Straight Outta Pangaea, and snacks too...

[dilfosaur]

hello sorry i have been awol i’ve been working very hard to prep for flamecon (and took a break to see mcr with bestie)- info and catalog coming soon aaaaaaaaaah

[silkieselkie]

Mocchi, from Monster Farm/Rancher!

Its been a while since I've felted, so brushed off the rust with a friend shape. :)

[serpentlily11]

Idk but Pansy and Farn look so cute together TwT

[straight-outta-pangaea]

I haven't drawn anything in a while, sooooo....

I don't think I've shared pictures of my Monster Rancher collection! These were taken at different times, and probably not quite everything, but a good showing of my stuff, imo.

[ellasent]

Was going through some scans of some Japanese Monster Rancher guidebooks and one of them had a ton of cool concept sketches. : )

Especially dig this height chart.

[littleeyesofpallas]

Just kinda working my way backwards through updates....

SKÖLL[スコール] is a Tiger/Yggdrasil and takes Ygg's nordic theming to reference the Norse myth Sköll, one of two sons of the wolf Fenrir. Sköll pursues the chariot of the sun goddess Sól across the sky until the ends days of Ragnarok when he is destined to catch up to her and devour her. (Likewise his brother, Hati Hróðvitnisson, pursues the moon god, Máni)

FUUMA[フウマ] is a Zan/Zuum*, name taken from Fuuma[風魔]: "Wind Demon/EvilSpirit" the name of a historically prominent ninja clan, and itself the namesake of its founder, the assumed name of legendary ninja, Fuuma Kotarou[風魔 小太郎].

YAMATO[ヤマト] from Yamato[大和] the ancient kingdom of Japan and from it dominant ethnic group that is what we think of as "Japanese" today. Has strong ties to samurai imagery and "Spirit of Japan" for obvious reasons. He's got a samurai helmet style head piece and chest and shoulder pattern like a samurai war haori. Naga, despite being a reference to Indian mythos, have always had loose dragon themes/associations in Japanese pop culture which play into making a Naga type the embodiment of Japanese spirit here. Oh and it's Naga/???.

*OH they added a LORD type monster category. But LORD and ROAD (as in Zuum's original Japanese name "RoadRunner") are written the same katakana [ロード]. I was about to say "since when have they been doing that?" but actually looking back I did do one of these and questioned exactly that, so I guess that was the first of them and it's only become a whole set in the time since...

URÐR[ウルズ] or alternatively URD or URTH is a Norn of Norse mythos. One of three Fates(other two being Verðandi and Skuld) who spin measure and cut the threads of fate, not unlike their greco-roman counterparts. Urðr in particular represents the Past, with the others representing Present and Future, respectively. It's a Yggdrasil/Tiger.

TITANIA[ティターニア] Pixie/Zuum*?? no of course not, it's a Pixie/Lord type. Duh... The name is from the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, wife to Oberon.

VÁNAGANDR[ヴァナルガンド] an alternate name or epithet of the wolf Fenrir of Norse myth. Makes sense for a Lord of Tigers, but I dunno... the Norse myth this is kinda trite and played out, so it feels underwhelming.

TAMAMO-NO-MAE[タマモノマエ] named after the mythic tamamo-no-mae[玉藻前] an alleged courtesan of a 12th century emperor who was secretly a fox spirit. (Technically I did this one before, but I'm throwing it in here since it rounds out these new Lord types)

Oh and I guess I missed these? Or more like I was still playing when they dropped but didn't post anything about them, even though they're both technically new designs?

RETSU[レツ] Zan/Arrowhead. From retsu[裂]: "rend/tear" which fits the zan's broader cutting and violence themes?

SHIN[シン] Zan/Zuum this is so vague and short, it could be any of like a dozen different words in Japanese, all pronounced "shin"...

Well I'd normally add these guys to their respective entries in the master post but since the wiki is MIA I don't actually have a reliable source of uniform images for these anymore...

[monsterfenrick]

It's time for another giveaway!

Monster Rancher promotions and giveaways

North America Keys only. I apologize in advance that the keys I have to give away are only North America.

For the Switch this doesn't matter too much since you can quickly create a 2nd account in NA, flip over, redeem the key/download, then flip back and play since the Switch is completely region-free.

For Steam well, there's not much I can do.

I am not KoeiTecmo nor a business, just a singular person running a Monster Rancher website, promoting the game with a giveaway.

Already have the game? maybe you have a friend that just needed a push to get started and "free" seems like a pretty good incentive

Deadline is July 10th where I will draw a winner. If I don't get a response I will forfeit the winner and re-draw another name.

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[littleeyesofpallas]

Realized there are these neat petraglyph type assets used in the Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX banners on steam that I haven't really isolated anywhere. I dunno if these existed elsewhere before the digital rereleases, but noticeably they're only original Monster Rancher breeds. I really love when a style sorta squishes itself into a grid frame of some sort. It's that faux-Aztec sorta look like what Monster Hunter does. Shame there were more of them

[goatpaws]

Guess who almost died and needs help???

Donate to Support Goat's Recovery and Health Needs, organized by Malakai Rodier

Howdy! I'm Goat, a freelance artist and part time retail employee from Texas. … Malakai Rodier needs your support for Support Goat's Recover

I was in the hospital for a few days bc I had a bilateral pulmonary embolism, which is very much life threatening! On top of that the blood clots in my lungs were enormous and the big ones had to be manually removed. Unfortunately, I live in a capitalist hellscape and the amount of work I am missing during recovery has doomed me financially. I need some help paying this month's bills and buying meds/groceries for major dietary adjustments.

