Monster Tale
Monster Tale is a 2011 platformer video game developed by DreamRift and published by Majesco for the Nintendo DS. It follows a young girl named Ellie and her monster companion Chomp as they attempt to stop the villainous Kid-Kings and return Monster World to the monsters.
Monster Tale
- Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Monster Tale was published by Majesco Entertainment.
- Genre
- Metroidvania
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Monster Tale is a 2011 platformer video game developed by DreamRift and published by Majesco for the Nintendo DS. It follows a young girl named Ellie and her monster companion Chomp as they attempt to stop the villainous Kid-Kings and return Monster World to the monsters.
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• Title — Monster Tale • Developer — DreamRift • Publisher — Majesco • Director — Peter Ong • Platforms — Nintendo DS • Released — March 22, 2011 • Genre — Action-adventure Life simulation, Metroidvania • Modes — Single-player
Development
Development
According to the game's developers, there was pressure from publishers not to feature a young female lead. Peter Ong, the co-founder of DreamRift and director of Monster Tale, told Nintendo Power that "this choice was actually somewhat controversial with some publishers. Our experience was that many publishers are looking to avert the risk of a main character that hasn't been proven to capture large audiences. As a result, there was some concern from publishers that Ellie should change to a male or a more mature/sexy female."
Remake
Remake
On March 29, 2015, DreamRift announced a remake of the game, titled Monster Tale Ultimate, to be released for Nintendo 3DS via the Nintendo eShop. Announced changes to Ultimate included reduced backtracking, visual improvements, and the ability to toggle between the original soundtrack and a new orchestral soundtrack. However, Monster Tale Ultimate was never released. In January 2021, Majesco announced that Monster Tale would be released on "modern game platforms".
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Monster Tale received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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- 1.Fletcher, JC. Monster Tale brings Chomp home in March. Engadget (Joystiq). January 5, 2011.
- 2.Parish, Jeremy. Metroidvania. GameSpite. June 12, 2012.
- 3.Hatfield, Daemon. Project Monster Evolves. IGN. May 11, 2010.
- 4.Monster Tale. Nintendo Power. 263. 54. January 2011.
- 5.Monster Tale for DS Reviews. Metacritic.
- 6.Parish, Jeremy. Monster Tale Review. 1UP.com. March 31, 2011.
- 7.Bennett, Colette. Review: Monster Tale. Destructoid. March 23, 2011.
- 8.Edge staff. Monster Tale. Edge. 228. 101. June 2011.
- 9.Schilling, Chris. DS Imports: The Last Hurrah (Page 2). Eurogamer. May 30, 2011.
- 10.Kemps, Heidi. Monster Tale Review. GameSpot. April 4, 2011.
- 11.Miller-Watt, Josh. Monster Tale review. GamesRadar. March 22, 2011.
- 12.Thomas, Lucas M. Monster Tale Review. IGN. 7 April 2011.
- 13.Monster Tale. Nintendo Gamer. 57. May 2011.
- 14.Monster Tale. Nintendo Power. 265. 90. March 2011.
- 15.Cole, Michael. Monster Tale. Nintendo World Report. February 11, 2011.
- 16.Osborn, Alex. Monster Tale Ultimate Announced for 3DS. IGN. March 29, 2015.
- 17.Monster Tale on Its Way to the 3DS eShop in a New 'Ultimate' Version. Nintendo Life. 28 March 2015.
- 18.Nintendo DS Platformer Monster Tale Is Making A Comeback On Modern Consoles. Nintendo Life. 2021-01-11.
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