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Dragon Warrior II

Dragon Warrior II is an early top-down RPG that expands and improves on its predecessor. Unlike the first game, Dragon Warrior II allows the player to join forces with two other characters, a magic-using…

26 January 1987

Dragon Warrior II is an adventure developed by Chunsoft, released 26 January 1987 on Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX and MSX2.

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What Dragon Warrior II is

Dragon Warrior II is an adventure game developed by Chunsoft and released in 1987. It was published by Enix. It is available on Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX and MSX2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dragon Warrior II is an early top-down RPG that expands and improves on its predecessor. Unlike the first game, Dragon Warrior II allows the player to join forces with two other characters, a magic-using princess and a wizard-warrior prince. Also including expanded monster battles involving up to 6 creatures and a much larger world, Dragon Warrior II is an important step in the evolution of the Dragon Warrior series.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dragon Quest series

Dragon Warrior II is the second of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. It arrived 8 months after Dragon Warrior. The next entry was Dragon Warrior III in 1988.

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When did Dragon Warrior II come out?
Dragon Warrior II was released on 26 January 1987 for Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX and MSX2.

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