Monster Rancher 3 - Platform: Playstation 2 Skip animations: ---------------- After selecting the type of training (for example, trampoline in Morx Forest), rapidly press X to skip the animations for the drill. . It does nothing to the success or failure of the monster. Zan secret monster: ------------------- First, you will need a relatively very strong monster -- power, health, and defense vs. magic and physical attacks helps. Train your monster in the Snowy Mountain training area for an extended period of time. After awhile, rivals will begin to say that there has been an odd monster attacking them. Continue to play and you will fight various monster types and eventually figure out gatoman is attacking. Once this is learned, she will attack once again with various monsters (over an extended period of time). Win these battles, and every time she will say she has to modify her monster. During the final time she will say that a man is making accessories for her. Continue to train and this man will show up, looking much like a scientist -- until his face gets weird and he appears to be psychotic. He will attack you with a black monster that has scythe-like appendages out of its back and two black and red accessories. After you defeat him, you will talk to him and he will give you the accessories after the monster dies. At the end of it all, the scientist will give you a black disk that is imprinted in the center. Bring this to the shrine and the man who revives the monsters will examine the disk and conduct studies. After this point you will be able to revive the new monster type Zan from your disks. He is usually on the disks that say "This is too dangerous" or "I don't know what this is". On a final note, you can get a secret Zan from the Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore and Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins discs called Izuna. Defeating Joker: ---------------- When Kai challenges you to the battle where you fight the Joker, have a monster with the Fast Footwork ability (such as a Hare or someone who just happens to have it). If you manage to get a few hits off and remain unscratched, it still counts as winning. You can now train Jokers. Save the game before you attempt this, so if you lose the fight your monster will not be cut down to only half life and you can repeat as long as desired.