Nintendo DS title Monster Tale is coming to modern consoles in 2021 (2024)

"On the heels of the latest release of Double Dragon: Neon on Nintendo Switch, Majesco Entertainment is excited to announce that the long-loved Nintendo DS classic Monster Tale will be finding its way onto modern game platforms in 2021.
Developed by Dreamrift, Monster Tale left its mark by bringing a nostalgic feel and a vibrant world featuring the human monster duo of Ellie and Chomp.
Players in Monster Tale experience a seamless blend of classic gameplay styles of puzzle-platformers, Metroidvania, and pet management as they seek to rid the fantastic Monster World of the evil ragtag group the Kid-Kings.
Working together Ellie and Chomp must learn new skills in order to return the world to the rightful hands of the monsters and help Ellie return home.
Monster Tale features a beautifully crafted world of 2D pixel artwork reminiscent of classic 90’s titles.
As players explore the world as Ellie, they’ll unlock new abilities for her to use to overcome the obstacles she faces.
They’ll also help to train her monster companion Chomp so that he can evolve and aid Ellie in their adventures."

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Source:https://www.gamespress.com/Majesco-Entertainment-to-Reopen-the-Gates-of-Monster-Tale

godreborn said:

is this part of the monster world universe? I beat monster world on the switch a while back. very good game, and I died A LOT, but I used no faqs either. it has metroid vania style stuff in it like being able to transform into other characters to proceed through the game. the game is quite difficult with lots of puzzles to make use of those characters. I don't have 100%. I may go back to it one day to try to find that stuff I'm missing.

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Monster Tale is not part of the Monster World universe from Sega.

hmm...anyway, it's monster boy is the name of the game: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/monster-boy-and-the-cursed-kingdom-switch/

quite good.

To be honest, that NDS Box Art isn't doing it any favours, especially when that monster looks it's regretting that cookie, for whatever reason.

That said, a quick Google shows me that the in-game art style is the quality I enjoy from the NDS and GBA eras, so I'll definitely find the original title and see how it runs.

tomasowa said:

To be honest, that NDS Box Art isn't doing it any favours, especially when that monster looks it's regretting that cookie, for whatever reason.

That said, a quick Google shows me that the in-game art style is the quality I enjoy from the NDS and GBA eras, so I'll definitely find the original title and see how it runs.

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I'd have to agree about the box art, but if the game is anything like monster boy, it's a definite buy for me. my favorite genre is platforms, and my favorite sub of them is the metroidvania ones.

Holy cow, it's not dead! But it's too late for the 3DS. :-( It seemed to me like it was one of those games where the developers really sought to do something unique with the dual screen setup, and now that era is probably gone forever.

I had really been looking forward to this, especially since it's from the same people who did Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure (a severely underrated game). I had heard that the original DS version suffered from some balance issues and it intrigued me that the developers knew what they did wrong and were eager to fix it.

Maybe they can push for one last eShop release? They must have done so much work already!

ETA: I thought Majesco was pretty dead? They used to sort-of specialize in such obscure releases. It looks like someone bought a lot of their IP just a few months ago?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majesco_Entertainment