Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX

Welcome to the magical world of Monster Rancher! The beloved series makes its triumphant return with Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX, bringing together the wildly popular simulation games – Monster Rancher and…

85 8 December 2021

What Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX is

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX was released in 2021. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Cocos2d.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Welcome to the magical world of Monster Rancher! The beloved series makes its triumphant return with Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX, bringing together the wildly popular simulation games – Monster Rancher and Monster Rancher 2 – all in one amazing collection. Raise your own monsters and train them to compete against other eccentric creatures in combat and tournaments. With hundreds of different monster types, each with their own skills and abilities, every Rancher will be able to raise and train a monster that's a perfect fit for their personality and play style. Returning fans and newcomers alike can enjoy the timeless monster training and battling experience in Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the monster rancher series

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX is the sixth of 9 entries we hold in the monster rancher series. It arrived 19 years after Monster Rancher Advance 2. The next entry was Monster Rancher 1 DX in 2021.

See all 9 monster rancher games in release order →

How it was received

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX launched on 8 December 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash and Battlefield 2042. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash, Battlefield 2042.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer