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Rare Monster CDs

There are a bunch of very special, very rare monsters which you can extract only from very specific CDs. As you can see from the following list, the selection of CDs is so varied that there's a pretty good chance that you may have one of them.

Please bear in mind that, sometimes, CDs are remastered or released in multiple versions so a CD with the same title as one on this list may not necessarily work. Also, before you can extract a rare monster with a rare main type from a CD, you must the earn monster within the game. For example, you can't extract the Cutey (a type of Ape) monster from the Spice Girls CD until you have already bred an Ape by finding the Magic Banana. But you can extract a rare monster with a common main type at any time (such as the Bunny [Pixie/???]).

Incidentally, all of these CDs were specially chosen by the Tecmo team. You can tell because these special, super-rare monsters actually resemble the CDs from which they are born! For example, on the cover of Bjork's Homogenic CD, Bjork is dressed as a Geisha and the monster you get is a Geisha. And the Cari you get from Gloria Estefan's Destiny is wearing the very outfit that Estefan wears on the cover of that CD. Pretty neat, eh?

CD Rare Monster CD List Monster

Anguish
[Naga/???]

The Best of the Village People by The Village People

Apocolis
[Dragon/???]

Monster by R.E.M.

Ardebaren
[Magic/???]

Tecmo's Deception (PSX game)

Beamer
[Suezo/???]

Truth and Soul by Fishbone

Bikini
[Golem/???]

The Abbey Road EP by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bonsai
[Plant/???]

Kerplunk by Green Day

Bunny
[Pixie/???]

The Ultimate Collection by Jackson 5

Cari
[Naga/???]

Destiny by Gloria Estefan

Cutie
[Ape/???]

Spice by Spice Girls

Disrupt
[Doodle/???]

Men in Black: The Album Original Soundtrack

Doodle
[Doodle/Doodle]

Damned Damned Damned by The Damned

Eve
[Pixie/???]

1984 by Van Halen

Gallop
[Dino/???]

Horses by Patti Smith

Gamer
[Gali/???]

Metal Health by Quiet Riot

Geisha
[Dino/???]

Homogenic by Bjork

Gooaal!
[Disk/???]

Kick by INXS

Gray Wolf
[Tiger/???]

Bridges to Babylon by The Rolling Stones

Hot Foot
[Ape/???]

Live at the Apollo by James Brown

Jacques
[Doodle/???]

Floored by Sugar Ray

Jerod
[Magic/???]

No Way Out by Puff Daddy & the Family

Karaoke
[Nya/???]

Nevermind by Nirvana

Kuma
[Gali/???]

Greatest by Kiss

Looker
[Suezo/???]

Love Deluxe by Sade

Mage
[Ghost/???]

Salsa No Tiene Frontera by Orquesta de la Luz

Magnet
[Henger/???]

Mellow Gold by Beck

Milky Way
[Gali/???]

Demo disc from Next Generation magazine, December 1997

Neon
[Plant/???]

Bringing Down the Horse by The Wallflowers

Planet
[Suezo/???]

The Best of Earth, Wind, and Fire, Vol.II by Earth, Wind, and Fire

Platinum
[Pixie/???]

Like A Virgin by Madonna

Player
[Nya/???]

Major League 2 Original Soundtrack

Radial
[Disk/???]

Grand Prix by Teenage Fanclub

Sam
[Jell/???]

Paris, Texas Original Soundtrack

Santa
[Hare/???]

Christmas with the Chipmunks by The Chipmunks

Santa
[Hare/???]

Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey

Shades
[Ape/???]

Greatest Hits, Volume 3 by Billy Joel

Sketch
[Doodle/???]

Yourself or Someone Like You by Matchbox 20

Sky
[Monol/???]

On Air Disc 1 by Alan Parsons

Sleeves
[Hare/???]

Middle of Nowhere by Hanson

Smiley
[Dino/???]

Forrest Gump Original Soundtrack Disc 1

Stripe
[Jell/???]

Beach Boys Concert by The Beach Boys

Tank
[Worm/???]

Combat Rock by The Clash

Teddy
[Nya/???]

History of the Grateful Dead, Vol.1 by The Grateful Dead

Two-Tone
[Monol/???]

Demo disc from Ultra Game Players magazine, December 1997
Windows 95 Companion disc

Zombie
[Magic/???]

Spawn: The Album Original Soundtrack

If you know of any additional CDs which produce very rare monsters, please share them with us by writing to dsherman@otakuworld.com.

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