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Monster Rancher's fifth evolution brings a greater RPG element, a new training system, and expanded battles. You'll also get to train more than one monster at once! You're Julio, a young circus performer who wants to become a monster-breeding champion. You'll travel to seven towns, juggling training, performing, and adventuring, all while keeping up with your monster raising! EVO's training system has two parts. Train your monster during the week. Bust out your best tricks under the bigtop to keep the fans happy! If not, they'll start heading for the exits. Like other Monster Rancher titles, EVO will create monsters based on any disc you insert into your PS2.

Critic Reviews

IGN Review (6.5 out of 10)

The Monster Rancher series has always enjoyed a cult-like following; perhaps it's the teenage "Pokemon" focus on creating and raising monsters from any CD or DVD lying around the house. Then again, it could be that PlayStation owners like playing with cute monsters they've created as much as Ninten...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 5.4 out of 10

Another in the series...some ups, some downs. (7 out of 10)

posted by sghoul (TALLAHASSEE, FL) on May 11, 2006
Member since Apr 2006
13 out of 14 gamers (93%) found this review helpful

I have played every Monster Rancher to date. And, for me, Evo, was mostly more of the same. It did make some forward strives, but I felt in some areas it went backwards. Forwards: having an overlying story was, to me, a good idea. It gave me a reason to keep training up my monsters. While the s...more

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