History VideoGame / MonsterRancherBattleCardGame

** The Descendents in the Game Boy game have mixed-breed monsters, which you can't get.

* FragileSpeedster: Pixie, Hare, and Tiger.
* FragileSpeedster: Pixie has only 6 health, but 9 dodging cards.
* GlassCannon: Tiger, Mew, and Hare have only 6 health and powerful attacks.

** GlassCannon: It only has 4 HP.

* {{Roguelike}}: Dungeons in the GB game play out like this. Dungeons are randomly-generated, and treasure is guarded by invisible monsters. [[spoiler:You can see the monsters with an item]].

* StoneWall: Most monsters with 10 HP.

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: The monsters in the Paradise of Monsters]].
* BrutalBonusBoss: [[spoiler: The monsters in the Paradise of Monsters]] have mixed-breed cards, which use one monster's attack cards and another card's defense cards. Big Blue, a Golem/Tiger, [[LightningBruiser can now dodge everything while hitting very hard]].

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The Game Boy game is infamous for this.

* ContinuityNod: One of the items in the Game Boy game is a pair of skates - Genki's weapon of choice in the anime.

* SchrodingersCast: If you pick the boy character in the GB game, you occasioanlly run into Holly. If you pick the girl, you run into Colt.

* ExcusePlot: Averted. Little kids cannot play with real monsters because it's too dangerous, so they simulate monster battles with cards. In the second game, the plot is about freeing Colt from the Monster Plate.

* {{Roguelike}}: Dungeons in the GBC game play out like this; if a timer runs out, you'll automatically be attacked.

* PlayerPersonalityQuiz: ''Episode II'' has a quiz that determines your starting Monsters and deck.

** Plants are this sort of Monster.

* ContinuityCameo: Practically ''everyone'' from the first two main games appear as opponents, along with plenty of new faces.

* MacGuffin: The Phoenix card, only obtainable after you have every other Monster card.

* ButThouMust: [[spoiler:After completing the Game Boy game for the first time, you can decline Tim's offer to start over and continue collecting cards, but there's absolutely nothing else that can be done by that point.]]

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The Game Boy game.

* FragileSpeedster: Pixie.
* GlassCannon: Tiger, Mew, and Hare.

* JackOfAllStats: Mocchi and Suezo.
* LightningBruiser: Zilla and Dragon.

* DistressedDamsel: Colt.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The opponent will always go after the monster with no defense cards, suggesting it can see the player's cards. This is an otherwise illegal move without Suezo's "Scouting" card.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The opponent will always go after the monster with no defense cards, suggesting it can see the player's cards. This is an otherwise illegal move without Suezo's "Scouting" skill.

Sadly, the hard copies of the game never made it out of Japan. So far, only two games exist: ''Monster Rancher Battle Card Game'' for the Gameboy and ''Monster Rancher Battle Card Game Episode II'' for the Playstation. Though a ''Monster Rancher CCG'' was be released, it used a different system all together and had more to do with the anime than the games.

Sadly, the hard copies of the game never made it out of Japan. So far, only two games exist: ''Monster Rancher Battle Card Game'' for the Gameboy and ''Monster Rancher Battle Card Game Episode II'' for the Playstation.

* ExcusePlot: Averted. For a card game, this game has a great plot that is also In-universe. Little kids can not play with real monsters because it's too dangerous, so they simulate monster battles with cards.

There is a [[VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame Pokémon card game]]. There is a [[DigimonCardBattle Digimon card game]]. Why would ''Monster Rancher'' [[FollowTheLeader lose this possibility]]?

->''"The age of MonsterRancher [[AndTheAdventureContinues continues]]...''

There is a [[VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame Pokémon card game]]. There is a [[DigimonCardBattle Digimon card game]]. Why would ''MonsterRancher'' [[FollowTheLeader lose this possibility]]?

While different from the previously named card games, ''"Monster Rancher [[CardBattleGame Card Game]]"'' managed to capture pretty well the fighting system ''MonsterRancher'' games are known for. Of course, there is no breeding simulation included, but the system is still very faithful to the original games.

* The match ends when one trainers' three monsters are defeated (most likely by ''ofensive cards'') or one trainer is ''decked out''.

Sadly, the hard copies of the game never made it out of Japan. So far, only two games exist: ''MonsterRancherBattleCardGame'' for the Gameboy and ''MonsterRancherBattleCardGameEpisodeII'' for the Playstation.

Exploration and story progress in the former is very similar to the Gameboy VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame Game for the GameboyColor, while in the latter is more like the original ''MonsterRancher'' games, with a calendar and scheduled fights.

* BlindIdiotTranslation the gameboy game.
* BoringButPractical: low GUTS attack, you can use plenty of them to kill one monster. Then, 3 vs 2 is a lot easier to win. Just keep spamming them.

* OddballInTheSeries A monster rancher game that has no simulation.... as a matter of facts, that doesn't have real monsters! (except for NPC)