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According to the Story , the world of ''Monster Rancher'' was once a highly advanced Technology oriented Civilization . The people of this Society were especially skilled at Genetic Engineering . Using gene manipulation, they were able to develop special Designer Pets and store their Genetic Information on stone tablets known as "disks", similar to CDs . Using these disks, the Artificial Animals could be regenerated at special Shrines . However, War broke out between the Countries of the civilization. The pets were modified into Biological Weapons , and the war of the Monsters began. The great civilizations totally annihilated each other, leaving nothing but Relics behind, and much of the world's technology was lost. The monsters were sealed into their disks and hidden away. Centuries later, as humanity was just beginning to rediscover basic technology, people found the artifacts owned by the so-called "Ancients" and attributed Divine properties to them. They also discovered the lost disks and shrines. Using these, monsters were again born. Thus started a popular new Sport , Monster Breeding. Breeders raised monsters for battle to compete in nation-wide Tournaments to see who could raise the strongest Beast . GAMES The series is often compared to '' Pokémon '', although the two games play much differently (''Pokémon'' was released in November 1996, Monster Farm, the Japanese name, was released in April 1997). While the ''Pokémon'' games are traditionally collection-based RPGs , ''Monster Rancher'' games tend to be Simulated Animal Breeding games. The Genre ''Monster Rancher'' occupies is shared by other simulation Virtual Pet games, predominantly video games based on raising Horses for Racing . In the games, one takes the role of a Monster Breeder whose goal is to raise monsters to fight in tournaments. The Breeder must take it in hand to raise the monster throughout its life, Training it, keeping it Healthy , making an Exercise Schedule , and trying to maximize it's abilities before it Dies of Old Age (usually in about 3 years of simulated game time depending on raising style and monster) or is Retired . These retired monsters can be combined to create more powerful monsters. Although not widely popular, the games do have a loyal (only in Playstation 2 games; Playstation games have no DVD support) into the game system. The monster that is produced is based on the information on the CD, creating the same monster each time the CD is inserted (except in the case of the rare 'Pandora Disks', which are programmed to create a number of creatures). Or it can be specialized so that specific DVDs and CDs will produce rare monsters. For instance, in Monster Rancher 4 there is an Owl monster known as Owlden that can only be generated by a '' Harry Potter '' DVD. And in Monster Rancher 2 , Mariah Carey 's Merry Christmas Album will generate a special Christmas-themed wracky known as Satan Claus. Another interesting case is Beck 's album " Mellow Gold ". When used in the first game, it will generate a special Henger called Magnet, and in the second one, it gives up a special Dragon called Moo, which was the main villain in the anime series. GAME RELEASES PlayStation
Game Boy Color PlayStation 2
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
ANIME See Also: Monster Rancher (television) ''Monster Rancher'' was an Anime series broadcast in the US on Fox and the Sci-fi Channel and in the United Kingdom on Fox Kids . It featured characters and themes from the ''Monster Rancher'' games. MONSTERS See Also: Monster Rancher monsters TRIVIA
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