Changes: Howl of Gray Wolf

HoGW
Title	Howl of Gray Wolf
Genre	Fanfiction, Fantasy
Starting Date	1999 - 2000; 2009 - Present
Chapters	(1st ver) 14 (2nd ver) Ongoing

Revision as of 23:29, 11 July 2016

Howl of Gray Wolf, abbreviated as HoGW, is a fanfic written by MGW based off the Monster Rancher franchise. It's the first story in her "Hero Mon Series"; MR is a product of TECMO.

Production

About Game

In 1997, the first game of the series, Monster Rancher (Monster Farm in Japan, モンスターファー; Monsutā Fāmu), also MR or MF, was released for the Playstation console. In the game, the player takes the role of a licensed monster tamer tasked to live on a ranch, raise various monsters to participate in tournaments, and raise his/her trainer rank.

The monsters vary in character, from peaceful and tolerate towards their trainers, to violent in nature and difficult to raise. Raising routines differ and trainers can either spoil their monster friend or abuse them up to the point where they won't listen to you. Also, there are some unlockables or secret monsters (ie: Centuar, Dragon, Henger, Phoinex, etc). Couple years later after the first game, the sequel and the animated series came out.

Story and Revision

Inspired by the anime, MGW began her fanfic series with "Howl of Gray Wolf" in 1999. She had little contemplation when it came to storyline. The plot was very linear, mostly about vengeance, battle, and tight friendships. The characters united and traveled with the same goal: kill the main antagonist and those who stood by him. In 2009, MGW decided to remake Howl of the Gray Wolf.

Story & Characters

Main article: List of chapters of Howl of Gray Wolf

Main article: List of Hero Mon Series characters

The story starts in the year of 804 AP ("After Pangaea"). The main character Gray Wolf, a Tiger superbreed, is the leader of a wild pack who is searching for disk stones to expand his family. Sometime after finding one, he and his pack are chased into a mountain shrine by a group of dinos. They manage to shake the dinos and unlock the disk stone, which contained a cheerful purebreed Tiger. Before they could make a clear escape, the pack encountered a dragon, a former champion of the Breeder League, who commanded the dinos to destroy the pack and take the Tiger stone. Gray Wolf try to hold him off while the others escape with Tiger, but ultimately the entire pack are caught up and forced into a difficult battle. Gray's packmates are killed and Gray, unforgiving towards the dragon and hearing rumors about how monsters are going insane across the world, sets out on a journey for revenge.

Characters from Monster Rancher 1 and 2, and the Advance games appear in the story. Majority of the monsters would contain their names from Monster Rancher 2.

Setting

Main article: FIMBA & IMa

Howl of Gray Wolf is set on a world similar to Earth, but with two continents each with an established monster breeder association. The ancient history is akin to the anime where Moo caused a catastrophe. Like from the games, the Gali plays the role of God and other divine figures, and are responsible for sealing monsters into disk stones.

Reception/Criticism

On Fanfiction.net, the remake of Howl of the Gray Wolf had the most favorites starting from May 2013, until it was topped by Seiya Ω: Dawn of End in Summer 2016. It still has top views. Reviewers express liking the interactions between Gray Wolf and Tiger throughout the story, the appearances of Holly and Hunter, and the monster data.

