Dragon Quest Monsters

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Dragon Quest Monsters (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ, Doragon Kuesuto Monsutāzu) or Dragon Warrior Monsters as its known in North America is a spin off series of the Dragon Quest games. Made by the Enix Corporation (now known as Square Enix), it sets the player in a medieval/fantasy world filled with magic, monsters and knights. Unlike the original Dragon Quest games, the player's character doesn't do any of the fighting in battles; instead the player has to rely on capturing, breeding and raising monsters to do the fighting for them.

Games

Dragon Warrior Monsters (1998)

First Dragon Quest title for Game Boy and the first Game Boy Color title, even release before the Game Boy Color.

Dragon Warrior Monsters US Box Art

Story

In the days before Dragon Quest VI, when Terry and Milayou were just children, a strange monster appeared one night and snatched Milayou away. Soon after, another monster, similar to the kidnapper, appeared and told Terry his sister was kidnapped by the evil Warubou. He informs Terry that his name is Watabou and must accompany him to the Kingdom of Greattree. After his arrival, Terry met the King and received his first monster to train. If Terry wins the Monster Trainer's Starry Night Tournament, he will be granted a wish. So Terry sets out with his team to explore the many monster dungeons to win the tournament and rescue his sister.

Information

The first Dragon Warrior Monsters game to be released for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. The game features the characters Terry and Milayou from Dragon Quest VI when they were children. When first released in North America a lot of gamers saw the game as just a Pokemon clone, but upon playing the game they saw differently because unlike Pokemon the player can use and battle up to three monsters at once; this leads to a lot more strategy. Another thing that made the game stand out was the breeding system that allowed the player to breed two monsters to create a new more powerful type, the cost of this would be the loss of the original monsters.

Features

  • Breeding: After beating Class F, you are able to breed your monsters if they are at level 10 or above at the Shrine of Starry Night, which is taken care of by the current Master Monster Tamer. Breeding requires one male and one female monster. The result of the breeding will be an egg, containing a level 1 monster which has characteristics of both parents, including skills and stats. The egg can then be left in the monster farm or hatched, which costs a small fee. The monster born will have a plus number next to it, the number generally signifying the greatness of the monster's stats, the higher being the better.
  • Genders: Once the Egg Evaluator is available for use, eggs can have the gender of the monster they're containing checked and changed. Both requires a small fee which is paid to the Egg Evaluator.
  • Monster Farm: A storage place for your monsters, where they can be picked up or dropped off. There is an option to put monsters at the farm to sleep, which allows them to maintain their wilderness level but not grow in level. There can be 19 awake and 19 asleep monsters at any one time.
  • Leveling up: Just like in most RPGs, monsters are able to gain EXP (Experience Points) and level up. Each monsters' requirements for EXP to level up varies. When they level up, they gain stats and sometimes skills.
  • Warp Gates: You move around to other worlds through warp gates which are located underneath the throne room. To access these gates, you need to defeat a class ranking. There are a certain number of areas in a world and at the last one, you need to defeat a boss. Other gates are hidden throughout Great Tree, such as one in the library that is only accessable after befriending over 50 diferent monsters.
  • Arena Battles : In this game you go through ranks that consists of three different battles who you have to defeat before you can advance to the next ranking. Each rank provides harder challenges: the higher the rank, the harder the monsters. The battles you able to start at are from Rank G and go to Rank D and later in the game you are able to go from Rank C to Rank S. These battles open up gates for the character to explore and are necessary to progress through the story.
  • Tiny Medals:these metals are scattered throughout different worlds and are randomly picked up. In the game, there is a man who collects these medals and will give you certain items for how many you give to him. One such item is an egg of a Darck, which is one of the boss(???) monster.
  • Traveler Battles: While in other worlds, you can encounter other trainers that you can battle with. There are different types that will give or do something for you if you beat them:
    • Priest - Will heal you
    • Bard - Will give you medicine that will raise certain stats
    • Merchant - Will give you assorted items (such as Sirloins)
    • Soldier- Will give you random items
    • Wizard -Will transport you to the last portal in the gate
    • Traveler of Greatlog-will give you two random items, just like the soldier

Screenshots

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Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 (2001)

The second Dragon Warrior Monsters game for the Game Boy Color featured two different versions of the same game, Cobi's Journey and Tara's Adventure.

