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Monster Rancher started as a Monster-Breeding game for the Playstation 1, but it kept being made! Games, anime, a card game! Get out your ranching boots, we're ranching monsters! This makes you, a Monster Rancher.
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[@ComicDrake]

MONSTER RANCHER IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE FRANCHISES! THANK GOD SOMEBODY ELSE REMEMBERS!

[@ComicDrake]

Also, as the "all the Monster Rancher fan", call your Dino whatever you want. No judgement. ;P

[@gabrielrussell5531]

Wow, I can't believe that Monster rancher's fan showed up to comment!

[@freakyfro99]

Yessssss! I played the crap out of those games!

[@gamingxmachina6718]

Monster rancher 1 and 2 and Digimon World were the first video games that I remember playing on the original playstation back in the late ninteys, I was lets see like 7 or 8 at the time but they were always my favorites.

[@Indie_Calls]

Suddenly I remembered my green rabbit creature in Rancher, and I coveted him.

[@BlueMageDaisen]

Pokémon: Monsters as pets Digimon: Monsters as partners Monster Rancher: Monsters as a business

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

Shit i do love me some slave trading

[@SpectrumAssociates]

Bakugan: MONSTERS AS GIANT PARTNERS

[@AimanZafban]

Stonks

[@henriquepacheco7473]

@@SpectrumAssociates Monsters as marbles, you mean.

[@kassandraodessa2633]

Pokemon has monsters who work for businesses like chancy in the Pokemon center

[@rdu239]

Monster Rancher anime's plot is surprisingly dark and mature

[@3amhellbeast]

I've been rewatching it and... Yeah. There are some parts where I'm actually very impressed with how dark it got or how heavy the themes were (and a lot which are really important for kids too! Like how to handle loss and death, that even though someone who was really bad and awful before doesn't mean that they can't change and be a better person especially if they were awful and bad due to mental and emotional manipulation, just because someone makes a mistake doesn't mean that they are automatically a bad person and shouldn't be trusted anymore, loss of a pet or loved one, how stooping down to someone else's level who did something bad to you and doing the same thing to them makes you just as bad as them, ect). There's so many good morals in that show and if I ever have kids I'll probably watch it with them because it does a great job of explaining these hard topics to kids and I know that it really helped and shaped me as a kid too.

[@digitalshadowfox720]

JP better america sorta ruined this anime

[@jesswilliams5662]

Fact what about when golem fused with pixie sacrificing himself to fuse with her so she wouldnt die, havent watched it in like 15 years but im pretty sure that happened.

[@hitkid2456]

That fusion actually reminds me of Devilman, even if they weren't exactly the bitterest of enemies for the crew.

[@thabangpatiko9869]

Is an isekai but it was aired on 2000 make it one of the oldest isekai anime and this is the reason why it is great

[@redmage87]

I’ve always had an issue with the term “Pokémon-clone”, because we have this other word in the English language called “genre” that’s more fitting. It’s like insisting every SHMUP is a Galaga-clone or that every FPS is a Wolfenstein-clone.

[@ZoruaHunter]

Doom clones is what they were called, but close enough

[@faztznya5207]

Pokemon genre is rpg, that's an too vague genre to compare two games similar in many ways. Sure it's exist the sub genres Action rpg, turn based rpg, tatical rpg, and stuff, but not for pokemon type of game. I mean, suppose that the genre metroidivania never had come to be a word, then when people see an metroidivania, they would just call it an Symphony of the Night clone.

[@Tethloach1]

battle monsters genre

[@undeadknight01]

THANK YOU! It's a GENRE! I was the only one of my friends that watched Digimon growing up (I loved Adventure 01 and 02) Ask about the show now, they all called it that inferior "Pokemon clone". Oh, but they all loved Yu-Gi-Oh went that started! (Rolls eyes at hypocrisy)

[@faztznya5207]

@@undeadknight01 but Yu-Gi-Oh is card game, isn't even an rpg

[@MUGEN44]

personally i love the game, while you can play and battle with your pokemon/digimon anytime in their game, Monsters in Monster Rancher pass away, this made me feel connected. My best monster was a Hare-Golem fusion, he was the first monster that can get me through the tournament ranks, i spent A LOT of time raising him until the notice he's getting old came(i haven't realized they can grow old and die), i felt really sad and saved days before he passed away, and made another one after he does, i tried raising another monster but it was never the same. A few times after that i still come back and play the saving i made when my Hare-Golem is still alive, only several days before his death, i play the saving over and over again just to spend time with him. And it doesn't help that you get a cutscene when your monster pass away, it was very sad.

[@natan5069]

I can't believe i used to fucking raise my koloron to perfect state before entering any tournament

[@AvoroxHD]

Digimon in some Digimon games pass away too, look at digimon world 1 for example

[@kingkebo3960]

I didn’t know they could die either, the first time it happened I was like seven and I ended not going to school that day because I was distraught

[@Kingmegadon]

My 1st monster rancher game was Advance 2 for Gameboy Advance. And my favorite monster was off course the starter Garu (Blaze) and I loved that little guys so much. We made it all the way to Gold Rank tournament before he died and I was devastated. So while with pokemon you can build a battle team that will never die on you, on Rancher you have to cherish and plan every day with your monster because you don't know when they'll crook and leave you heart broke. And to Blaze up their in Rancher Heaven thank you. You were he best starter a young Rancher could ever ask for. Although after Blaze's death I was so upset I scoured through all my collected content up to that point and frozen monsters trying to make something that could curb stomp the game. Imagine my surprise when I accidently create Ragnarok. And when I asked about it online people are either sayin 5c3rw me or ask me what combo of monsters I used. Only to later surprise find out he was the final boss of 3 and was OP as hell. Revenge is a dished best serve APOCTOLIPTIC!!

