Monster Rancher 3 (PS2)

Get ready to take off on a journey around the world, along with dozens of wacky monsters as companions. Breed and train your group of beasts, then pit the little fellers against other monsters on opposing teams. MONSTER RANCHER 3 PS2 certainly isn’t the first game to use this story as its premise, but it might just be the most original: The monsters are created from your CDs and DVDs! Yep, just throw your favorite movie into the PS2, and then watch as it uses the data to create a wholly original battling creature based on the film’s ones and zeros. Another crazy element is the fact that you can equip your beats with weapons and decorative items (sombreros, funny masks, etc.), which makes for some pretty hilarious battles. There are five locales in which you can evolve your monsters, but each of the places must be discovered through exploration of the massive expanses of the game’s territory.