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Cobi's Journey US Box Art
Tara's Adventure US Box Art

Story

Cobi and Tara are both in a family of monster breeders who have come to the Kingdom of Greatlog to make a living. Shortly after they arrive, their mother tells them to pick up a package from the Vault. As they are heading towards the Vault, they run into the Prince and his companion Warabou, making trouble for the towns people. Unfortunately, after they get the package, it is taken by the Prince and his cohort. Cobi and Tara follow the both of them to a cave underneath the kingdom, where the two are arguing to whom should get the goods. The two of them try to get the package back but in the process knock a big plug out of a hole. The Prince leaves frantically and Warabou uses himself to plug up the hole. He tells Cobi and Tara that the plug allows for the island of GreatLog to stay afloat and without it, will sink. He tells the two of them to get a monster master and when they cannot find anyone, says that they will have to do it. A quest to save the kingdom has now begun..

Information

The second game in the Dragon Warrior Monsters series for the Game Boy Color, released in two versions, Cobi's Journey and Tara's Adventure. The only difference being the monsters you can obtain, in Cobi's version more direct combat monsters and in Tara's more supportive and healing type monsters. The game introduced the new monster family, Water.

Features

There are some differences in this sequel:

  • More monsters are now available including a new family, Water.
  • Keys Instead of a fixed number of worlds, you now have keys to travel there. These keys need to be appraised before they can be used. Some of the keys you obtain take to story specific worlds, others are just to explore. In the optional worlds, you need to fight a certain number of monsters to reach the final boss of the world (they are randomized, so there is no way to know who you will fight). The keys are also randomized so you do not know what you will get before you appraise them. Some of the worlds allow for you to obtain rare monsters or very common monsters depending on the name of the key.
  • Linking to both You are able to fight against another person via link cable just like in the first game. However, after you get to a certain point, you can fight someone playing the original Dragon Warrior Monsters.
  • Unlike the first game, the worlds are more interactive, such as including towns and caves. There are also storylines in some (that are mandatory) where you have to do certain objectives, as in the original, the areas were just randomized and the bosses do not play a major role.

Screenshots

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Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2 (2002)

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Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2 Japanese Box Art

Remake of the original Gameboy games for the PlayStation, released only in Japan.

Story

In Dragon Quest Monsters, you follow the adventures of Terry as he's transported to the kingdom of Taiju to become a Master Monster Trainer, win the Starry Night Tournament, and rescue his sister Mileyu.

In Dragon Quest Monsters 2, you take on the role of either Ruka or Iru as they travel to the island of Marta to open a monster farm with their parents. They'll have to train their monster team to acquire magic keys that unlock portals to other worlds. There they'll gather items to plug Marta's hole and stop it from sinking into the sea.

Features

  • New updated 2D graphics.
  • First Dragon Quest game to feature a slightly different interface.
  • The item bag has been expanded.
  • Animated monsters.
  • Each monster features a green/yellow/red life bar below their HP.

Screenshots

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart (2003)

The third game in the series, released only in Japan.

Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan Heart Japanese Box Art

Story

On Prince Keifer's tenth birthday, the prince was looking for a way to cause a little trouble and sneak out of Estard Castle. While hiding in the closet, the spirit of Rubiss appeared and transported Keifer to Torland, the world of Dragon Quest II. Along with his companion Lewin, Keifer must travel the world in order to find the Orb of Roto to cure Lewin's sick parents and allow Keifer to return to Estard.

Information

The first Dragon Quest game to be released for the Game Boy Advance and to be released under the Square Enix name. Caravan Hearts features the character Prince Keifer from Dragon Quest VII. The game makes huge changes to the series by removing the Breeding System. Instead, when defeating monsters in Caravan Heart, the player can occasionally gain "monster hearts" which can be used to merge Monsters together for a new more powerful form. Other differences include a Caravan that the player must travel around in, allowing them to add both Monsters and Humans to their party. Caravan Heart is known as the prequel to the PlayStation game, Dragon Quest VII.

