{"id":338268,"date":"2025-10-21T02:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T02:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2165920"},"modified":"2025-10-21T02:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T02:57:51","slug":"monster-ranchers-suezo-is-also-paid-dlc-for-super-monkey-ball-banana-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/monster-ranchers-suezo-is-also-paid-dlc-for-super-monkey-ball-banana-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Rancher&#8217;s Suezo is also paid DLC for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/monster-ranchers-suezo-is-also-paid-dlc-for-super-monkey-ball-banana-mania.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just one day after announcing players will be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-01-you-can-pay-usd5-to-put-hello-kitty-in-a-super-monkey-ball\">shove Hello Kitty into a Monkey Ball<\/a> following the release of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania next month, Sega has revealed another post-launch DLC character for its simian-rolling platformer: Monster Rancher&#8217;s Suezo.<\/p>\n<p>For those previously unfamiliar with Koei Tecmo&#8217;s long-running Monster Rancher series (and I count myself in that number), its blend of sim-like creature-rearing and battling originally debuted on PlayStation back in 1997, meaning next year marks its 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Koei Tecmo previously revealed it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0ttBeT-shVM\">releasing versions of the first two Monster Rancher games on Switch<\/a> in the west this December as part of the series&#8217; birthday celebrations (the first time Monster Rancher has travelled west in over a decade), but we now know those anniversary festivities will also extend to shoving one of the games&#8217; most iconic monsters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/monster-rancher.fandom.com\/wiki\/Suezo\">yellow one-eyed worm-thing Suezo<\/a> &#8211; into a Monkey Ball too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-02-monster-ranchers-suezo-is-also-paid-dlc-for-super-monkey-ball-banana-mania\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-02-monster-ranchers-suezo-is-also-paid-dlc-for-super-monkey-ball-banana-mania\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just one day after announcing players will be able to shove Hello Kitty into a Monkey Ball following the release of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania next month, Sega has revealed another post-launch DLC character for its simian-rolling platformer: Monster Rancher&#8217;s Suezo. For those previously unfamiliar with Koei Tecmo&#8217;s long-running Monster Rancher series (and I count myself in that number), its blend of sim-like creature-rearing and battling originally debuted on PlayStation back in 1997, meaning next year marks its 25th anniversary. 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