Product Description

Dragon Quest Monsters : Joker is the latest installment in the venerable RPG franchise. Developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS, the player assumes the role of a Monster Scout as he captures, trains and breeds a powerful team from more than 200 classic Dragon Quest creatures in order to become the best in the world! ESRB Rated E10 for ages 10 and up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3601 in Video Games
• Brand: Square Enix
• Released on: 2007-11-06
• ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: 16.25 pounds

Features

• Created by Yuji Horii, Akira Toriyam and Koichi Sugiyama
• Create new species as you synthesize customized monsters from a selection of more than 200 different creatures
• Challenge your friends via local wireless play to see whose team is the strongest
• Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection component allows players to upload and download monster team data for battle on their Nintendo DS systems

Amazon.com

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is the newest installment in the Dragon Quest franchise. Yuji Horii, the creator behind the series, Akira Toriyama, comic book artist and Koichi Sugiyama, composer and conductor have teamed up again to craft a gaming experience that has captivated more than one million players across Japan.

Enter the world of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker as the young hero, locked in a prison by your own father, the leader of a mysterious organization known as CELL. Released under orders to enter the Monster Scout Challenge, you will embark on a journey starting with a single monster and a scout ring, unaware of the dark and mysterious intentions that surround the competition.

Joker is the first game in the series to have online play, via Nintendo Wi-Fi. The battle system is similar to previous Dragon Quest Monsters games. The player has three monsters in a party which can be given direct orders or set to one of 4 AI settings. A player's main character does not directly participate in battles with the exception of using items when directed as such. The sole method of encountering enemies is to run into them on the overworld.

Features:

• The "big three" comprised of creator Yuji Horii, manga artist Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama, team up to create this gaming experience
• Create new species as you synthesize customized monsters from a selection of more than 200 different creatures
• Challenge your friends via local wireless play to see whose team is the strongest
• Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection component allows players to upload and download monster team data for battle on their Nintendo DS systems

Customer Reviews

Addictive monster hunting
DQM Joker is an excellent take on monster RPGs. I'm not a big fan of the traditional random encounter battles that so many other games have implemented, so I appreciated the fact that this game let you actually go out and be the hunter.

The story is fine, and the characters are amusing; but the real meat of this game is in the monster synthesizing. It's always exciting to acquire a new monster, experiment, and figure out who you can merge it with to ultimately create a new powerful creature. This element adds a level of owner's pride when it comes to your monsters; and you can spend many hours trying different combinations to strengthen your team. In my opinion, this more than compensates for the moderately short story mode.

I highly reccommend this game to any fan of RPGs or Pokemon-style games, or anyone looking for a fun, addictive addition to their DS library.

Great little game!
This is pretty much the type of dragon quest game I've wanted to play since I could use a healee in dragon quest 4 back in the NES days. Its pretty simple, and a bit too easy, but I won't hold that against it. Very much a grind fest because all you end up wanting to do is create more monsters!

Got it on sale for $12 too, and worth every penny! If your thinking about buying this, do so, you won't regret it.

dom
this is a great little rpg it about med hard I didn't have any troubler till the last monster it was hard for me to beat have to have your lavels up win it a great game.