Tangerine Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Tecmo confirmed earlier that "Monster Rancher DS" will finally be coming to NA after all this time. But it won't be the first installment, they're actually bringing Monster Rancher DS 2 here and calling it Monster Rancher DS because the first wasn't released, which is good news considering the enormous amount of content DS 2 has over the first. This topic is basically just for people cool enough to be Ranchers and proud of it B). People looking to become Ranchers are welcome too! Edited January 11, 2010 by Tangerine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeraldfox Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I remember watching it and loving it. So I could probably enjoy this. What does it play like anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) It plays mostly the same as Monster Rancher 2 on PSX from what I've experienced. I imported the first game and this is a sequel, so it should be similar. You have a farm (that you upgrade and acquire various tools for over the game) that you raise your own monsters on, basically. You train them, feed them, play with them, take them on adventures, learn new skills, enter tournaments for money/rank etc. To make monsters you draw them with the stylus, use the DS mic or enter GBA games into the GBA slot and it reads them to see what "monster" it has inside. There are 26 main breeds and 272~ total monsters. The mixbreeds are obtained by training and merging two different main breeds; you pick which main breed you want and the other monster becomes the sub breed, giving the baby monster new skills and physical traits from the sub breed but the physique of the main. Gameplay is pretty straightforward. Outside of battle you navigate menus to move around, feed your monster and such. In battle you control your monster with the directional buttons but are still restricted to a line of movement. You have a bunch of skills that your monster has learned listed below the fight screen, but the catch is that some can only be performed at a certain distance. There are close range moves, mid range moves and long range moves. You and the opponent have "guts" that you gain over time and lose every time you attack or get attacked. You also lose guts when you miss. There are a bunch of emotions your monster can have during battle depending on their personality type and what happens. For example, "Anger" boosts POW based moves and lowers INT based moves, Foolery causes your monster to ignore orders etc. For the story, it's extremely anime-based as you might have guessed :P. It's pretty tough to explain since the monster raising/battling is so in depth. You'll probably know whether or not it's for you from what I explained though. Edited January 11, 2010 by Tangerine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb723 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'll kill the topic but I'm responding anyway. I'm certainly interested, but I don't think I'll be buying this right away. March is the month of HG/SS, alas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burning_phoneix Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 So GBA Slot has replaced the old "place random CD in drive and see what monster pops up" system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameAtAll Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Tecmo confirmed earlier that "Monster Rancher DS" will finally be coming to NA after all this time. But it won't be the first installment, they're actually bringing Monster Rancher DS 2 here and calling it Monster Rancher DS because the first wasn't released, which is good news considering the enormous amount of content DS 2 has over the first. This topic is basically just for people cool enough to be Ranchers and proud of it B). People looking to become Ranchers are welcome too! FUCK YES. I enjoyed MR1 and 2, as well as 4. The first GBA game was eh, but Monster Rancher Advance 2 was awesome. I'm looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Oh, if you're a fan of the first two you'll probably be happy to hear that death is back too. Nobody lives forever anymore :o. It's looking a lot more old school than the recent ones have been, which is great for the fans of the older games. Lots of the monsters who haven't been seen for years are coming back. Zilla and Centaur being the most notable. From the screens I've seen, it looks like the old Hare might be back as well. No Worm or Jell though :(. I was also wrong before; there are going to be 29 total main breeds, which brings the total monsters up to over 300 instead. Not sure of an exact number because I don't know who the new breeds will be able to combine with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameAtAll Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) Oh, if you're a fan of the first two you'll probably be happy to hear that death is back too. Nobody lives forever anymore :o. It's looking a lot more old school than the recent ones have been, which is great for the fans of the older games. Lots of the monsters who haven't been seen for years are coming back. Zilla and Centaur being the most notable. From the screens I've seen, it looks like the old Hare might be back as well. No Worm or Jell though :(. I was also wrong before; there are going to be 29 total main breeds, which brings the total monsters up to over 300 instead. Not sure of an exact number because I don't know who the new breeds will be able to combine with. Needs more Undine and Metalner. And the old Joker. And Gali. And Ghost. And Bajarl. And Wracky. Etc. And multiple Henger types. I miss Omega. :( Edited January 17, 2010 by NoNameAtAll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 I know Gali and the old Joker are back. Bajarl and Ghost haven't been in a game for a while, have they? I think Bajarl was in Monster Rancher EVO, which was the most recent game, but I didn't play it long enough to get one >_>. Not the typical MR game at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameAtAll Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I know Gali and the old Joker are back. Bajarl and Ghost haven't been in a game for a while, have they? I think Bajarl was in Monster Rancher EVO, which was the most recent game, but I didn't play it long enough to get one >_>. Not the typical MR game at all. Ghost was in MR1 and 2. But it got shafted in 3 upward. Bajarl started in MR2. ...I also miss Niton and Hopper. ;_; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 Really? You miss Hopper :P? He was pretty worthless outside of digging up that hot spring, IMO >_>. Horrible stat gains and weak moves made him like, bottom of my list. Dino hasn't been in a game since MR1, which is the real tragedy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameAtAll Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) Really? You miss Hopper :P? He was pretty worthless outside of digging up that hot spring, IMO >_>. Horrible stat gains and weak moves made him like, bottom of my list. Dino hasn't been in a game since MR1, which is the real tragedy! Nor has Magic or Disk. >_> Doodle showed up in MRA2 though. Dino did show up as a variation of Zuum in MR4 though. Also bring back Jill. But man, I do want Undine back. The Undine I had? Awesome. And Hoppers are meant to be used as annoyers. They have insane guts regeneration, though not at Metalner's level. Edited January 18, 2010 by NoNameAtAll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Undine are like, Pixie sub breeds now, no? Doesn't seem like they'll be coming back after being relegated to a lame sub-breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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