When was monster rancher released

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Twitter Tweet. Email Email. Comment Comment. Andrew Reiner. From weekly trips to arcades to owning every system that hit the market since the Atari , Andrew has dedicated his life to video games. Email Twitter. With hundreds of different monster types, each with their own skills and abilities, every Rancher will be able to raise and train a monster that's a perfect fit for their personality and play style.

The CD monster creation system you all know and love is returning in a big new way. You can access a CD database in-game and search by song name and artist in order to obtain monsters.

Depending on the song, you can obtain a variety of different monsters! Life, Power, Defense and other stats for your monsters can be raised or lowered by having them perform various tasks and training! By praising your monsters for their successes, and scolding them as needed, you can raise a unique monster.

Lighter on the traditional RPG elements, though. The game would scan your CD and out would pop a unique monster.

For the time, it was downright enthralling. Monster Rancher , while spawning an anime and enjoying many sequels across multiple generations of consoles, eventually faded into a sort of virtual pet obscurity.

That is, until today.