The firstMonster Ranchergame released for the PlayStation way back in 1997 and fans of the first two titles now have something to look forward to. Koei Tecmo recently confirmed thatMonster Rancher 1 & 2 DXcombines the original games for modern platforms.
Koei Tecmohas officially announced a western release ofMonster Rancher 1 & 2 DX. The two games don’t simply come bundled together, as Koei Tecmo is working on new changes and visual upgrades for this combo pack.Monster Rancheris celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and the release ofMonster Rancher 1 & 2 DXis just one of several things planned.
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Monster Rancheris known asMonster Farmin Japan and the first two titles have already been re-released in the region. According to franchise producer Kazumi Fujita, Koei Tecmo received a lot of messages from other parts of the globe and this drove the team’s passion to releaseMonster Rancher 1 & 2 DX. Although Fujita wanted to respond to these messages, Koei Tecmo was already hard at work putting thecombo pack.
Fujita reflected on his time promoting theoriginalMonster Ranchergamesin America during the announcement. Part of this promotion included the creation of theMonster Rancheranime which received three seasons between 1999 and 2001. Fujita discussed how he wanted to express the same enthusiasm for re-releasing the games in the west, but it apparently took some time to get everything ready.
According to Fujita, the team is working on online support forMonster Rancher 1 & 2 DXto allow fans in the west to compete with Japanese players. Koei Tecmo is also re-balancing the monsters in order to create this new version. SeveralMonster Rancherfans were curious howKoei Tecmo will recreatethe completeMonster Rancherexperience. The first two games used data from CDs in order to generate new monsters, but Koei Tecmo has a solution to this. According to the team, there will be a database of discs to choose from to generate monsters in a similar manner.
Many fans took to Koei Tecmo America’s Twitter announcement to thank the team working onMonster Rancher 1 & 2 DX. One reflected onMonster Rancherbeing one of the only games to ever make them cry due to the loss of a beloved monster. Some Twitter users implored Koei Tecmo to continue makingMonster Ranchergames beyond the25th anniversary, with a few namingMonster Rancher 4as their favorite.
Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DXreleases for iOS, PC, and Switch on December 9.
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