Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II
Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II, known in Japan as , is a video game developed and published by Tecmo for PlayStation in 2000. It is the second and last game in Tecmo's "Monster Rancher Battle Card" series, featuring a card game incorporating the popular characters from the "Monster Rancher" series. Reception. The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Greg Orlando of "NextGen" said, "Although a variant on ["Monster Rancher" and "Monster Rancher 2"], "Monster Rancher Battle Card [Episode II]" holds none of their whimsical fun." In Japan, "Famitsu  gave it a score of 27 out of 40. The D-Pad Destroyer of GamePro" said of the game, "Fans of the "Monster Rancher" cartoon series and PlayStation owners dying for a video card game would do well to pick up "Battle Card". It's a harmless, fun card battle that requires strategy, quick thinking, and an inexhaustible appetite for cute gladiators doing what they do best - kicking ass." Bro Buzz said that the game "gets some juice from the cool, if bizarre-looking, combatants and some basic-but-action-packed animation that illustrates the various cards. The lively music  makes for a credible effort to party, too, although there's just too much boring dialogue in between cards. If you're game for a change o' pace or a strategy challenge, you might just find them in these cards."