[@hypercumstone44]

SHATCH digimon In digimon Games pass away too

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

Fox Kids was a miracle for someone who couldn't get WB Kids and didn't have cable TV for maybe two months in 2000. Fox Kids had Monster Rancher and other shows.

[@bluewrx04]

tmnt was on fox kids...

[@zetsubousix]

Once I had a Suezo that won every tournament we got in. Ever since his death I'm heartbroken. RIP Suezo :(

[@anthonylopez7105]

R.i.p suezo

[@fostinator69]

Shouldve given him a golden peach

[@angelo1949]

RIP Suezo

[@jimmyjeff1777]

RIP suezo

[@Kitsune0268]

I don't believe you

[@pedroxqui]

I love how you spent time recreating you putting the CDs in the playstation for us, even tho the playstation is completely unplugged and off... that's dedication

[@jacobcasmus1882]

Facts

[@MiloKuroshiro]

Monster Rancher isn't really a clone because it's more of a Breeding/Raising Simulator. It's an old and big genre in Japan. It's more of a Princess Maker rip-off then Pokémon

[@MiloKuroshiro]

@Shaman X I watched it, I know he doesn't compare directly to Pokémon, it's more of a clone in the Marketing sense, specially in the western market where it was put to try to ride on Pokémon's wave. He talks about virtual pets, but doesn't mention the Raising Sim genre, which is very niche, specially outside of Japan, so I thought my comment was adding something, as it isn't common knowledge

[@Direk091]

You know, it's more like a weird Digimon clone rather than a Pokemon clone

[@lurighashandarei1318]

Horse racing. Not princess maker. Princess maker came later then the og system

[@Slamantha]

@@Direk091 monster farm, the digimon v-pet, and the pokemon anime all hit in the same year. Realistically, they all rode off the success of tomogachis.

[@ebeleingram8048]

@@MiloKuroshiro Seeing you reference Princess Maker makes realize I need to load up steam and that we need more games like it.

[@zacharyzwickl5860]

To make a few corrections, Moo was not Holly's father, he was possessed by the spirit of Moo and after when Moo was defeated Ganki was sent back to his world and in the start of the final season found a way back and got reunited with Holly and had to do a tournament ark to figure out how to free Holly's father without freeing Moo

[@abloogywoogywoo]

Honestly they should have hired an editor - and just had Holly's dad as Moo's spirit, and Genki as the Phoenix's spirit. They made the story way too confounded to follow sometimes. The focus should be on the characters and their relationships.

[@Kitsune0268]

I don't think this guy even actually played more than an hour of the first game or watched any of the anime. He just threw together a video based on stuff he read.

[@andersgale9544]

Luckily I grew up with the German version, the German OP song Frei wie der Wind has this sad late 90s anime vibe and it sounds amazing!

[@MegaAlchemist123]

Wir hatten sowas in Deutschland??

[@DexterH96]

@@MegaAlchemist123 auf RTL2, so wie die meisten Anime für Kinder zu dieser Zeit

[@Evilriku13]

vor 20 Jahren bzw 15 Jahren wurden noch deutsche OPs gemacht die wegen "Puristen" zusehr gehatet wurden und deshalb (uA) nicht mehr produziert worden, weil wozu etwas produzieren wenn die lautesten Mäuler einen sagen das sowas eine Verschändlung des Originals sei :/ Eine andere Serie die wir uns glücklich schätzen durften ist das der Anime ungeschnitten bei uns rauskam, von der Musik als auch Dialog. Und ich hab mir einige Folgen wo ich den deutschen Dialog komisch fand im Kontrast im japanischen Dub mit Subs angesehn und die sind gleich komisch.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

Bestes Opening ever! Kann heute noch mitsingen (wobei das für alle Anime Openings der 90er und frühen 2000er der Fall ist 😂)

[@zyenapz]

I searched it up and it sounds amazing, as you have told! I'm learning German and I'm happy that I can understand most of that song's lyrics. It's really nice!

[@rockylopez7846]

Man, such a criminally underrated franchise, indeed! Not to mention it had characters, all voiced by Vancouver voice actors, in like Andrew Francis (Shining Armor) as Genki, Scott McNeil (Dinobot) as Suezo, Brian Drummond (Ryuk) as Tiger and of course, Samuel Vincent (Double D) as Hare! Hopefully, we can see more from this franchise (Whether an anime revival or new game), as well as even more love for our favorite Ocean Dub actors, someday!

[@MediumDSpeaks]

Nobody remembers this show, but EVERYONE low key remembers this

[@newcontentin100years9]

I know Right

[@zencyn4682]

Only thing I could ever remember of the anime was "MY NAME'S GENKI, IT MEANS ENERGY"

[@majorRedelitE]

i remember it well as it was one of my favourite animes that i watched on ytv with my youngest brother when i was a kid

[@lilyluck884]

​@Joseph Leanos He's not. Infact unlike Ash, Genki is involved with battling WITH monsters instead of having monsters battle FOR Them. I don't see Ash using roller blades for battle strategies. Other than the spikey hair main character trope he's still different from Ash. His roller blades is what saves his own friends from danger at times. So he's not totally useless who stands by watching the monsters fight.

