#Ty and ILY for asking me about monster rancher

[typhonserpent]

Hi! So I've never played monster rancher, but I looked at your tag for it and it looks super cool. Any suggestions for what game to start with? :3

Monster Rancher 4 on the ps2 I'd say is a great place to start! In my opinion it's the best one in the mainline series. You start off with a pretty easy to raise Garu, who holds the added bonus of being freaking adorable!

It's a bit hard to get people into a game series that was in its prime 20 years ago, but Monster Rancher 4 has this visual novel style of storytelling that I think really holds up to the test of time.

If you decide you can put up with the old graphics then definitely give the earlier games a try. There's easter eggs that reference previous games and every one brings something different to the table while keeping the way you raise monsters largely the same.

It's worth noting that these games are pretty old and rare and it'll be hard to find a physical copy. The ones I have are the pride and joy of my games collection. I normally hesitate to publicly encourage emulation, but seeing as how Sony has tragically decided these games aren't worthy of re release, I'd recommend visiting a site like wowroms.

And remember you're going to need more than one disc! (╯✧▽✧)╯if you're new to the series you might not know the coolest thing about it. Monster Rancher has a unique feature where monsters are sealed in "disc stones", which are really just games, dvds, and cds you have laying around the house. Put one in and you'll get a monster, and it isn't random either, you'll always get the same monster from the same disc.

I can't tell you how much I want to ramble on but I think I should save some for others to discover. ^^; But OH man feel free to ask me anything about these games I love them.