Why did Monster Rancher die?

Why did Monster Rancher die?

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Shitty Digimon ripoff.

Vidya went digital and handhelds don't support CD readers.

Maybe when some asshat at Tecmo remember QR codes exist we can have a new Monster Rancher on 3DS.

shut the fuck up

Monster Rancher 5/Evo differed too hard from the formula, Tecmo was bought by Koei, and Monster Rancher DS didn't sell well.

I WAS TRANSPORTED

Dunno but that game about hopping around was fucking great

It's a shame, it was one of my favorite series, but Tecmo took it in a shitty direction. Then the acquisition of Tecmo reduced them to a name.

Fuck that lazy game and its lazy photoshopped cover

Bet you always ended up falling of the "road" or on top of the death squares.

I never bought that game because I was only interested in the actual Monster Rancher games.
And the battle card game for the GBC, that game was the shit.

the 90s or whenever it was it started. autistic shit for autists

Probably because it was fucking stupid.

never played the game

it still wasnt selling well during the 3/4 era, evo didnt help, DS didnt help.

DS was a fucking minimum effort game though--model rips from mr 4 and evo with fucking DS level textures was a dumb idea

MONSTER RANCHER BREED POWER RANKINGS:

>God tier
Beaclon
Worm
Durahan
Golem
Suezo
A P E

>High tier
Gali
Tiger
Dragon
Jell
Naga
Pixie (fuck off waifufags)
Henger
Mocchi

>Mid tier
Zuum
Jell
Arrowhead
Garu
Gaboo
Bajarl

>Low tier
Unfortunate one-offs (Ghost, Undine)
Monol
Everything else

using cds to make your own monsters was the tightest shit

fuck off

So which is your favorite Pixie breed?

I remember that one devil girl from the anime giving me weird feelings as a kid, but not much else.

Fuck off Digimon fags and go shitpost in the countless Pokemon threads instead.

The only Monster Rancher game I played as a kid. I loved the shit out of it.

I love 2, tried 4 but somehow i can't feel the charm anymore.

How about this: A new Monster Rancher game is made...
But you need to buy amiibo cards to play it

this game was awesome and the level editor was fun

Name a cooler tournament monster than
O A K L E Y M A N

Instead of using QR codes. How about bar codes off of random things you buy.

>battle card game for the GBC
Gonna give it a try.

>the anime will never get a sub

fucking how? I thought this shit was popular

>DS was a fucking minimum effort game though--model rips from mr 4 and evo with fucking DS level textures was a dumb idea
Yeah I was really disappointed with Monster Rancher DS. It wasn't even that bad just bland and a MASSIVE step-down compared to the likes of Monster Rancher 2.

all of them. i wish i had a pixie breeding farm.

Please don't samefag so obviously.

So...Skylanders.

Discotek released sets for both the dub and the original Japanese series. You're welcome.

Funny thing is, the gameplay was SO CLOSE to similar to MR2

Its problems:
>Battles took too long and clunky
>Expeditions were too confusing
>Errantries were too random
>Low graphical effort made the game unfun to look at

The funny thing is, MONSTER GENERATION WAS STILL TIGHT WITH DRAWING INSTEAD OF CDS

FUCK OAKLEYMAN
TRUE CASUAL FILTER
SENT SO MANY OF MY BOYS TO THE HOSPITAL

/thread

This motherfucking casual filter gets in close range and has enough guts to use Slap on your GF's ass

What do you do

Favorite Suezo right here.

>not having favorites

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shitty digimon ripoff

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R.I.P. Renegade

Wish I could feed you a piece of beef one last time...

>why did Monster Rancher die?

Pokemon took the world by storm in the late 1990s and made it so that any sort of "collect/raise/fight fantasy creatures" franchise is seen as a Pokemon ripoff for all eternity.

Forgot pic

I loved the game. I thought it was a better "breeding" game than Digimon world or any of its sequels. I loved making monsters, training them and having them fight in tournaments and shit.

Putting in random CDs I burnt off the internet or from around my house was just fascinating.


I remember playing it hours on end until my memory card died.

>>Errantries were too random
JUST MOVE IN THAT FUCKING DIRECTION YOU DUMB FUCKING TIGER I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET STRANDED YET AGAIN BECAUSE YOU HAVE ADHD AND WANT TO LOOK AT CRYSTALS.
Mint/Aero. Really the only positive the DS game had over the early games is the redesign for Mint.

at this point ill take anything

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Played it fairly recently myself, only really annoying thing was being forced to replay the game multiple times to get each of the starters to get 100% and all.