[@joesmith701]

I never remembered the show itself but I remember the name of it

[@animengerbruh]

You did get one fact wrong. (due to episode skippage I'm sure) Genki DOES in fact, make it back home at the end of episode 48(?) of the anime. That's probably where it was intended to end. However, due to demand or something, there was an entire other season of the show where he just...goes back! And is happy about it! Lecture over I will now take your questions.

[@MissAshley42]

Yes, do monsters, in fact, rule?

[@G2Quiznos025]

Oh wow! That explains why I recall him making it back home. Much appreciated.

[@Yoseqlo1]

Did you unlock your disk?

[@Pixel_Rocket23]

At the very end of the japanese version we actually see Genki in his world with Mocchi and people act like they can see Mocchi and everything.

[@ROBBOTO]

Kyle Quinones I remember him making it back and having a photo of everyone. In my head it wrapped up really fast. I also feel like it aired on foxfamily for a while.

[@TheHandsomestMale]

This is actually getting a remaster on the Switch later this year! Both 1 & 2, although instead of finding CDs you’ll select from a library of data (music files maybe?) Either way it seems cool that it will have online play enabled

[@DemonessofRedSnow]

Omg I hope this is true. I need this.

[@psychedashell]

I want. Monster Rancher was amazing with the CD monster system!

[@RobertSeeJen]

I remember watching this on Fox. And it would ALWAYS reset around the point when the Phoenix was going to be revived.

[@time4manmode945]

9:39 I KNEW IT!!

[@omigawdd]

Christ, I remember having stacks of CDs lining the living room. My parents had no idea wth I was trying to do. 😂

[@SawyerIque]

Creating the largest collection of Monsters from Monster Rancher...

[@cantrustme6295]

lol same once i git the bunny or the tiger i was set

[@fostinator69]

Strictly for my nagas

[@chaoscapricorn13]

my friend had the game, every time we got hold of a new cd for it, we had the theme in our heads, it actually slaps "Pendent shows the mystery disk We’ll take it to the shrine We’ll redeem that fabled mystery disk And release the Phoenix inside"

[@Kitsune0268]

Yeah me too. I had over 200 CDs at that point and I remember sitting on the floor with them _all over the place_ just popping one in after the other.

[@cipondohtv70]

I miss this franchise, old school, omg I miss mochi and Tiger

[@Ladywizard]

Loved my pixies

[@ulysessoliverasponyman]

Me too

[@quirkvee613]

Same XD I had completely forgot I used to watch it.

[@MagicGamer69]

I liked Golem and Tiger. I hated swezel(I don't know how to spell his name and I don't care).lol

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

You mean Garurumon

[@joe-lewisjavonnelson1523]

Yu-Gi-Oh is more of a Magic clone considering that it was originally portrayed as "Magic & Wizards" in the manga

[@Faerygism]

"No one's running out to buy Swazo merch!" Jokes on you, that's all I've wanted since I saw Monster Rancher on YTV (or Mochi)

[@joshfase9324]

"He didn't do a good job. Punish him?" Jesus Christ, children's game! :O

[@jacobrodrig8]

Sometimes they would fail on purpose, so it was up to you to decide if it was an accident or not. Basically testing if you are watching or not

[@poporikishin4922]

Because u need to watch his attitude. Even is a attitude to get 100%loyalty. Also u can make ur monster evil to unloch evil move. Or great attitude to unlock great move. Monster rancher has many hidden info that the game doesnt show and internet wasnt popular and u need to experiment what the best way to raise a monster. Watch the stress lvl, training routine, dietary supplement ur like a coach that preparing ur monster to battle. Also they age too young,teen,prime,old, the age has a great role in training. And selective breeding where u raise two monster like two best int type monster to make a stronger ont type monster. And yes it a kid game hahahha

[@poporikishin4922]

Hidden monster to unlock too like when u get a doll u need your monster to die to unlock the doll monster it creepy cause a day after your monster die the toy doll suddenly become alive and can be raise or worm monster u need to feed them jelly to makenyour worm evolve into cocoon and turn into a beetle and the game didnt let you give that info also the secret seasoning. It a good game to explore back then but internet today u can get al tgose hidden info. That take the fun out of it.

[@AlexEinherjar]

He's a farm animal. Par for the course.

[@JoNarDLoLz]

That's called training, though the word "punish" sounds really heavy handed. Later on in their future franchise, they replace it to "Scold it"

[@tobimakkura]

Monster Rancher 4 is one of my all time favorite games. I don't meet many people who even know what the hell I'm talking about lol

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

Yo dude, sweet Okage: Shadow King avatar :v I know and love both games ;p

[@CameBuckets]

Classic. Loved Joker for my monster

[@Heavens_Gate]

@@CameBuckets yaa jokers, nagas, and those knight guys whos name escapes me were all pretty great still wish the jokers had longer lifespans tho

[@nobledonkey17]

4 was my favorite

[@Nersius]

Still remember taking a portal or something to an underground area in town. Was a cool over-the-weekend rental, misremembered it as a Digimon game for ages.

[@daniel.santos]

I always remember Monster Rancher. It's one of my favorite gimmicks. For some reason, the 90s/00s always wanted us to use real-world stuff to summon monsters (Skannerz, E-Reader, Digimon Frontier Digivice). Out of all of them, the CD one makes the most sense to me. I wish we had more games like this, that weren't AR, but rather made us use common forms of media.