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 |Row 2 info = Fanfiction, Fantasy
 |Row 3 title = Starting Date
-|Row 3 info = 1999 - 2000 (?); 2009
+|Row 3 info = 1999 - 2000; 2009 - Present
 |Row 4 title = Chapters
 |Row 4 info = (1st ver) 14 (2nd ver) Ongoing
 }}
-[[File:GvsM200100.png|thumb|200px|right|NAMCO]] '''Howl of Gray Wolf''', abbreviated as '''HoGW''', is MGW's first Monster Rancher fanfiction and the first story in her "Hero Mon Series".
+[[File:GvsM200100.png|thumb|200px|right|TECMO]] '''Howl of Gray Wolf''', abbreviated as '''HoGW''', is a fanfic written by [[MGW]] based off the Monster Rancher franchise. It's the first story in her "Hero Mon Series"; MR is a product of [http://www.tecmo.co.jp/cons.html TECMO].
 ==Production==
+===About Game===
-In the year of 1997, the video game series 'Monster Rancher' (Monster Farm in Japan, モンスターファー; ''Monsutā Fāmu''), also '''MR''' or '''MF''', began on Playstation. MR is a simulation created by TECMO where the player is a licensed monster tamer. You are tasked to live on a ranch and raise various monster races to participate in tournaments and raise your trainer rank.
+In 1997, the first game of the series, '''Monster Rancher''' ('''Monster Farm''' in Japan, モンスターファー; ''Monsutā Fāmu''), also '''MR''' or '''MF''', was released for the Playstation console. In the game, the player takes the role of a licensed monster tamer tasked to live on a ranch, raise various monsters to participate in tournaments, and raise his/her trainer rank.
-The monsters vary: Some are peaceful and tolerate towards you, some are violent in nature and difficult to raise. Your raising routines differ, either you spoil your monster friend or abuse them up to the point where they won't listen to you - these monsters have feelings and differences. There are some unlockables or secret monsters (ie: Centuar, Dragon, Henger, Phoinex etc). Couple years later after the game, the sequel AND the anime series came out.
+The monsters vary in character, from peaceful and tolerate towards their trainers, to violent in nature and difficult to raise. Raising routines differ and trainers can either spoil their monster friend or abuse them up to the point where they won't listen to you. Also, there are some unlockables or secret monsters (ie: Centuar, Dragon, Henger, Phoinex, etc). Couple years later after the first game, the sequel and the animated series came out.
+===Story and Revision===
-Inspired by the anime, MGW began her fanfic series with "Howl of Gray Wolf" in 1999. She had little contemplation when it came to storyline: It was very linear, and it was mostly about battle and tight friendships. The characters differed but their goals were similar: To unite and kill the main antagonist (because of their own reasons), and those who stood by him.
+Inspired by the anime, [[MGW]] began her fanfic series with "Howl of Gray Wolf" in 1999. She had little contemplation when it came to storyline. The plot was very linear, mostly about vengeance, battle, and tight friendships. The characters united and traveled with the same goal: kill the [[Moo|main antagonist]] and those who stood by him. In 2009, MGW decided to remake Howl of the Gray Wolf.
+==Story & Characters==
-===Revision===
-In 2009, MGW decided to remake Howl of the Gray Wolf.
-==Story==
 [[File:Angrygray.gif|thumb|Angry GW in the MR anime.]]
 {{main|List of chapters of Howl of Gray Wolf}}
+{{main|List of Hero Mon Series characters}}
-The story starts in the year of 804 AP or After Pangaea. The main character Gray Wolf, a Tiger superbreed, is the leader of a wild pack who is searching for disk stones to expand his family. Sometime after finding one, he and his pack are chased into a mountain shrine by a group of dinos. They manage to shake the dinos and unlock the disk stone, which contained a cheerful [[Tiger|purebreed Tiger]]. Before they could make a clear escape, the pack encountered [[Jesvah|a dragon]], a former champion of the Breeder League, who commanded the dinos to destroy the pack and take the Tiger stone. Gray Wolf try to hold him off while the others escape with Tiger, but ultimately the entire pack are caught up and forced into a difficult battle. Gray's packmates are killed and Gray, unforgiving towards the dragon and hearing rumors about how monsters are going insane across the world, sets out on a journey for revenge.
+The story starts in the year of 804 AP ("After Pangaea"). The main character [[Gray Wolf (character)|Gray Wolf]], a Tiger superbreed, is the leader of a wild pack who is searching for disk stones to expand his family. Sometime after finding one, he and his pack are chased into a mountain shrine by a group of dinos. They manage to shake the dinos and unlock the disk stone, which contained a cheerful [[Tiger|purebreed Tiger]]. Before they could make a clear escape, the pack encountered [[Jesvah|a dragon]], a former champion of the Breeder League, who commanded the dinos to destroy the pack and take the Tiger stone. Gray Wolf try to hold him off while the others escape with Tiger, but ultimately the entire pack are caught up and forced into a difficult battle. Gray's packmates are killed and Gray, unforgiving towards the dragon and hearing rumors about how monsters are going insane across the world, sets out on a journey for revenge.
+Characters from Monster Rancher 1 and 2, and the Advance games appear in the story. Majority of the monsters would contain their names from Monster Rancher 2.
 ===Setting===
 {{main|FIMBA & IMa}}
-Howl of Gray Wolf is set on a world similar to Earth but with two continents each with an established monster breeder association.
+Howl of Gray Wolf is set on a world similar to Earth, but with two continents each with an established monster breeder association. The ancient history is akin to the anime where [[Moo]] caused a catastrophe. Like from the games, the Gali plays the role of God and other divine figures, and are responsible for sealing monsters into disk stones.
+==Reception/Criticism==
-===Characters===
+On Fanfiction.net, the remake of Howl of the Gray Wolf had the most favorites starting from May 2013, until it was topped by [[Seiya Ω: Dawn of End]] in Summer 2016. It still has top views. Reviewers express liking the interactions between [[Gray Wolf (character)|Gray Wolf]] and [[Tiger]] throughout the story, the appearances of [[Holly]] and [[Hunter]], and the monster data.
-{{main|List of Hero Mon Series characters}}
-Characters from Monster Rancher 1 and 2, and the Advance games appear in the story. Majority of the monsters would contain their names from Monster Rancher 2.
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 *[[Tiger of Freedom]] (Sequel)
 *[[Master Gray Wolf]] (Author)
-*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HowlOfGrayWolf TV Tropes: HoGW](Official Troper Section)
-==Links==
+==External Links==
 *[http://www.monster-rancher.com/discus/index.html Monster Rancher Metropolis]
 *[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/mfw/index.htm Tecmo.jp: Monster FARM Channel] (Japanese)
+*[http://chong97.tripod.com/monsterlist2.htm MR2: Monster List & Description]
+*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/mfa/monster.htm Monster Rancher Advance 1: Monsters] (Japanese)
+*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/mfa2/montop.htm Monster Rancher Advance 2: Monsters] (Japanese)
+*[http://www31.atwiki.jp/mf2_nico/pages/16.html MR keywords on NicoDouga] (Japanese)
+*[http://www35.atwiki.jp/mf2_matome/ モンスターファーム2@まとめwiki] (Japanese)
+*[http://lparchive.org/Monster-Rancher-2/ Lparchive.org: Monster-Rancher 1 and 2] (English)
+*[http://wikibin.org/articles/list-of-monster-rancher-monsters.html WikiBin Monster List]
 [[Category:Monster Rancher]]
 [[Category:Howl of Gray Wolf]]
-[[Category:Tiger of Freedom]]
 [[Category:Fanfiction Works]]

HoGW
Title	Howl of Gray Wolf
Genre	Fanfiction, Fantasy
Starting Date	1999 - 2000; 2009 - Present
Chapters	(1st ver) 14 (2nd ver) Ongoing