Dragon Quest Wars
Dragon Quest Wars is a turn-based strategy game played out across a number of quick and challenging rounds. The player will pick four monster playing pieces to battle on their team, with Dragon Quest…
Dragon Quest Wars is a card & board game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 9, released 24 June 2009 on Nintendo DSi. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Quest Wars is
Dragon Quest Wars is a card & board game game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 9 and released in 2009. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo DSi only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dragon Quest Wars is a turn-based strategy game played out across a number of quick and challenging rounds. The player will pick four monster playing pieces to battle on their team, with Dragon Quest superstars Slime, Dracky, Hammerhood, Healslime, Chimaera and Golem all available to choose from. Played across a table-top style arena the ultimate aim of the game is to battle and defend against the opposing team to advance to the other side of the arena.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dragon Quest series
Dragon Quest Wars is the 44th of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. It arrived 11 months after Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. The next entry was Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in 2009.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Dragon Quest Wars launched on 24 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine and Prototype.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine, Prototype.
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