[@A-1-Sawce]

Dude, I spent a good 19-20 hours straight playing this game the first day I tried it. I was asking every neighbor in my neighborhood if I could borrow their CDs for this game. Absolutely love the nostalgia you brought up!

[@HitomiNoRyu]

I remember watching this show and I got pissed off that two of the mini-boss fight episodes in Season One was never aired on tv. The show built up how Tiger would eventually have to fight his little brother that turned evil and...they skipped the episode. WHAT WAS THE POINT?!?!

[@AnimaMandala]

And then they skipped Naga because of his suicide. These monsters literally turn into their own gravestones. When you air a show where something dies in almost every episode, you don't get to be picky about it.

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

i think that was the english dub that censor those episodes, in the mexican dub there was, and were great episodes, great story and all, yet yes it was too fast tho.

[@DragonRaiderX9]

I was made to understand that the Gray Wolf and Naga episodes aired exactly once. I was also pretty bummed at their exclusion. I finally saw them online years ago. Were good episodes.

[@RyuseiiTheCrimsonKing]

@@DragonRaiderX9 They did only air once, the one time the Gray Wolf episode aired was 2:30 on a school day. I went home early to catch it on time years ago, never seen it on TV again.

[@Purrplewolf]

They aired everything uncensored in the UK because we're hard as nails.

[@dearsirormadame]

Billiam out here so excited that he gets to show off his CDs. 👌🏻

[@billiam]

Basically what I was listening to in 2010, lmao

[@PainCausingSamurai]

I was so psyched when he pulled out 'Of Montreal'

[@johnschultz1902]

Sames ! Great of Montreal album ! ^__^

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

a thing that was forgot to mention is that the dead mons became disc, and with some process they came back like patamon in digimon. maybe the stats didn´t came back. and also genki won a tournament of the first game so he won a misterius disc with the beta of the second game who transported to the game world. he has a mother and stuff but he was cool loving living there.

[@-majeed7391]

In the Middle east it was called Digital jungle and the opening song was epic but we did not know anything about the game

[@aikou2886]

It does sound nice yes, but the whisper at the end kinda creep me out for some reason. Did you ever get to play any of the games by the way?

[@nadeen3157]

Went to hear it and the nostalgia punched me in the face. I miss the spacetoon days

[@svt_pompanoparkracing7630]

I gotta check that out

[@digimonfan1335]

Remember when Cubix was a thing? Like did that ever go anywhere or did it just not profit very well and was forgotten?

[@Klonoahedgehog]

My grandmother bought me an action figure for it when I was a kid and I legitimately have no idea where it disappeared too.

[@Yoseqlo1]

Yeah. It wasn't Transformers. Though, whatever gimmick it once had Lego did it better.

[@RedVelvetUnderground333]

The toys were played with a lot by me

[@alfredgomez3128]

It was on syndication recently.

[@Paratet]

I used to sing the Cubix opening song all the time!

[@LazyQahnaarin]

Monster Rancher: We have 400 monsters Modern Pokémon: Hold my beer

[@xhielorei]

While Digimon is like: aww isn't that lovely?

[@Ballslover18]

Modern Yu-Gi-Oh: You are like a baby

[@GamingintheAM0801]

Modern Digimon, surrounded by 1400+ monsters: "Aww, that's cute."

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Tanner Evans Quality over quantity

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Andrew Mayes Meanwhile doorknobmon laughs in original design and creativity Fuck outta here with that lame shit

[@sorinsilverheart3200]

"it doesn't seem like it'll make a comeback" Meanwhile Monster Rancher 2 gets ported to the switch..

[@time4manmode945]

9:39 I KNEW IT!!

[@sorinsilverheart3200]

@@time4manmode945 I really hope they localize the port soon. I'm super interested to see how they handle the shrine

[@TeleportRush]

@@sorinsilverheart3200 You hear the good news? It's not only getting localized, it's going on PCs and (sadly apple) phones

[@sorinsilverheart3200]

@@TeleportRush I have now! I am excite

[@Icagel0]

I really liked the series as a kid, but honestly it was just the character interactions that made it memorable. I loved how the characters argued or disagreed with each other at times, it made it much more believable and grounded. Aside from that and maybe ten somewhat memorable designs this series didn't have anything going for it. I'm glad it existed, but I'm not mourning it's loss.

[@TheArcSet]

Personally I'm still surprised that they decided to talk about slavery and have some 'villains' that were opposed to the protagonists, not because they were evil, but because they thought that the humans were evil; that and the whole shift when they find out that the Phoenix can't raise the dead and un-brainwash the 'baddies', that were voluntarily in the army, that it was pretty much just the ancient nuke the destroyed the world and ended the old war. It was very goofy, but surprisingly ambitious in it's main plot.

[@dylanparker6508]

“I was transported to a far away land, to the world where the monsters rule. I played the game like an ace, now I’m in this place to save the monsters from the evil Muu!”

[@IronMaiden1164]

I still think its pretty good

[@LunaP1]

🎶Monsters rule. Monster Ranchers. Monsters rule. Monster Ranchers! [Monster Ranchers]🎶

[@gg.no.re.]

UNLOCK YOUR DISK!

[@oj397]

Fighting in Monster Rancher 1 looks better than the upcoming Pokémon games

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

*H I G H Q U A L I T Y A N I M A T I O N S*

[@TheThursty100]

When you called the monster rancher OP Bad I was about to jump at you. Then I remembered I was blessed with German openings that aren't as stupidly bad as American OPs. By God, this one is horrendous

[@digitalshadowfox720]

lmao

[@MohamedSalahYouTube]

That was kind of shocking for me , because i think most of my generation in the arab region thinks that this series is a prequel to Digimon or at least associate it with it See in the Arabic dub of the series they call it " ادغال الديجيتال " Which means " Digital forest " that directly associate it self with " ابطال الديجيتال " Which means " The Digital Heros " the arabic name for digimon , so i always thought that this series was a prequel or spin off Digimon

[@MohamedSalahYouTube]

BTW here is the intro song for the arabic dub of " Monster Rancher " it's a beautiful song kzbin.info/www/bejne/e36qm5yGq9Rrb6s

[@lilo20x82]

Spacetoon (Arabic children’s tv Chanel) spacetoon’s dubbing and music made it a not so bad cartoon show :> However Digimon will forever be my favorite cartoon I loved it more than Pokemon tbh I feel like Digimon is Arab’s thing Pokemon is American’s thing lol

[@whitewolf6520]

Yoo brother good to hear fron an arab fellow Yeah I feel the same about the show man, it was awesome back then and the dub was just superb

[@Cr3zant]

@@lilo20x82 digimon is way more German than anything else, it still maintains stupid popularity over there

[@agr0nianTV]

@@MohamedSalahKZbin Agreed it is beautiful I found it earlier after I looked up the japanese op for it

[@SuperFireDagwon]

Outside Digimon, Monster Rancher was one of my favorite series at the time. The characters had real personalities and you became a lot more invested in their adventure and goals than anything I ever saw in Pokémon. Pixie's turn from Baddie to the side of good isn't the storytelling arc of legends, but it was fairly believable and her interaction with Genki and the rest was fairly believable. (spoiler) I'm remembering a lot of this from memory, but in the episode Blue Skies Genki does return home and he does return in episode 49 (which is here on YT). There's a lot to like about Monster Rancher and even if most of the target audience has well moved on, it's still a fun show and-to me-a much better storytelling experience than anything Pokémon ever did.

[@Chedderninja25]

Bruh i remember my mom bringing up our giant suitcase of cds so that way she could put um in the ps2 to make monsters, oh those were the good ol' days

[@CheeseMachine2]

Billiam: out of the Pokémon associated group monster rancher is the most forgotten Me: what about mix masters I never seen anyone talk about that

[@CheeseMachine2]

But seriously I feel like mix masters got wiped from the face of existence like no one remembers it

[@Mallen151]

I have honestly never heard of it! 😮

[@joshua7426]

Monster rancher wasnt a pokemon clone though.

[@HeavensMeat]

Exactly. Pokemon itself is a clone of final fantasy legend games.

[@jedigimon9735]

neither digimon or the other franchises he mentioned

[@chrisstans9606]

Greatest Ever Neither was digimon, beyblade, or yugioh. I don’t know why he claimed they were.

[@vullord666]

The whole “X is a clone of Y” is just completely ridiculous. They all saw a genre that was/became popular and banked on it. Then the most popular one became the first and everything else is a clone. It goes this way with about everything even though nothing is actually original nowadays. You could do enough research and found that before the most popular (Y) there was “Z” that was very similar, but no one cares about that. The whole clone idea spreads because the fanbase religiously defends their favorite and other people just find it funny and go along with it. It’s all very ridiculous, but the world we live in

[@redpup6931]

@@HeavensMeat but technically, they're different. If you keep persisting, then every JRPG ever is a clone of Dragon Quest/Dragon Master

[@brycevo]

Aguchu is my favorite Dinosaur

[@kaisac.]

I prefer blue eyes metalcharimon but I respect that

[@Gafafsg]

It’s AGUCHu

[@lexzetusko]

lol he pissed off all the monster rancher fan, singular

[@jbgra2566]

Rip aguchu

[@summermermaidstar756]

Aguchu digimegavolves to DARK MAGUCHI-CHU

[@deluchiha957]

I remember sitting down and going through my parents Disco, and Romantic ballads CDs they had getting hyped every time I got diff monster. Great vid!!

[@YurinanAcquiline]

I loved Monster Rancher as a child!

[@fabrice119]

The german version of the intro song is one my favorite TV anime intro songs ever alongside all the Digimon intros, they're actually amazing.

[@digitalshadowfox720]

pls send link

[@TDIdialgagirl]

I swear the anime was a sugar high fever dream

[@ChaddyFantome]

this

[@redmage87]

All I remember was then acknowledging that none of the monsters they straight up killed would never come back; especially since they left corpses that looked like mystery disks.

[@glitchhunter09]

@@redmage87 Well when Moo was defeated, a lot of the dead monsters were revived as usable mystery disks. Unfortunately.... Not all of the dead monsters had their discs unlocked. One really sad one that you never saw again was Baku. It died protecting Genki and avenging the deaths of its loved ones in a fight with Centurian. Although you see its lost disc getting turned into a regular mystery disc at the end of season 2, you never see it in season 3.

[@residentialpsycho1075]

I loved the characters and their interactions. Golem and Pixie were so sad, and their relationship is what I remember most from it.

[@Hellismary]

I absolutely LOVED Monster Rancher and all the games , the tv show etc. it holds a special place in my heart ❤️

[@doranselwyn8608]

Mariah Carey's christmas CD gave you a santa monster, and there was another that gave you a basketball player. I liked doing the training to speed and power up to 999 and defense to 0. It was unstoppable.