Features

  • Breed monsters with Monster Hearts
  • Take control of both monsters and humans
  • Control up to three caravans with humans and monsters with up to 12 party members
  • 20 different character classes
  • Travel around the world of Dragon Quest II

Screenshots

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Main article: Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
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Dragon Quest Monsters Joker Japanese Box Art

The upcoming Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker for the Nintendo DS, initially revealed through the publication Shonen Jump and for sale since December 28th 2006, is the latest installment in the series and the first to be featured in full 3D. The game is set around a tournament referred to as the Joker GP. The game has also been confirmed to feature Wi-Fi play through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service.

Features

  • Full 3D movement and battles
  • No random battles
  • Wi-Fi support for multiplayer matches
  • Breeding System returns

Game mechanics

Starting Monster

File:Slimemonster.gif The first monster the player gets in each Dragon Quest Monsters/Dragon Warrior Monsters game is the Slime, who is also the official mascot of the Dragon Quest series.

Battle System

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Monster Battle from Dragon Warrior Monsters 2.

A battles consist of one to three opposing monsters displayed in the center of the screen, with your own monsters Name, Health, Mana and Level displayed at the top of the screen.










Once the battle has begun the player will be given four battle commands,

  • Fight: simply lets your monster attack.
  • Plan: opens up another menu with another four commands,
    • Charge: will attempt to make your monster attack with its most direct and powerful attack.
    • Mixed: will attempt to make your monster use support ability's, such as shields, stat enhancements, summons and the like.
    • Cautious: will attempt to make your monster use defensive ability's, such as heal, revive and ability's that remove harmful stat effects.
    • Command: not able to be used in arena battles, command allows you to give direct orders to your monsters.
  • Items: opens up your items list and lets you use that item, either on the opposing monster or your own.
  • Flee: attempts to flee from the enemy.

Personality's

As you may notice it says "will attempt" for some of the commands, this is because each monster is given a certain personality depending on your actions used in combat. Those actions are Charge, Mixed and Cautious, which when used can raise/lower one of three hidden stats, Bravery, Prudence and Caring.

Basically this means a monster high in one of the three stats will be better at using an attack of that type and more likely to obey, for example a monster with the Personality type Reckless (which is high in Bravery but low in Prudence and Caring) will be more likely to use a Charge attack, whereas a monster with the Personality type Careless (a type high in Caring but low in Bravery and Prudence) will be more likely to use a Cautious attack. Personalities change quickly at lower levels than at higher levels, also monsters with a high wildness are harder to change personalities.

You may also use books to change a monsters personality. they are,

  • Quest Book - Makes the reader braver. (Costs 10000G)
  • Horror Book - Makes the reader more cowardly. (Costs 10000G)
  • BeNice Book - Makes the reader more kindly. (Costs 10000G)
  • Cheater Book - Makes the reader more sly. (Costs 10000G)
  • Smart Book - Makes the reader more thoughtful. (Costs 10000G)
  • Comedy Book - Makes the reader simpleminded. (Costs 10000G)


The best personality in the game is Hotblood, which is a monster high in everything, and the worst being Lazy a type low in everything.

Personality's make the game more challenging in the area battles, where the option to give direct commands to your monsters is not available.

A monster can have one of twenty-seven Personalities. They are,

  • Hotblood
  • Daring
  • Daredevil
  • Lone Wolf
  • Vain
  • Ez Going
  • Smug
  • Snobby
  • Reckless
  • Cool/Calm
  • Whimsy
  • Nosy
  • Whiz Kid
  • Ordinary
  • Hasty
  • Stubborn
  • Rebel
  • Spoiled
  • Humane
  • Uncertain
  • Careless
  • Shrewd
  • Carefree
  • Gullible
  • Sly
  • Coward
  • Lazy

Wildness

Another reason monsters might not obey you is their wildness(WLD in the game), a monster with a high wildness is less likely to obey your commands. Newly caught monsters will have high wildness, and also monsters kept in the farm for long periods of time. To lower a monsters wildness you just need to keep them in your party for awhile or you can speed the process up by feeding them meat items.

