First, a quick introduction of what Monster Rancher is for those who don't know:
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"In Monster Rancher, one takes the role of a monster breeder whose goal is to raise monsters to fight in tournaments. The breeder must take it in hand to raise the monster throughout its life, training it, keeping it healthy, making an exercise schedule, and trying to maximize its abilities before it dies of old age or is retired. Monsters have good or bad morale depending on how they are raised; loyal monsters are more likely to perform critical hits, while disloyal monsters might refuse to obey commands or not fight at all. Retired monsters can be combined to create more powerful monsters." - Wikipedia
The major draw for this series back in the PlayStation 1 and 2 days was gamer's could pop in just about any CD (and later DVDs) and it would generate a unique monster. This created nearly an endless possibility of monsters and playing options within the game. Sadly, this doesn't appear to have transitioned well to the new generation of consoles and portables, but all of that can change with the PlayStation Vita.
In February, Sony will be unleashing the most powerful and feature-packed handheld console to-date. Among those features is a read camera. Now, imagine all those little barcodes on just about every single item and product we have lying around in our homes, at work, and especially in stores. Realistically, they could take Monster Rancher 4 (PS2), add in the ability to use the rear camera for scanning barcodes, and voila! Monster Rancher Portable.
With the portable-ness of the Vita and the ability to scan barcodes, this could be a perfect opportunity for Monster Rancher to come back into the spotlight. Heck, they could even throw in location-based monsters when checking into certain places. Needless-to-say, the idea alone has me very excited. Whether anyone will act on this idea is still to be seen, but one can only hope so!
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Can’t wait! Like my hype has never been this high for a game. I hope it really delivers and looks like what they’re showing. Like, I’ll finally feel like we’ve entered next-gen if it does.
Only game this generation I’m truly hyped for. A true AAA big budget banger pushing the hardware to the limits like the good old days!
I can't wait for this overblown cutscene game to come out so i never buy it and spend money on it.
Technically it looks incredible but I’m a bit disappointed that it’s turned into a franchise about heists. I miss the more carried mission structure. I miss having just one playable character too.
Exactly. It's a shame we don't have one playable character. And the boring heist all the time. Miss the more grounded story's about people.
They're definitely gonna charge 2x. Full cost for the story. $80 Full cost for the MP. $80 complete $160 Bundle with some in game currency and Cosmetic dlc. $200
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "During my time at PAX East, Sorlie walked me through two titles: the original Bubsy on SNES (his personal favorite) and the now infamous Bubsy 3D, the franchise's first foray into three dimensions. Each game in the anthology will feature the quality-of-life features common to Limited Run's Carbon Engine, including rewind, save states, screen & filter options, and even an optional "boost mode" that overclocks the system slightly to remove slowdown."
My one friend and I loved Bubsy 1. We used to compare him to Sonic all the time. So with us and the one person from this article it has at least three fans. 🤣
I was so lucky as a kid my parents convinced me to rent Busby 3d first because I was full steam ahead on buying it with my pocket money based on the advertising alone.
"The Germany/US-based indie games publisher Aerosoft and Munich-based (Germany) indie games developer Thera Bytes games, are today very glad and thrilled to announce that the full version (v1.0) of their zombie-themed sandbox/lab builder/survival game “Zombie Cure Lab” (from the AAA sim vets at Aerosoft), is coming to PC via Steam, and consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X/S) via digital stores on May 27th, 2025." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Sounds pretty cool.
I don't remember Monster Rancher but I do remember those barcode battler toys. I think you should throw Invizimals into the mix and make it an augmented reality game too.
i remember the anime