SO, WHAT IS DIFFERENT?

I can answer that in two words: a lot. That means a lot of time and thought went into creating the second Monster Rancher game. Perhaps it was the legions of loyal fans of the first game or the improved game technology out there or simply because the designers wanted to do a great job, but this is one of the best sequel or follow-up games I’ve ever seen.

For one thing, as I said, the graphics are a lot better. There’s pure 3-D graphics in Monster Rancher 2.

In the original Monster Rancher you were breeding for FIMBA. In Monster Rancher 2 you are breeding monsters for IMA, the main competition in the original game.

You can now “cheat” on drills to earn points, but not that many and training with drills does not provide money. And, there are an increased number of stats. Also, the Loyalty stat is much more important in the second game. And, Loyalty is related to whether your monster is spoiled or not. A spoiled monster is not very loyal.

And remember, you can make money by battling wild monsters.