Monster Collection (モンスター・コレクション. otherwise known as Mon-Colle (モンコレ)) is an out-of-print

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developed by

Group SNE Group SNE is a Japanese company founded in 1986 by the current president Hitoshi Yasuda, which produces role-playing games, light novels, board games and card games. Ryo Mizuno was one of the founding members. Group SNE is named after Syntax Erro ...

. Monster Collection was first published in 1997 by

Fujimi Shobo , formerly , was a Japanese publisher that specialized in light novels, manga, role-playing games and collectible card games. Founded in 1972 and reorganized three times, it was at times an independent company and at times an imprint of Kadokawa F ...

. In 2000, Monster Collection 2 was released. It was acquired by

Bushiroad is a Japanese entertainment company, producer of collectible card games and trading cards, publisher of mobile apps and games, promotional items and many other venues, which was founded in 2007 by Takaaki Kidani and is headquartered in Tokyo. ...

in August 2011. Monster Collection was later expanded to a

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and was the basis for the

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series ''

Mon Colle Knights ''Mon Colle Knights'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written by Satoru Akahori and Katsumi Hasegawa and illustrated by Hideaki Nishikawa. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on ...

''. The Monster Collection game universe is a world connected to six gates of fire, water, earth, wind, good, and evil, representing East, South, West, North, Heaven and Earth. Player acts as a summoner, which engages in combat using summoned monsters.

Rules

The game is a one-on-one card game, set in a 3×4 grid. One side declared as winner by capturing opponent's headquarter. Each monster has fire, water, earth, wind, good, or evil element. A monster's ability is decided by battle spell, unit's equipment, combat items, and terrain.

Adaptations

Comic

* ''Monster Collection'' (by Sei Itoh) * ''Monster Collection Demon heart'' * ''Mon-Colle Monster''

Video game

* ''Monster Collection: Sorcerer's Mask'' (PlayStation) https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/M/SLPS-02245.html * ''Monster Collection Board Game'' (PC) * ''Monster Collection Trading card game The Millennium'' (PC)

TV series

* ''

Trivia

Ryūsuke Mita is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of ''Dragon Half'', which was adapted into an OVA series animated by Production I.G by the same name. He also illustrates Futabasha game books under the pen name . Mita's father is Munesu ...

, the creator of ''

Dragon Half is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryūsuke Mita. The manga was serialized in Fujimi Shobo‘s ''Dragon Magazine'' from January 30, 1988 to April 30, 1994 and the chapters collected into 7 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adap ...

'', worked as the designer for the Monster collection card game

References

External links

Bushiroad's Monster Collection page

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