[@edgarcism]

Monster Rancher 2 was GOLD

[@Lou13Cyf3r]

YES!!!!!!! I still play it with my daughters today!!

[@KenichiKuroki]

For 10 Years, i still can`t Win the Major 4

[@catlover5998]

I had a monster rancher game and I loved it I remember borrowing all my family's CDs and the litte amount of DVDs we had at the time. Also I had some of toys I had the gray version of the wolf whith horns and when I lost it I was sad.

[@Qwerty_8866]

I've been trying to remember the name of this for years, thank God someone made a video on it

[@Blizzardfire]

I really liked the Monster Rancher anime, though I never played any of the games.

[@mariofan1ish]

You should. Monster Rancher 4 is a great time, and I'm always finding new stuff in it. And 2 I hear is really great, but I haven't been able to locate a disc.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

mariofan1ish I have it myself. One thing to say: FUCK. OAKLEYMAN. He's the first fight in E rank. You're better off skipping to D rank.

[@princesspikachu3915]

I played Monster Rancher Advance 2 for the GBA. It was the only one I played tho.

[@killakaiju]

please find away to play it either ps1 or emulator also the card games were pretty intersting. brings back so many memories

[@robertheed4040]

MR2 is my favorite ps1 game of all time. The music hits me with nostalgia so hard now. The level of strategy that eventually goes into raising a monster up to S class and beyond and unlocking new types of monsters and ranch upgrades and all the discoveries you could make on errantry missions... Damn, I miss that. I like jokers the most, suezos can be super op if you train them right though

[@maxgowl5448]

Hell yeah, Suezos with high intelligence dominate with the spit move

[@jamesguevara1622]

What I love about MR2 is you get to spend time with your monster. You see it grow, get stronger and eventually build some kind of weird bond with them. There are OP monsters sure but with the right stat build and moveset any monster can dominate.

[@TonyTama]

Good news. Monster Rancher 1 and 2 DX released december 2021! :D

[@joshmcgootermier2301]

Yay for Of Montreal... never thought I’d heard that along with Monster Rancher.

[@ericsnell533]

What happens if you put the monster rancher DVD into the monster rancher PlayStation game?

[@LawrenceGSD]

You would get a certain monster with a special stat. MR2 would give you Mochi (pink duck thing). But if you mean an actual DVD- then nothing as Playstation couldnt read that data iirc

[@ArtGuyCharlie]

If you were playing Monster Rancher 2 and put in the Monster Rancher 1 disk you'd get a special monster that started with all it's stats maxed out but only had a maximum life span of one in-game week (basically it dies as soon as you do anything that causes time to progress).

[@Yoseqlo1]

The hardware can't handle the paradox and explodes.

[@16BitsOfLucky]

Nothing. Monster Rancher 3 or higher can do DVDs though

[@yams7355]

@@16BitsOfLucky If you are playing MR1 or MR2 on a PS3, you actually CAN use DVD's to get monsters. It's pretty dope, since you were never able to do it before, and you can finally see what monsters your DVD's have been hiding all this time lol

[@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos]

Monster Ranchers is as obscure as the Duel Masters show. But I've been hearing EVERYBODY talk about it lately. I even reference it in a song.

[@bretginn1419]

I miss the show. I don't recall much of it, I just remember liking it. Shame that it never caught on outside Asia.

[@razkable]

I think people back then liked to have allegiances and only support 1 show usually the original the first they saw they thought and any thing after was a cheap clone ..I was that kid who enjoyed all of it..digimon pokemon monster rancher medabots beyblade cubix kinikuman cardcaptors power rangers sailor moon zoids gundam fighting foodon shaman king mega man duel masters and yugioh...I bought into all of it for a while..the more the merrier...its funny how people age and now everyones this way..no one just plays one game franchise one series or one movie and says fuck the rest...you can enjoy different shows and series games merch whatever..think how dumb that is...your limiting your enjoyment......smdh..never understood it....I liked all the games shows and cards merch...their all different....@Dovahgatr

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@razkable Finally someone else who remembers Fighting Foodons! I still remember that the "Fried Ricer" sounded alot like Scyther from Pokemon when he talked. Ah the good ol' days of binge watching every single anime I could regardless of how weird it was and loving it just because it was an anime.

[@Mr.ZombieRIPper]

BRO WAS THAT THE *SCOTT PILGRIM* SOUND TRACK 1:36 !?!? Yooooo that’s cool

[@Dea_Ex_Machina]

These were my favorite games growing up. I would sticky fingers all my friends CDs and DVDs just to see what I could get. I remember getting a rare monster off of a Lacuna Coil CD way back in the day

[@--Paws--]

I still like the idea for the games, you can insert any cd to get random monsters. The _isekai_ aspect of the anime was fun actually, the translated version of the anime made the world immersive.

[@Dizek]

I had a precious CD which summoned Granite? Granite? Granity? A pixie with a stone armor, she ate the cheapest food and battled like a maniac, ended up fusing several times the same one

[@angelo1949]

nice bro

[@LunaBianca1805]

I actually liked the monsters themselves, especially (and I don't even know the English names here) Mochi, Tiger and Haki

[@FL4SHK]

I just want to comment that the ad he did at the end of the video was good because he actually uses the product. That's the best kind of ad for videos like this!

[@mesicek7]

I loved watching the anime. Used to air in Germany in the early 00s.

[@odd_ish5347]

With the best opening song ever ❤️

[@Calex55KH]

bruh, you NEED to play 2 and 4 before you say its just about the gimmick... i mean it kinda is but those are really worth playing. The mechanics are noteably better. 2 being a more fleshed out version of 1, and 4 continuing that while adding a lot more to do.

