| Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II | |
| Developer: | Tecmo |
| Publisher: | Tecmo |
| Series: | Monster Rancher |
| Genre: | Strategy |
| Modes: | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Platforms: | PlayStation |
Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II, known in Japan as, is a video game developed and published by Tecmo for PlayStation in 2000. It is the second and last game in Tecmo's Monster Rancher Battle Card series, featuring a card game incorporating the popular characters from the Monster Rancher series.
The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Greg Orlando of NextGen said, "Although a variant on [''[[Monster Rancher (video game)|Monster Rancher]] and Monster Rancher 2], Monster Rancher Battle Card [Episode II] holds none of their whimsical fun." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.
The D-Pad Destroyer of GamePro said of the game, "Fans of the Monster Rancher cartoon series and PlayStation owners dying for a video card game would do well to pick up Battle Card. It's a harmless, fun card battle that requires strategy, quick thinking, and an inexhaustible appetite for cute gladiators doing what they do best - kicking ass."[1] Bro Buzz said that the game "gets some juice from the cool, if bizarre-looking, combatants and some basic-but-action-packed animation that illustrates the various cards. The lively music makes for a credible effort to party, too, although there's just too much boring dialogue in between cards. If you're game for a change o' pace or a strategy challenge, you might just find them in these cards."[2]