{"id":65667,"date":"2025-09-08T09:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/ds-platformer-monster-tale-getting-modern-re-release-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:42:47","slug":"ds-platformer-monster-tale-getting-modern-re-release-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ds-platformer-monster-tale-getting-modern-re-release-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"DS Platformer Monster Tale Getting Modern Re-Release This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ds-platformer-monster-tale-getting-modern-re-release-this-year.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>Majesco Entertainment announced that Monster Tale, the beloved and dare I say\u00a0underappreciated Nintendo DS platformer, is heading to \u201cmodern game platforms\u201d sometime this year. There\u2019s no specification on which consoles those are, but one would have to assume Switch at the very least given the game\u2019s Nintendo roots.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Monster Tale released in 2011 and is a unique blend of Metroidvania exploration and action-platforming\u00a0with pet simulator elements. Players control a young girl named Ellie and her monstrous companion Chomp as they try to free Monster World from the clutches of the Kid-Kings, dastardly little rascals who have taken the world away from its rightful inhabitants.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>In addition to unlocking new abilities for Ellie, who can shoot fireballs using her bracelet, players can feed and train Chomp to make him transform into larger, more powerful forms. The original game made use of the DS\u2019 two screens by giving players the ability to send Chomp to the bottom screen to attack enemies hiding below or solve puzzles Ellie can\u2019t access. Thus, balancing Ellie and Chomp\u2019s gameplay between the two screens formed the crux of gameplay. It\u2019ll be interesting to see how this dynamic is adapted for a single-screen experience. This isn&#8217;t the first time Monster Tale was supposed to re-release on new hardware. In 2015, a\u00a03DS port with enhanced features was announced but never materialized for unknown reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/monster_tale\/b\/nintendo_ds\/archive\/2011\/03\/22\/review.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a>, former <\/span><\/span><span><span>Game Informer <\/span><\/span><span><span>editor Annette Gonzalez scored\u00a0Monster Tale an 8 out of 10 saying \u201cCriticisms aside, Monster Tale is a polished platforming adventure with light RPG elements that make it more than just another pet simulator. It uses the aged DS hardware to full effect for a novel experience.\u201d I&#8217;m also one of the seemingly few who played Monster Tale back in the day, and I can co-sign on its quality; it&#8217;s a very cool game.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/01\/11\/ds-platformer-monster-tale-getting-modern-re-release-this-year\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majesco Entertainment announced that Monster Tale, the beloved and dare I say\u00a0underappreciated Nintendo DS platformer, is heading to \u201cmodern game platforms\u201d sometime this year. There\u2019s no specification on which consoles those are, but one would have to assume Switch at the very least given the game\u2019s Nintendo roots.\u00a0 Monster Tale released in 2011 and is a unique blend of Metroidvania exploration and action-platforming\u00a0with pet simulator elements. Players control a young girl named Ellie and her monstrous companion Chomp as they try to free Monster World from the clutches of the Kid-Kings, dastardly little rascals who have taken the world away from its rightful inhabitants.\u00a0 In addition to unlocking new abilities for Ellie, who can shoot fireballs using her bracelet, players can feed and train Chomp&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ds-platformer-monster-tale-getting-modern-re-release-this-year\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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