The Monster Rancher craze reaches new heights with this highly enjoyable platform game for the PlayStation. This game is not part of the main canon, although it is very fun to play!
Gameplay[]
You'll choose which monster you want to control, then bounce your way through various races against a series of competitors. Sundry panels can be overturned to uncover power-ups and bonuses throughout each level, and each board plays out like an otherworldly obstacle course of sorts.
Your monster constantly hops in place and can be steered left or right, while moving up or down increases or decreases forward momentum. Each board is located high in the sky, and the player must take care not to fall off the side or into a pit, as falling results in a loss of a Life. Losing all your lives results in a game over. The levels also have a time limit.
To make things more challenging, many panels appear on each board that can cause various effects, such as sending your monster in the indicated direction or increasing/decreasing the remaining time.
The game features a Single Player mode, a VS mode, and a Level Editor. Single Player mode allows the player to practice before taking on the game's main levels, and features several items from the main games to collect. Level Editor allows gamers to design their own courses that can be played alone or against friends. All such work can be saved to a memory card for later use, which could include trading original levels with buddies. The game's Versus mode is also a ton of fun, challenging gamers to make it all the way to the finish line in a side-by-side struggle.
Monsters[]
Four monsters appear in the game as playable characters, and they each have three Stats - Speed, Acceleration, and Jump.
- Suezo - High Speed, Low Accel, Mid Jump
- Mocchi - Low Speed, High Accel, Mid Jump
- Hare - Mid Speed, Low Accel, High Jump
- Golem - High Speed, Mid Accel, Low Jump
- Tiger also appears in the Single Player mode's introductory cutscene but is not used in the game.
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