Hint - Fat Farm

If you feed your monster every week, look at its data, then look at the "size" status. Yeah, I know, it says "fat". You should only feed your monster when it says "hungry" at the bottom-right corner of the screen during free time. And remember to feed it its favorite food. That will up a lot of bonding. Fat monsters can only achieve a low limit of speed, and it makes it hard for them to dodge attacks from opponents. If your monster is still fat and you don't feed it weekly anymore, train it to do high jumps and exersizes (or trampoline and sandbag) and it will lose that blubbery fat that slows it down in battle. But remember to change the schedule to "rest" when your monster is tired, worn out, or exhausted. As your monster becomes leaner, notice that the bonding level has gone up since you last saw it. Weight-watching your monster lets it know you care for it and the bonding will go up between you and your constantly growing friend.

Unlockables: Drividillo

Use the Gran Turismo 3 disk to unlock a Drividillo.

Hints & Tips: The Perfect Schedule

I find this the easiest way to train your monsters without them getting tired. I put in various ways for the level of the gadget you decide to use:

LEVEL 2
Week 1: Level 2
Week 2: Level 2
Week 3: Level 1
Week 4: Rest

LEVEL 3
Week 1: Level 3
Week 2: Level 1
Week 3: Level 1
Week 4: Rest

LEVEL 4
Week 1: Level 4
Week 2: Rest
Week 3: Level 4
Week 4: Rest

Here's an example of how to do this, I'll use a Level 3 schedule

Speed Training
Week 1: Pitching Mac
Week 2: High Jump
Week 3: High Jump
Week 4: Rest

This work all the time and if the monster has a tiny slither of fatigue in him just use an Oily Oil on him. You can buy them in Visley.

Cheat Codes: Unlock Secret Monsters

By putting various DVDs, games and/or music CDs into the game, you can create secret monsters. Here are some of the monsters that can be created using this technique:

• Baseball Boy: Field of Dreams DVD
• ChaosDragon: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon DVD
• DuckFever: Cats and Dogs DVD
• HipMew: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie DVD
• Kagemusha: Onimusha 1 PS2
• Kasumi: DOA: Hardcore PS2 game
• MahjongKoro: Britney's Dance Beat PS2 game
• Metal Jell: T2 Extreme DVD
• Miku: Fatal Frame PS2 game
• Peacocken: Fischerspooner #1 CD
• Pipo Ape: Ape Escape 2 PS2 game
• Pirate Ape: Splinter Cell PS2 game
• RygaRoller: Rygar: The Legendary Adventure PS2 game
• Surfana: Justin Timberlake Justified CD

Try your own and see what you come up with!

Hints & Tips: Easy Wins

Here's a good tip for beginning monster ranchers: when training a monster, raise every stat to at least level ten except for power and accuracy, which should be raised to at least level 20. During a battle, such a monster will usually be able to attack past an opponent's defense and can deliver KOs easily.