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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 52 points 8 months ago
[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 49 points 8 months ago
[-] lvxferre@ani.social 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.)

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 months ago
[-] lvxferre@ani.social 4 points 8 months ago

Por que nos los dos?

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[-] lvxferre@ani.social 2 points 8 months ago

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:

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago

Seriously, is there anything about this character that is a "monster"? This is literally just a person in tight clothing

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.run 40 points 8 months ago
[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago

Warning: SFW link

[-] 520@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago

Looks more like an SMT design to be fair

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 27 points 8 months ago

Whoever made the meme cropped out her wings and claws.

[-] Endmaker@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Maybe the real monsters are the people we met along the way.

[-] Iapar@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago

Traumamon can confirm that.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Wait 'til you find out about Yu-Gi-Oh

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] blazera@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago

how about the show where children train succubi

[-] bananaghost@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

Oh! Someone else that remembers Monster Rancher!

[-] MonsterFenrick@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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
[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

R63 Griffin

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago

so that's where it all started

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