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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker


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From: Square Enix
Category: Video Games

List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1805

Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0

MPN: 90712
UPC: 662248907123
EAN: 0662248907246
ASIN: B000SSNCYU

Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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

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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


Customer Reviews:   Read 12 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars dom   September 28, 2008
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.


4 out of 5 stars What I thought about DQM   September 10, 2008
DQM is a pretty good game for far. You could get frustrated, but I don't know all of the game yet. I just got it. I'm at the first boss. Once you come in, you can't go out. So, to beat the boss, I recommend you get a platapunk for your first monster because it knows body slam. If you get it to level 12 it does 158 damage to the boss but only 45 to you. It's pretty awesome so far. I like it.


4 out of 5 stars Wow!   August 20, 2008
What can I say, DQMJ offers some of the most unique and interesting ideas into what appears to be a Pokemon clone. Even though the DQM series was inspired by Pokemon, the game and the series in and of itself offers inovative ideas to the "catch em all" formula. So let's begin. What sets this game apart from Pokemon?

-you can have 3 monsters in battle at once
-none of the monsters are rip offs of Pokemon monsters, they all appear in past DQ games
-monsters have skill sets which harbor a decent number of skills and each monsters can have up to 3 skill sets, offering a large number of skills on one monsters( lot more than Pokemon's 4)
-the breeding *Ahem* the synthesising system( it really is breeding but probably some people thought they didn't want their children to know that male and female = baby) is much deeper than Pokemon's breeding system
-ultimate monsters are created through repeated synthesising, which means if you like grinding to get higher numbers(ex. Disgaea) this game is for you
-in many ways the game is superior to Pokemon, although Pokemon offers better story and a more interesting catching system

Whew. Ok. So whats the goods right? If you like numbers, if you like struggling to make a monster better then you will love this game. The story is decent, but that is not where this game shines. Everything revolves around making bettter monsters and if you have wifi you will find that you will have to create some of the best monsters the game offers in order to have a chance at online play. A lot of hours will be spent on getting prepared to be a fair contender online(is Pokemon for Wii any different?). if you hate grinding, stay away form this game. This game is for grinding lovers, nough said. It's a great game, but it is NOT for everybody. Don't look at this as a role playing game because it's really not. It's a "catch em all" game. I really believe "catch em all" should be an actual game genre, because none of the the "catch em all" games feel like true RPGs. So if you are looking for some great epic story with many loveable characters, again, stay away. If you liked Pokemon you will likely fall in love with this game. It is a must buy for such players!



2 out of 5 stars Sucks Compared to DQM 1 and 2   May 16, 2008
 1 out of 3 found this review helpful

The story is not that great; it's incredibly cliched.
The bad boy look of his doesn't match up to what you are doing, nor does his personality really shine throughout the game.
Incredible level-grinding, not taking into account breeding skills and levels to be ABLE to breed.

The upside to this is that it's 3-d and there are many new monsters. This game isn't as memorable as Dragon Warrior Monsters 1 or 2. They made this game too forced in terms of gameplay and level grinding; DWM 1 and 2 were much more accessible and player-friendly, plus it's gameplay was much longer than this game.

This is truly a disappointment to the older games, even with it's pro's.



5 out of 5 stars What a game!!   March 25, 2008
Unlike a lot of other reviewers, this is my first in the DQM series, although after reading about the earlier ones, I want to play them. :)

I'm an avid gamer, and DQM has to go in my top ten list of all-time favourite games. I love a game with depth and extendability and this has both. As one other reviewer so aptly stated, "This game is easy to pick up and hard to put down". I have about 350 hours of gameplay in DQM, and still going strong.

I have only one issue and it's not with the game. Square Enix does not police the online tournaments for hackers anywhere near as much as they should, and yet they give a big warning at the beginning of every online game about hackers being disqualified.

Other than that, I have only wonderful things to say about DQM. If you don't have it .. do yourself a big favor. :)


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