Monster Rancher DS Japanese box art

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Monster Rancher DS Japanese box art

Posted Jul 2nd 2007 5:40PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

It's no secret around here that we love Monster Rancher, but the latest version headed to the DS has us a little wary, and the box art isn't making anything better. Is it just us, or does it seem like this image is striving for more of a Pokémon style? With the shift to RPG, we can't say we're surprised by that.

The classic Playstation games (hailed by us many as the best in the franchise) were focused on the monsters themselves, and that focus was reflected in the box art. Here, the focus seems to be equally on the childlike trainers and the monsters both ... and that, combined with the cartoony style shown here, is what makes us begin to doubt the potential for awesome in this game. When the series moved to the Playstation 2 and took on a cel-shaded design, the games suffered both graphically and content-wise. This box doesn't give us much hope that we'll see the series returning to its (incredible) roots.

But we're still willing to wait and see, with fingers crossed and fervent hopes.

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1. Monster Rancher 3 is still my favorite game in the series. Hopefully some new game will give me the same magic.

Posted at 5:53PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Sirus

2. If this game sucks, DS owners will still be able to play Monster Rancher Advance (as well as Monster Rancher Advance 2). Those games didn't suck at all.

Posted at 7:48PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Covarr

3. The DS version look awesome to me.
Also, the box art is insignificant.

Posted at 3:07AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by MrMister

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