Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher Will Receive Southeast Asian Release With English Subtitles

Following its initial Japanese reveal, Bandai Namco has confirmed that Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher will be receiving a Southeast Asian release.

To the delight of English-speaking Ultraman and Monster Rancher fans everywhere, the Southeast Asian release of the game will include English subtitles and will launch in 2022, the same year as the Japanese release. This news was accompanied by an English version of the trailer, as well as some further details about the game.

Check it all out below:

About

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher is a collaboration between the nationally popular special effects franchise Ultraman and the popular monster raising simulation game Monster Rancher, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher is a Kaiju raising simulation game that adopts the base systems of Monster Rancher and Monster Rancher 2, allowing you to raise Ultra Kaiju like Alien Baltan, Zetton, Gomora, and more.

Ultra Kaiju x Monster Rancher

Choose your weekly activites to raise your Ultra Kaiju, including feeding, training, studying, and adventuring.

In the farm where the Ultra Kaiju are raised, you can each Kaiju’s various behaviors not depicted in their original works. And in tournaments where powerful rivals compete, you can experience intense battles just like the original works.

Kaiju Raising

Why not raise an Ultra Kaiju? As a “Kaiju Breeder,” the player raises “Partner Kaiju” and aims to become the strongest breeder by winning tournaments. You can train your Partner Kaiju through various means, including feeding, training, studying, and adventuring. Training improves their abilities, while studying enables them to acquire new skills.

On the farm where you raise your Ultra Kaiju, you can enjoy the behaviors of Ultra Kaiju not depicted in their original works, including frolicking, dozing off, and sometimes even getting angry.

Battle

After raising your Partner Kaiju, enter a tournament to compete against powerful rivals. The battle system is the same as previous Monster Rancher titles.

The skills that you can activate vary based on the distance from the enemy Kaiju (adjacent, close range, middle range, and long range).

Increase your stats through training and learn new skills through studying to gain the upper hand in battle.

Unlike the laidback Kaiju you see on the farm, in battle the Kaiju are fierce and fight with the same intensity on display in their original works.

Fusion

There are over 200 Kaiju, including brand new ones!

In Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher, Ultra Kaiju can be fused together to create a new monster. Including monsters born through fusion, there are over 200 monsters in the game, such as the Zetton-patterned Gomora. These monsters may look familiar, but you have never seen them like this!

Kaiju Generation

In Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher, you can generate Ultra Kaiju by using the “Song Generation” system to look up your favorite song from your favorite artist, or by using NFC-compatible technology such as IC cards. The monster generated is different based on the information read from the IC card.

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