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15-460: Monster Rancher EVO delves more into the RPG genre than previous installments in the series. Gamers play the role of Julio, a circus performer who aspires to be a world class monster breeder. Players must meet with the circus ringleader on a weekly basis to plan out the next week's course of action: schedule in circus performances, adventuring and training for their monsters. Although the series has taken

30-565: A monster. Players must go to the Shrine, where they can choose their preferred method to generate a monster. One is the disc method where the player swaps the Monster Rancher 4 disc with a CD, DVD, or another game disc. A monster is then generated from the data contained on that disc. The next method is through in-game disc stones. Which can be obtained from adventures or tournaments. A pre-determined monster will then be generated based on

45-402: A new direction, Monster Rancher EVO features many of the themes of past games. Monster generation (using CD/DVDs, an in-game item, or with other monsters) is done with a female shaman named Nayuta who also plays the role of heroine. Rather than using a shrine to unlock your disks, Nayuta awakens them using a magical monster rebirth dance. She can reseal them in disc stones as well, which replaces

60-481: A numeric value to each review related to its degree of positive rating of the work. Review aggregation sites have begun to have economic effects on the companies that create or manufacture items under review, especially in certain categories such as electronic games, which are expensive to purchase. Some companies have tied royalty payment rates and employee bonuses to aggregate scores, and stock prices have been seen to reflect ratings, as related to potential sales. It

75-493: A return, with a few new additions as well, for a total of 25 main breeds. Monsters put on shows using training gadgets, and if the audience enjoys the show, they will throw money at the stage. Exploration, similar to that of Monster Rancher 4 , involves the character going out into the field with their monster(s), and defeating stray monsters and a chapter boss to gain anima points, used to gain new monster skills or perform 'union attacks'. Monster Rancher EVO' s artwork style

90-481: A young boy in the Orcoro circus, wants to be a professional and famous Monster Breeder. One day after a performance a mysterious beautiful girl with special powers by the name of Nayuta came to force her way into the circus troop. NPC interaction is the key to moving forward in the story. Each of the seven towns that you visit has its own problems. In each village there is a guild. At the guild Julio accepts missions from

105-480: Is a great deal more animated and realistic than its predecessors. Characters take on a much more realistic physique and appear quite natural, rather than cartoony. Monsters in EVO share most of the same design as those from Monster Rancher 4 . They are more smoothly animated, helping to immerse the player fully into the game. The Orcoro Circus is a band of people who have come together to bring joy to people's faces. Julio,

120-435: Is the first game in the series to be story-driven. Breeder rank progression is no longer tied to beating official tournaments, but by progressing the main story. The playable character is no longer silent, and has the default name "Phayne." The story centers around Phayne, who is offered a job working on a ranch, and the mysterious girl Rio, who has the abnormal ability to talk to monsters. Rio eventually works alongside Phayne on

135-503: Is widely accepted in the literature that there is a strong correlation between sales and aggregated scores. Due to the influence reviews have over sales decisions, manufacturers are often interested in measuring these reviews for their own products. This is often done using a business-facing product review aggregator. In the film industry, according to Reuters , big studios pay attention to aggregators but "they don't always like to assign much importance to them". Movie Review Intelligence

150-517: The freeze function from older games. While this does not affect monster health it does affect loyalty; over-use can lead to monsters rebelling in the middle of a show. There is a Monster Market where players can pick up disc stones for free, in case they lack a large collection of their own disks. Monsters can be combined like previous games, but the parent monsters are not consumed, and are put back in Julio's inventory afterwards. Many monster species make

165-606: The guildmaster that have been set by the villagers. The rewards for missions are gold, items, and rare monsters. The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one eight, and two sevens for a total of 29 out of 40. In Japan, an Original Video Animation tie-in to the game, entitled Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan Original Animation- Kessei!! Orcoro Circus ( モンスターファーム5　サーカスキャラバン オリジナルアニメーション 「結成!!オルコロサーカス」 , Monsutā Fāmu Faibu Sākasu Kyaraban Orijinaru Animēshon "Kessei!! Orukoro Sākasu )

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180-562: The ranch, and once a mysterious man by the name of Mr. K appears at their doorstep, the real plot begins to unfold. The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . IGN ranked it as the 88th best PlayStation 2 game. The staff praised its improvements over its predecessors. Review aggregator A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services, such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, or cars. This system then stores

195-415: The reviews to be used for supporting a website where users can view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies, and creating databases for companies to learn about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning

210-417: The specific disc stone. Once the monster has been generated, their data is recorded in the encyclopedia. Players can then regenerate any monster that has been recorded in the encyclopedia at any point. Once a player regenerates a monster, they can raise it on a ranch, and train it to compete in battles. The limit for monsters depend on the size of their ranch but the maximum is five monsters. Monster Rancher 4

225-566: Was released. Monster Rancher 4 Monster Rancher 4 (known in Japan as Monster Farm 4 ( モンスターファーム4 , Monsutā Fāmu Fō ) ) is a monster breeding and management game that was released by Tecmo for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. Like the previous installments, this game involves the raising, breeding, and fighting of monsters. Monsters are created via a "Saucer Stone" regeneration system. There are several methods to obtaining

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