Known as Monster Farm DS2: Revived! Master Breeder Legend in Japan, this game was announced on May 23, 2008. However. at that time. no localization for the first game, Monster Farm DS, had been announced for North America. This gave rise to speculation that neither game would be localized at all (which would have been surprising, as all previous games had at least localized the sequels). However. on November 10, 2009. this speculation was proven untrue when it was announced that Monster Farm DS 2 would be released in North America and was a relief to many fans who had lost hope that the franchise would make a comeback.
Story[]
The game takes place in the city of Borgan on the Northern Continent and brings back several characters from previous games while introducing many new ones.
Gameplay[]
The main character is never seen on screen, but always talks to his apprentice, Cleo, directly. The player chooses his actions and choices through menu options.
Acquiring Monsters[]
Monsters are created primarily through two ways drawing pictures in the Magic Field using the touchscreen or reciting an Incantation using the microphone. Other methods include combining two existing monsters to create a new monster as well as an additional unrevealed method.
New to the combination process is the "-ish" monster type, a glitch monster whose purpose is to give you a monster when you attempt combinations that are not in the game, and appear as a light blue untextured version of the normal model, using the ???-subtype normally used by special monsters.
Monster Battles[]
The way you make money, and gain ranks, is by having your monster fight in tournaments. In a fight, your monster starts with a fixed amount of guts, which is basically energy to spend on the moves they know. You can control the monster yourself, or let them fight on their own as they do when they get into a battle in the wild.
Moves can be done in one of three ranges. You can move forward or backward on the battlefield to toggle between the ranges. If you get in very close, you can also push the opponent away from you. A major change from the previous games is that you are able to use the touchscreen to move your monster forward or backwards, as well as to order it to attack.
Adventures[]
Alternate Ending[]
This alternate ending could only be accessed via defeating all Zodiac Monsters in the game, one of the most time consuming things to do. In this ending, Coltia and Holly appear, confusing Cleo, but explaining they rounded everyone up for a celebration. More characters show up, which angers Cleo as she says she's done half the work that the player did. Then she gets hit (or collapses), which is followed by sleepy music and a black screen.
Upon return, Cleo wonders what you did last night, as some of the girls allude to having their virginity taken by you. She gets mad and says no supper for a month, as Holly says she'll slip you hers.
The ending can be found in Oddheader's video, 7 Unbelievable Alternate Endings in Video Games. The timestamp is 3:00.
Monsters[]
Several main breeds made a return including Monol and Gali. This game contains 29 main monster breeds, some of which can be combined to form new monsters (270 monsters total). For a full list, see Monster Rancher DS Encyclopedia.
It should be noted that two monsters were removed from the English Version and are unobtainable by any means.