You know scanerz did that right? Sounds like a lawsuit.

Who can hate this face?

so, what happens at the end of the anime?

I never fully watched it

>not loving each for what they are

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What if I like sexy wolf girls over say generic boring demon girls?

Fuck his ass up with my Tiger bro.

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It was shitty and basically amounted to nothing

idk I guess the goth one. I also want to fuck the rabbit one.

thick

Why didn't the rabbit girl ever appear again anyways?

eh, fair enough.

Delete this.

Why are Gaboos so great?

naga and gali are garbage bin tier with monol, at least dragon gets huge stats and basically any of his moves one shot something. They have low lifespan and tons of shitty moves you need to unlock to get the actual good ones.

shes cute

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Talking about design

If I wanted to emulate one of the Monster Rancher games, which one would be the best and most fun?

>feel like playing again
>lost my saves, even the one I had unlocked bleacon in

I need to remember what gives Ape/plant, even if it's your first monster you can take an ape all the way to s rank and almost the final tournaments.

>mfw monsters try to poke my ass for no reason

People were confusing the gimmick with the core of the game. They (including the developers at Tecmo) treated the random generation as the only meaningful aspect of the game, rather than how the personality of each monster worked and interactions with them.

Later games put less emphasis and eventually threw out the interesting aspect of the monster raising, instead turning it into a more standard number grind and making all the creatures less interesting. MR4 did this to an extent, MREvo was really terrible at it.

Tecmo was really bad at handling their finances. More than once, there were rumors about staff not receiving paychecks for hours they worked.

also covered some big problems with the series.

>mfw good monster dies

That's some powerful unexpected nostalgia you just hit me with, my man.

monster rancher 2 by far, if you use the right emulator you can still use CD's to get monsters or even straight up use iso's instead.

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>mfw I own monster rancher on ps1

is it worth playing?

Whats the best Monster Rancher game? i only played the gba one and kinda liked it.

It's surprising how much variety there is for each breed.

2 and 4 are arguably the best. 2 is good to start with--just plunge in and discover shit. Feel free to use a guide, the game is ball-bustingly hard to start out with and there are a lot of breeds to unlock.

4 is easier, and definitely worth playing. Different formula. Emulates kind of decently

couldn't compete with pokemon

>we got the abortion that was breeding season instead of some variation on this
worst multiverse iteration we got

I ended up with an onyx golem, named it after my Father, Sam..
I froze him once he got old, and every time I thawed him he died.
He stayed in my freezer, forever alive, but what kind of life is that?

Monster Rancher did monster girls before they were cool.

>that drunk pixie/tiger

Hot

And last one.

So does the kid find his way back home? I remember some of the series back when I was younger, but I never saw the ending. I don't even think it aired, atleast not in america

Combine him so his soul will love on forever.

>that tongue will never eat you out

You can combine him to make a new monster. That's "what kind of life it is"

As said, Monster Rancher 2. Best interactions with the monsters. I wish it had a monster book for generation rather than requiring CD's, but it was still overall the best.

>MONSTER RANCHER BREED POWER RANKINGS:
It really depends on the game. Plants were absolutely broken in MR1 thanks to Toxin Powder/Toxic Pollen taking away more Guts than it required to use, and was completely spammable. Guts drain was rather broken in both MR1 and MR2, although it was absurdly nerfed in MR3 along with removing the Skill stat.

I didn't play enough of the other games to remember which ones were the strongest in those.

>INVADER
>FUCKING
>LUM
Okay what game is she from?

The power rankings were based on design.
The power rankings for "true power" are a lot easier. 2 has Fairy Hare and Metalner--nothing else can compare. 3 doesn't matter because you can max all stats easy. 4 has Durahan.

>Not save scumming and freezing them forever

I'll never let you die baku bro

They basically end it all during second season and form the phoenix, destroy Mu, etc. But then they went lol and they had another 3rd season for some reason that just ended with them defeating Mu again for no real reason, except he was possessing someone else, basically filler when it should have ended.

LOBERETA IS CUTEST SUB SPECIES.

Jilt is best pixie!

Fresh off the press

No mention of Magic look at this pleb

>you will never be as ripped as a Gaboo
Why live?