Monster Tale

Monster Tale is a Metroidvania-style platform game that was released for the Nintendo DS on March 22, 2011. The game revolves around Ellie and Chomp as the try to stop the Kid Kings and free monsters from their tyranny.

As stated by developed Peter Ong in Nintendo Power issue 263, there was initially lots of pressure to do away with the game's young female lead."'This choice was actually somewhat controversial with some publishers. Our experience was that many publishers are looking to avert the risk of a main character that hasn’t been proven to capture large audiences. As a result, there was some concern from publishers that Ellie should change to a male or a more mature/sexy female.'"The game went through nonetheless, and was positively received, albeit by a rather small audience. The official website for the game later went defunct and was bought as blog domain.

DreamRift announced on March 29, 2015, a 3DS remake called "Monster Tale: Ultimate" that would be released some time in 2015, with orchestrated music, redone quests, and improvement on "every single aspect of the adventure." It will be released as an eShop exclusive upon its launch, however DreamRift said it is possible that a physical release might come at some point.