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Ragnarok DS

Ragnarok DS, known in Japan as Ragnarok Online DS, is a Nintendo DS video game based on the MMORPG Ragnarok Online and was released in Japan on December 18, 2008. It was announced that publisher Xseed Games…

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Ragnarok DS is an adventure developed by GungHo Online Entertainment, released 18 December 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What Ragnarok DS is

Ragnarok DS is an adventure game developed by GungHo Online Entertainment and released in 2008. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Throughout the world, the people of the major powers throughout the land live in peace and prosperity, unaware that a great evil lurks on the horizon. There is a clandestine group, under the guise of scholarly research, plotting to resurrect a goddess whose time has long since passed. To achieve this goal, they need two things; a vessel of flesh and blood to house the spirit of the goddess, and the lives of every living being offered up as a sacrifice. It is against the backdrop of this coming chaos that Ares, an orphan from a small, forgotten village, sets out to seek his fortune as an adventurer. At the start of his journey, he encounters a beautiful young girl with mysterious powers…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy.

How it was received

Ragnarok DS holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Ragnarok DS launched on 18 December 2008, within three weeks of Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and Spelunky Classic. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Spelunky Classic.

Official trailer

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When did Ragnarok DS come out?
Ragnarok DS was released on 18 December 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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