Monster Rancher 2

Monster Rancher 2 is a video game that consists of 0 releases

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Create creatures from discs inserted into your PlayStation. Raise them from birth to death on your ranch and fight it out with other monsters.

Overview

Monster Rancher 2 is the 2nd game in the Monster Rancher series. You start out as a rookie trainer in the year 1000 where you first meet your ever-helpful assistant. A key trademark of the Monster Rancher series is that you can "summon" creatures from discs at a Shrine. This game is no different. You bring your monster to your Ranch and begin the raising!

Creature Creation

You could just choose one of the three available standard creatures, but the real variety is found by visiting the shrine. There you are asked to insert any CD and you will get a creature. There is quite a variety of creatures to obtain. However, some creatures may not be available to you until you advance as a trainer.

Training/Raising Your Monster

Unlike some other monster battling games, you actually take your monster to your ranch and train/raise it there. You start off by feeding your monster at the beginning of every month after selecting a food from a list to feed it (all the monsters have their own likes and dislikes when it comes to foods). Then you can begin training your monster through drills or through something called an Errantry (which is like a 1 month special drill where your monster can learn new techniques that costs money to attend). Drills and Errantry are the only way to raise your monsters stats, with the exception of the small stat boost you gain after tournaments. Everything happens in week-long spans. So you have 4 weeks to train/rest/battle your monster every month. Make sure you don't tire him out too much, or he may get injured, sick, or worse yet; die.

Combat

When entering tournaments, your creature must fight others to advance in the ranks. First off, you can either control your monster by "giving him advice" or you can let it handle the business by itself. The battle takes place on a 2D plane, sort of like the good ol' 2D fighting games (with your healthbar up top as well). Depending on your position, there are certain moves you can do. You press the shoulder buttons to move the cursor over the different available moves, and then you press the Square button to change which move is at which position. Every move has an amount of 'Guts' that is costs to perform. Sort of like a mana amount in RPG games. There is also a hit percentage shown for every attack while in combat. To win you can either KO them or have a larger percentage of health than the enemy does.

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Game Name	Monster Rancher 2
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Publisher(s)	Tecmo, Inc.
Developer(s)	Tecmo, Inc.
Genres	Add a new genre Action Simulation Strategy
Themes	Add a new theme Fantasy Anime
Original US Release	need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	1999 know the real date?
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