Monster Race (1998)

Developer: Koei
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure

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How it feels

A breezy monster-collecting grind where you steadily train and race your creatures toward a championship, with simple progression keeping the pace steady and low-stakes.

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About

A Koei published monster collecting and racing game in the vein of Pokémon. It was released in Japan on March 6th 1998 for the Sony Playstation and Nintendo Gameboy. In the game you play a young boy who wants to be a monster trainer and win the Monster Race World Championship and for that the player has to train his monster so that way he becomes stronger and faster. The player can also catch new monsters that he can find in grass terrains and if he wins the race against them he can add them to his team.

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