Monster Rancher Battle Card GB
A trading card RPG based on the Monster Rancher franchise.
Monster Rancher Battle Card GB is a role-playing (rpg) developed by GRC, released 24 December 1999 on Game Boy Color.
What Monster Rancher Battle Card GB is
Monster Rancher Battle Card GB is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by GRC and released in 1999. It was published by Tecmo. It is available on Game Boy Color only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Before the world's continents broke up into pieces, a huge disaster hit the world. People prayed to God for help, and God created new life forms. However, new life forms brought new troubles, so God became exasperated and sealed them in "disc stones". Many years have passed since then and God entrusted the humans with the secret of "disc stones". Today people still continue searching for these missing "disc stones" to unlock the lifeforms within. In the anime, the monsters were created by scientists. It is said that one monster is trapped inside each one. One day a group of workers excavating the ancient ruins happened to dig up one of these mythical disc stones. The worker who first…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the monster rancher series
Monster Rancher Battle Card GB is the second of 9 entries we hold in the monster rancher series. It arrived 2 years after Monster Rancher. The next entry was Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout in 2000.
What it launched against
Monster Rancher Battle Card GB launched on 24 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.
Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.
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