When did Blue Dragon come out?

Blue Dragon was released on 7 December 2006 for Xbox 360.

Blue Dragon (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Blue Dragon

"Hironobu Sakaguchi, the Father of the Final Fantasy series, and Artoon present the world of Blue Dragon on Xbox 360. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama, the Father of "Dragon Ball Z", and music…

81 7 December 2006

What Blue Dragon is

Blue Dragon is an adventure game developed by Artoon and released in 2006. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blue Dragon is a classic turn-based role-playing game set in a fantastical open world plagued by ominous purple clouds that herald disaster each year. When a mechanical beast known as the Land Shark rampages through their village, three young friends, Shu, Jiro, and Kluke, set out to stop it and are swept into a far grander adventure. They discover they can wield powerful magical shadows, taking the shape of a dragon and other mighty creatures, and use them to battle the forces of the sinister ruler Nene. Joined by new companions, the party journeys across a vast world to confront Nene and uncover the truth behind the calamities threatening their home.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Blue Dragon holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Blue Dragon launched on 7 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer