#ukmr2022

I don’t blame the Monster Rancher fans finding the choices samey. All used a bipedal base, because they were most popular big names and sort of rushed

When the shows had a bit more diversity, but the diverse ones being harder to pull of didn’t make as many reappearances

Pestar

Dinosaur Tank

Mukadender

Space cats 

Robo-Fo

Genegarg

Bullton

Maricula

And from stage Shows: Revenge of Baltan

Bemstar, in a stageshow, had a ghost come out of his stomach-mouth to hit foes with a hammer.

Monster Rancher has a monster named “Ghost” that hits enemies with hammers

Zero still wants to kill him again.

If you want an actual villain or backstory lore the Bogar might work.

Bogar are a species that feed on kaiu, and use their abilities to lure kaiju and speed up their growth turning planets into feeding grounds that trample any existent civilization underfoot.

(Hilariously she has a human disguise and just put her given name as “Human” and family name “Bogar”)

A demonic offshoot (or maybe the original ancestral species) were minions of Yapoool, and the they had a leader who Yapool replaced on an intergalactic supervillain teamup due to being sealed away because he was so hungry he’d devour all organic matter on planets leaving nothing to conquer.

Nova is the only one with a Telesdon subbreed and its just a brown Nova.

I think its in part because Gomora has a similar pallette and has the more interesting horn accessories to add

At least  Sevenger should have got the potential for a Telesdon sub-breed so it can look like the Michelin tire mascot