the overall gameplay wasnt fun for me.
The gameplay was hit or miss, I guess. Pokémon plays out like a typical turn-based RPG; Monster Rancher was management + action based. For me the fun part was fighting against time to get a perfect monster, it was surprisingly hard to do so (limited lifespan, the need to train good coaches beforehand, etc.)
A few games actually had different models for the sub-breeds, besides rehashing the old mons. Like MR4:
Seriously, is there anything about this character that is a “monster”? This is literally just a person in tight clothing
This is Lady Devimon. Digimon designs are very on the nose.
Warning: SFW link
Looks more like an SMT design to be fair
Whoever made the meme cropped out her wings and claws.
Maybe the real monsters are the people we met along the way.
Traumamon can confirm that.
Wait 'til you find out about Yu-Gi-Oh
It’s all covered over in the west anyway.
They’re not really monsters though. They’re like… Some sort of otherworld demons.
Which means it’s acceptable to procreate.
how about the show where children train succubi
Oh! Someone else that remembers Monster Rancher!
Monster Rancher is alive and kicking!
- There’s a remaster of the first 2 games (Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX) on Steam, Switch, iOS and release a couple years back.
- MR2 has a huge competitive scene, with lots of community run tournaments. it’s even going to be at Combo Breaker, a fairly large annual event/competition for fighting games!
- There’s a Spinoff/Crossover game “Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher” released just over a year ago, where instead of traditional monsters, you raise giant Kaiju from the Ultraman franchise. (Switch only)
- There’s a Japanese only mobile gacha game LINE:Monster Farm that’s hugely popular atm
The anime will always be superior, but even the games noticed it’s more fun to actually take care of your monster friends since they put on all kinds of systems like making sandwiches, grooming, giving a bath, etc.
I hate it that Digimon is the monster taming franchise that has had the deepest mechanics about the actual taming part, yet they don’t consistently try to polish them until a consistently good game comes out of it.
R63 Griffin
so that’s where it all started
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