Monster Rancher receives update: monsters, Tournament Mode, more

For those of you playing the (original?) Pokemon, Koei Tecmo has released a free update for Monster Rancher, which is currently available for the Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android for Japan. The update adds new monsters, a player participatory Tournament Mode, and other updates.

The details, as translated by Gematsu, are as follows:

Save Slot Added

One free manual save slot has been added. In addition to the two free save slots, you can purchase up to 12 additional save slots for 120 yen each, or the full 12-pack for 980 yen.

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Battle Mode: 1P Entry Method Changed

While you were previously only able to select your own monster, now you can select from monsters uploaded by other players, making battles and tournaments between players easier.

Player Participatory Tournament Mode Added

Player participatory tournaments will be held in the future. Players will be able to participate by simply registering a monster that meet the tournament’s conditions, and battles will play out automatically without instruction from breeders.

Music Data Added

Added music data for CD titles released between September 29, 2019 and February 1, 2020, and for Switch physical edition titles released between September 2019 and January 2020. (The latter data is exclusively for the Switch version.)

New Monsters Added

New monsters derived from existing monster species have been added.

Other

• Added Ability Total display.
• Other subtle changes and bug fixes.

There’s nothing on whether Monster Rancher would ever get localized, but if you don’t mind, then just get try out the game, and its free update, on your platform of choice.

Monster Rancher

Developer: KOEI TECMO

Release Date: 2019-11-28

Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch

Known as Monster Farm in Japan, players raise monsters to fight in tournaments.

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