[@billiam]

will do!

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

Whats wrong with 3?

[@lexecomplexe4083]

I'VE HAD REPRESSED MEMORIES OF THIS SHOW FOR SO LONG! I'm so glad you remembered it because I've been trying to remember what it was for over a decade

[@jackcutter2]

THAT BLUE LION CALLED "TIGER" IS LITERALLY JUST MY BOY DARULOMON FROM DIGIMON! (I only remember his name because I always called him Jason Darulomon)

[@holyalexander1737]

I strongly recommend Monster Rancher 4, I believe that's the one I had a lot of fun with but avoid Monster Rancher evolve. Monster Rancher 4 honestly broke the mold by being able to go through actual dungeons with a team between 3 or five monsters if I remember correctly. I wish I never got rid of that game when I upgrade to an Xbox 360

[@ivancarlos4951]

MR2 > MR1,3,4

[@chaosenforcerdhm969]

@@ivancarlos4951 it’s opinion that fours better same with two

[@JustinY.]

Just judging by the thumbnail alone, it surely was quite bizarre.

[@billiam]

Shaman X JUSTIN Y IS A KZbin TREASURE

[@MikuFutaba]

Yare yare daze...

[@tripled2096]

ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ

[@waterking74]

Don't u mean a bizzare adventure >:3

[@rafi5486]

oh shit justin y watches billiam too? hell yeah!

[@DrMcMoist]

"You are a Monster Rancher and you ranch monsters." *Scribbles furiously*

[@GondsoBonso]

I remember owning some of the dvds and watching it frequently as a child But i could never remember the name of it and ive been searching for years, im glad i finally found this and found it again

[@time4manmode945]

9:39 I KNEW IT!!

[@Reifgar]

This literally came out a few days before a new Official Monster Rancher twitter account popped up lol New game on the horizon? Hope so!!!

[@Kingmegadon]

U and me both. Last one to release was MF-DS2. And it didn't come west side so I had to emu. It pi55d me off.

[@glitchhunter09]

@@Kingmegadon Actually Monster Farm DS 2 did get a western release in 2010. Monster Farm DS 2 is actually our Monster Rancher DS. The first Monster Rancher DS never came out in the west. Doesn't bother me much though because 2 is the superior version. However, the western version of 2 has some monsters that are near impossible to get. (like five) and trying to enter kanji in the magic spell for the only one you can obtain (General Death), will freeze the game. (you'll have to use an action replay to get general death or find a password in english that works) As for the other 4 there is no known way to obtain them. It's also been assumed that their data was completely removed. Two of the four are indeed missing descriptions in the US version.

[@michaelkraemer5846]

My favorite pokeclone? Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu

[@imwithyou38]

i remember that game!!

[@l.fabricius9083]

The concept around monster rancher(the show) is that Ganke is from an earth like ours and plays a game that battles monsters. And little does he know it is actually another dimension. And in the monster rancher dimension there is an evil monster taking over. He gets transported to the monster rancher dimension to help save that world. The disks were explained that long ago monsters and men lived together but war broke out so a higher power sealed the monsters away, then thousands of years later people started finding said disks and raised the monsters. And that is where the game comes from.

[@sage0fthiccpaths656]

I honestly thought this was just a fever dream I had when I was a kid that I just randomly remembered a couple weeks ago. Goddamn, gonna have to hunt down and watch this bad boy, sounds really cool

[@geardog24]

I miss these games cause *MONSTERS RULE*

[@Shadow-Wolf-]

I remember Monster Rancher. Even watched all the Episodes when it used to show on Fox Kids back in the day; years and years ago. I still have the old PS1 Monster Rancher Game somewhere in my collection. As for calling it a "Clone" of Pokemon, I don't believe so. You Scan Discs to get Monsters from them (PS1 Vers, not sure others). You can Fuse Monsters together to get stronger/stranger combinations. You Raise them, Feed them, Train them, until the very end when they pass away (Very Similar to Digimon, rather than Pokemon). Pokemon focuses more on "Animals (Real or Myth) and Items (Non-sentient Objects)", while Monster Rancher focuses on actual Monsters you would come across in any RPG Fantasy Game (Wolves, Golems, Succubus, Slimes, Devils, Phoenixes, etc). If I can give my opinion, I find that it relates closer to Digimon; rather than Pokemon. And while Digimon has been called a "cousin/clone" of Pokemon, it still has its differences; the same with Monster Rancher itself.

[@johnnyhasselburg6918]

I remember getting up at 5am to watch this, Starship Troopers the animated series, Jumanji the animated series, and Captian Simian before school.

[@omarilockhart1552]

Yoooo I was trying to remember the opening song for the longest...maybe it’s just me but I loved it growing up...I thought it was so cool

[@inquisitorthyx8119]

Other obscure games/shows are the Fighting Foodons (show), Jade Cocoon(game), and even Shaman King(show and game?).

[@coldfrost3]

Shaman King had games,?!

[@OldmanJables]

There were oddly enough Shaman King games that had pokemon/SMT collectible monsters. I remember getting it at a thift shop as a kid for like 3 dollars. It's really bad lol. The actual Shaman King manga and anime weren't remotely trying to compete with Pokemon., it's just that weird, bad GBA game.

[@mariofan1ish]

Fighting Foodons? Holy Hell, there's a name I never thought I'd hear again.

[@coldfrost3]

@@OldmanJables honestly a smt style Shaman King game makes sense and is something I want now. Also thanks for the info I'll look up the gba game.

[@OldmanJables]

@@coldfrost3 It was more SMT than pokemon if I am remembering correctly. You could fuse monsters and the game used a more traditional mp system. Unfortunately the game is very surface level in depth. I want to say it had two different versions, Shaman King something Wolf and something Hawk. Hopefully you find it, it's an interesting curio for fans if nothing else.

[@thesilverscreener116]

Two words: Dragon Booster Check it out please

[@creasingsinger978]

The Silver Screener I loved dragon booster

[@TheJetHammer]

I am also a fan of Dragon Booster. Enjoyed the story!

[@aronc24]

Loved this show as a kid!!! Obviously no one else had ever heard of it. Then I got the game and the disc system BLEW MY MIND. I loved seeing what monsters I could get when I’d rent a game or movie.

[@Bushido_Brown.]

I just found your channel and thought about this show while scrolling through your videos. I wondered what it was and made a mental note to look for it later but then I saw this video and now nostalgia is flooding through me! Thanks, great video.

[@kirbyzed]

dude, the german version of the intro is HIGHKEY a banger

[@MetroJet2000]

Is there a link to that on KZbin?

[@kirbyzed]

@@MetroJet2000 ye here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKLGkqSubdZom8k :)

[@dandylaion]

11:06 Meanwhile an official twitter account for the series has been opened ... maybe something new's coming !!!

[@Knight41b]

Really? What's the Twitter account name?

[@dandylaion]

@@Knight41b you Can find It here gematsu.com/2019/02/monster-rancher-series-official-twitter-account-opened

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

Holy shit, hoping for a new game that's actually good compared to all the micro transactions, lootbox, season pass, dlc ridden gargabe we're getting nowadays

[@jacksonpeds5298]

The last game was mobile so keep your hopes in check.

[@jerrylopez516]

I just found your channel and that minion photoshop had me loose it lol! Thanks for bringing that cursed image in to my life! Subscribed

[@afilmbysamreed]

you should have millions of subs, we appreciate you my dude

[@tomyrockte316]

The german intro was nice :D loved this show

[@neekk040]

Sag mir was ist geschehen

[@LordOberic1]

I still hold out hope for a new Monster Rancher game (it'd be so great on the Switch!) But I'd also love to see a Jade Cocoon 3. 2 was a disappointment because it got rid of the cool merging system.

[@LeeAllanSpades]

Imagine scanning QR codes for monsters...

[@Mrneonsean]

*Update: They made a Monster Rancher game for the Switch and for mobile* 😀😀

[@careymagnusson]

the jobs system to build stats reminds me of princess maker 2!

[@DJDavidShmosh]

I’m not the biggest fan, but boy did I have so much fun grabbing all my DVDs and CDs and spending all night collecting monsters.

[@brycevo]

I sorta remember playing one or two of these with my cousin. It was okay?

[@shocknawe]

Bryce McKenzie Idk, ya tell me.

[@MUGEN44]

oh and the anime, i think it was actually better than at least Pokemon, as for he never gets back to the real world, i'm pretty sure he did, but he went back to the Monster world but i can't remember what his motives are(probably along the line of "protecting muh monsters"). the Monster Rancher anime is a lot darker than its counterpart, there are stakes, the villain monsters are actually out there to hunt down and kill the protagonists, and Genkis team are pretty weak(mochi and suezo) before Tiger and the others came, so it was really a "survival" anime. and it actually have some "life lessons" in it too, Tiger losing his brother to Moo, Golem being forced to fight and finally found his own reason to fight, and why Hare is the character he is. And somehow Tiger and Hares relationship reminds me a lot of Zoro-Sanji from One Piece(not sure which one came first).

[@johngoodman5976]

Wow that was confuzzling to read... Small detail: In Pokemon the "world with the monsters" is also "their real world" (as in, the exact same place Pokemon just has one world, maybe you mean Digimon?)

[@MUGEN44]

@@johngoodman5976 english isn't my first language, sorry if i made mistake and/or it was confusing to read. for the "world" part, i was trying to mention how Billiam said "the protagonist never went back to his real word", i misphrased that sorry.

[@maximumfang2555]

You just unlocked a memory that ive been trying to remember for a while. Thank you.

[@temporalwolf7054]

"Sometimes a thing can just exist in its time." ...So... about the Monster Rancher 1 + 2 DX rerelease...

[@crazycritick]

Dude I honestly thought I imagined this series.

[@Americansikkunt]

Yeah...The main characters are random enough to be completely imaginary

[@crazycritick]

@bryan diaz varela God Damn it don't mess with my reality like that

[@tohaneploho9009]

MR2 was my favorite game for ps1 and one of my fav games ever

[@nightshade1873]

Monster Rancher was my childhood lol. It was a family affair that we all worked on our own monsters and battled each other to see who in our family would be crowned the Monster Rancher Master. So it has a near and dear spot in my heart. The purple dino u got was a Naga Dino combo which is usually pretty good but, they can be stubborn because of the Naga in them. I would recommend a Dino mixed with a Golem u get the power and skill that way.

[@Caligator89]

swayzo has all the charisma and good looks of a Moe Sizzlack, minus the opportunity for teaching what to do when someone disses your fly girl.

[@stealthassasin1day291]

Back when CDs/ Disks were a thing. How can you not remember a final boss named "Moo" . Loved every episode