![]() So, while I wound up with Amish Paradise, I passed on every last Gangsta’s Paradise or practically anything else that was supposed to be interesting to my generation. This belief had a brief hiccup in about fifth grade, when I discovered “Weird” Al Yankovic and proceeded to demand his every last tape. ![]() ![]() Or, to be more precise, I simply happily listened to my parents’ oldies stations, and I was fairly convinced The Beatles and The Traveling Wilburys were the be-all end-all of harmony. I was a gigantic videogame nerd as a child, but music wasn’t really my thing. Let’s rewind even further in this inevitably autobiographical article. Monster Rancher concealed all of its monsters in much more mundane locations… And where do you find these fantastic beasts? In Pokémon, they’re hiding in tall grass, but Monster Rancher was a little bit different. DOODLE MONSTER RANCHER PLUSTiger plus Eyeball = Hairy Eyeball isn’t exactly as original as a Jigglypuff, but it still leads to a larger bestiary. The big difference here, though, is that Pokémon started with 151 fairly unique creatures (electrode and voltorb are objectively similar), while Monster Rancher mostly relied on less than a dozen “types”, and mixed and matched their attributes in a couple hundred different ways. They’re both games about loving and raising unusual creatures, and then forcing them to fight for your amusement/money. And the comparisons between Monster Rancher and Pokémon are appropriate. To be clear on the timeline here, that would put MR’s release a solid year before Pokémon Red/Blue hit the states in 1998. ![]() Let’s start with the basics: Monster Rancher is a Playstation 1 game that was released in 1997. My player avatar has been a monster rancher for 62 years! Holly, the ever-present assistant monster rancher, should be in a retirement home! I can’t even remember my first monster!īut I’m getting ahead of myself. How much is a lot? Well there are these stats:ħ20 Wins! And add that to the slight fact that that screencap was taken in the Monster Rancher year of 1062. Let’s start with the facts: I played Monster Rancher a lot. Monster Rancher might be the most personal game I own. You never know when some particular piece of media will strike you. ![]()
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