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Monster Rancher Advance

Monster Rancher Advance is a monster-raising simulation that allows players to raise and customize 440 monster types. These monsters can then be tested in in-game tournaments, or made battle against other…

7 December 2001

Monster Rancher Advance is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Tecmo, released 7 December 2001 on Game Boy Advance.

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What Monster Rancher Advance is

Monster Rancher Advance is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Tecmo and released in 2001. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Monster Rancher Advance is a monster-raising simulation that allows players to raise and customize 440 monster types. These monsters can then be tested in in-game tournaments, or made battle against other players's ones in two-player mode (by the GBA link cable). Monsters are created in the game's shrine through the entry of letters, numbers and punctuation symbols. Players begin with the ability to enter up to 4 characters to make monsters, and can unlock the ability to use up to 8 characters through gaining higher trainer ranks. Different words or combinations of characters can not only make different types of monsters, but also each monster can have varying attributes and…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the monster rancher series

Monster Rancher Advance is the fourth of 9 entries we hold in the monster rancher series. It arrived a year after Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout. The next entry was Monster Rancher Advance 2 in 2002.

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What it launched against

Monster Rancher Advance launched on 7 December 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 and Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.

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When did Monster Rancher Advance come out?
Monster Rancher Advance was released on 7 December 2001 for Game Boy Advance.

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