The player must fill up the Pillar of Time to 100% by collecting 161 monsters. The goal of the games is to help save the world before the flow of time is permanently lost. Some Sanrio characters will battle the player with monsters, and at the end of the battle the player gets to select one of the enemy monsters to keep. On their adventure, they will encounter many Sanrio characters some who are important to the story. The following locations are areas that can be accessed both with by foot/bicycle and by the Earth Watch - a late game item that allows warping.Īs either a male or female character, the player travels the world of Sanrio Timenet battling with monsters. The world of Sanrio Timenet in the past, as seen from above (source: manual). For some reason, the protagonist can hear a girl exclaim 'help me' while travelling. Soon after, the Old Man of Time takes the player to the world of the past (Kako Hen) or future (Mirai Hen).

The rival will race the player to change the world of Timenet back to its original state, and will act as the player's rival at various points in the game. The other character will act as the rival. This game features a hero and rival and at the beginning of the game the player can either choose a male or female hero as the protagonist. The protagonist receives an email from the Old Man of Time, who explains the situation and requests that he or she helps save the world of Timenet by collecting the Time Fragments, before the flow of time is permanently lost. However, due to the work of someone, the Pillar of Time was broken into small pieces and the world was divided into the past and the future. Time was flowing properly in the world of Timenet, the home of the Old Man of Time, thanks to the Pillar of Time which is responsible for the flow of the past, the present and the future. Pictures of monsters and Sanrio characters met in the game can be printed using the Game Boy Printer. The games support the Game Boy Game Link Cable which can be used to battle with other players and exchange information.

Players build up a team of creatures ('monsters'), often by catching them using items known as Get Cards (or later in the story, a Digital Camera) and use them to battle against other creatures. There are small differences between the versions, including different available monsters and each version being originally set in its respective time periods (past for Kako-Hen or future for Mirai-Hen).

It was released in two editions, named Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen (Japanese: 過去編) and Sanrio Timenet: Mirai Hen (Japanese: 未来編) literally Sanrio Timenet: Past and Present Edition. It was released only in Japan on November 27, 1998. Sanrio Timenet (Japanese: サンリオタイムネット) is a monster-battling game developed by Imagineer for the Game Boy Color, which is also compatible with the Game Boy.

Timenet instructions