"Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Nintendo’s Pokemon series faced competition from Bandai’s Digimon and Tecmo’s Monster Rancher games. Digimon has stuck around all these years, but Monster Rancher hasn’t seen a new console release since Monster Rancher DS. Perhaps it’s time for a comeback, seeing as how Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX has just arrived on Nintendo Switch and Steam," says Co-Optimus.
Daily Video Game writes: "eShop has just kicked off a new digital game sale today, with big discounts on a variety of games from popular publishers, including Koei Tecmo, No More Robots, Ubisoft, EA, Bandai Namco, Raw Fury, and more for Nintendo Switch gamers right now!"
VGChartz's Miles Gregory: "Though the collection certainly allows one to take a trip down memory lane, it does so with antiquated force that is often forgotten by those with rose-colored glasses. Since I didn't have the experience of playing these games in my youth, I felt every bump and outdated mechanic much harder than someone who may hold nostalgia for these games, and the developer did very little to cushion the impact. For this reason, I find it hard to really recommend this experience to a general audience. Instead, it's best served to those who are choosing to relive their gaming past or who have frequent experience with older game mechanics and don't mind spending a significant portion of time either experimenting in the game or utilizing walkthroughs & guides."
Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX offer strong monster raising games at their core, but some of their best features don't work in 2021.