I know everyone is struggling right now, especially if you also live in the states, but please, please help if you can. My fundraising goal is relatively small, just enough to cover a few bills. Every little bit helps a ton and I appreciate it so much.

Thank you, I love u all, be safe, be well, don't let your lungs get full of blood clots like i did!

[1arcadegameaweek]

Ganbare Ginkun (1995)

Developer: Tecmo

Publisher: Tecmo

Hardware: Tecmo 16

Dump Status: Dumped

Ganbare Ginkun (がんばれギンくん) is a minigame collection where you play as either Gin or Ham (depending on if you’re P1 or P2), as they take part on a radio gameshow, hosted by GatsuGatsu.

When the game starts, you have the option to pick from 3 courses, which have an increasing number of rounds. Every round has a set amount of minigames that need to be completed before moving on to the next. Each course has their own set of unique cutscenes that can play out at the start and end of every round, which can change depending on a choice you get at the start of a round.

The minigames are very bizarre, matching the game’s unconventional doodle artstyle. They range from getting your head blown off into the sky and having to move to have your head land back on your body, to keeping a bomb from detonating by urinating on the burning part of the fuse (which also turns the character into the Mannekin Pis statue)!!

The boss theme from Final Star Force is used in some of this game’s minigames, and is titled as ‘FSF!’ in the soundtrack.

Gin and GatsuGatsu would end up reappearing in the Monster Rancher series, as Doodle and Sketch respectively. Doodle’s moves reference minigames from this game, involving the chicken motorcycle and the boot!

[goatpaws]

The latest addition to the "Mascot Series," Naga! The next batch of merch I order will definitely be restocking the older designs and adding some new ones, like this fella!

[raferunte]

Fan art of Monster Rancher.

[disembodiedbutts]

mis-typed "Michigan" as "Mochigan" and I knew what I had to do

[straight-outta-pangaea]

Used @littleeyesofpallas 's tier maker to probably out myself as the Monster Rancher equivalent of a basic bitch. Hahaha.

S tier are obviously my all-time faves. The anime made me love Tiger/Rygar/Raigaa so much. MR2 was my first game, and I while not in my first couple monsters, I came to love both Tiger and Naga from there on. Lesione is just plain adorable. I was a cryptozoology fanatic as a kid, so anything Nessie/plesiosaur adjacent won me over quickly. Mogi reminds me a bit of Parappa, another series I was very fond of, and is just cool. Ripper is the too-tough, too cute tsundere.

A tier are mostly monsters that I've really loved raising, except Shinryu and Kijin, because trying to play Line MF in Japanese is too daunting for me. They're just so badass. I kind of regret not putting Momo in S, because I've raised several in MRA that just tore shit UP, and they're so cuuute. Sigh.

B tier is "I'm glad these exist." A mix of series mascots and general fond feelings. 💚

C tier is "This is a monster." This where I have less feelings and opinions. I don't dislike any of these guys, but they don't normally jump out to me either. I will say though that I actually would rate MR2 Color Pandora itself as a B. This is the only monster that I really do not like how they've been depicted since.

(My very first monster ever was a Peach Tree Bug named Pixel, and I cried hard when she died at the ripe old age of, uh, 2. Whoops.)

D tier are my least favorite. Again, I wouldn't really say I dislike them or anything, but I'm iffy on them for various reasons. Magic ended up kinda getting the Jynx treatment and being turned purple. I think my struggle is more like, I see potential. It could be salvaged and redeemed. Its already got some amazing sub-breeds too! ...but it was a really odd decision in the first place. Bajarl also falls into a similar category. They could have just made a little djinn guy, but they went a little too humanoid and kinda questionable. Ducken is simply a little too silly and brightly colored for my tastes. Pancho and I just don't vibe. To my eyes, Xenon just isn't a balanced or cohesive design, and far too plain being all white.

F tier is just MR4 Ape because I do not understand. Okay, I know its a reference to Ape Escape, but I'm not a huge gamer, so this and most /??? monster tributes to other series are lost on me.

If you've read through all that and want to read even more, just chat me up! I love talking about MR. Do you agree? Want to challenge my opinion? Want my perspective on a certain breed or sub breed?

[littleeyesofpallas]

Create a Monster Rancher(Monster Farm) Monster Breeds Tier List

Monster Rancher(NA)/Monster Farm(JP) purebreed monsters across all mainline games and mobage, and then DS there is sort of the odd one out b

This was a dumb thing to take the time to make, because I know damn well there are tiermaker lists for this out there already, but i'm picky so i tried to make one that's a little more visually uniform and has legible text and no one ever seems to anything about that when making these.

Oh and i guess posting about this is a good an excuse as any to plug my big dumb masterlist of that time I went and tried to poke around all the different monster names to see if English localization had really fucked up any ones in particular. Also there's just a lot of fun factoids and references in there.

[monsterfenrick]

Still Emulating Monster Rancher?

RetroArch now supports Make-A-Monster files on LegendCup (with ReARMed, SwanStation, Beetle cores)

The files have already supported DuckStation, ePSXe (v2.0.5), pSX (v1.13), PCSX-R, InfraRecorder, and ImgBurn for burning physycal media.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterRancher/comments/1q3z85u/retroarch_now_supports_makeamonster_files_on/

[straight-outta-pangaea]

Felt like doing some traditional art monsters of my own design.

Tiger/Ape

Ghost/Undine

Wracky/Plant

I have another sheet of three I've started working on, so despite the holidays, hopefully that will be done sooner rather than later.