Capturing Monsters

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Monster requesting to join your party.

As with other RPG's once you have defeated the opposing monsters and the battle ends, your awarded a certain amount of experience points (EXP) which are used to level your Monsters, unlike other RPG's though at the end of the battle, there exists a small chance the opposing Monster may join you.











This chance is increased by the use of meat items which lower a monsters wildness, although its not always a guarantee, the more you use the lower the monsters wildness will be and the more likely it is to join you. Certain types of meat lower monsters wildness more and allow you more of a chance to catch them. Those types are,

  • BeefJerky - First obtainable meat. Lowers wildness by 5. (costs 20G)
  • Porkchop - Lowers wildness by 10. (costs 80G)
  • Rib - Lowers wildness by 20. (costs 300G)
  • Sirloin - The best meat in the game. Lowers wildness by 100. (costs 1000G)
  • "BadMeat" - The same as BeefJerkey, except that it poisons.

You can even use Rib and Sirloin meat to capture monsters off opposing Monster Tamers.

Monster Families

  • Materials - These monsters are all composed of metals or other minerals. They are resistant to Ice and Fire attacks and have a high defense. Examples: Golem and mudoll.
  • Bugs - Insectoid monsters are part of this family. They start with weak stats but grow to have good attack and defense. They usually learn many poison based skills. Examples: Hornbeet and Armorpede.
  • Plant - The monsters in this family include trees, flowers and other plants. Examples: Rosevine and Facetree.
  • Zombies - This family is comprised of undead monsters. Examples: WhiteKing and Hork.
  • Slimes - The monsters in this family are all variations of the Slime monster. Examples: Slime and GranSlime.
  • Birds - This family consists of mostly winged mammals and birds. They are usually the easiest to raise of all the families. Examples: Dracky and RainHawk
  • Dragons - This family consists of lizards and dragons. They are strong in most stats but use more EXP to level up. Examples: Dragon and Divinegon
  • Demons - This family is comprised of mostly humanoid monsters that are generally considered to be evil. Examples: MadKnight and AgDevil.
  • Beasts- This family is made up mostly of mammals and have high HP and Attack. Examples: Antbear and Unicorn.
  • Water - New family introduced in Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 made up of sea monsters. Examples: KingSquid and WhaleMage.
  • Bosses (???) - These are the most powerful monsters in the game, having very high stats and learning lethal skills. They are also the hardest to obtain. These monsters are sometimes referred to as Demon Lords due to them being bosses or major enemies from other games in the Dragon Quest franchise. Examples: Zoma and DracoLord

Currency and Items

Currency

The currency used in the series is Gold (G)

Item list

Basic items that can be found in all the Dragon Quest Monster games. Bought from vendors, found in dungeons, found in chests and won from arena battles.

  • Healing Items - Heal various amounts of Health.
    • Herb - Restores HP of one monster by 30-40.
    • LoveWater - Restores HP of one monster by 60-70.
    • WorldDew - Fully restores HP of all monsters.
    • SageRock - Restores HP of all monsters by 60-70.
  • Magic Restoring Items - These will replenish Mana.
    • Potion - Restores MP of one monster by 20-30.
    • ElfWater - Fully restores MP of one monster.
  • Curative Items - Cures status ailments.
    • Antidote - Removes all traces of poison.
    • MoonHerb - Cures paralysis.
    • Laurel - Lifts a curse off one monster.
    • AwakeSand - Awakens a sleeping monster.
    • SkyBell - Snaps a monster out of confusion.
    • WorldLeaf - Revives a dead monster.
  • Stat Seeds - These will permanently increase stats of your monsters.
    • ATKseed - Raises ATK by 3.
    • DEFseed - Raises DEF by 3.
    • AGLseed - Raises AGL by 3.
    • INTseed - Raises INT by 3.
    • LifeAcorn - Raises max HP by 5.
    • MysticNut - Raises max MP by 5.
  • Books - These will alter the personalities of your monsters.
    • Quest Book - Makes the reader braver.
    • Horror Book - Makes the reader more cowardly.
    • BeNice Book - Makes the reader more kindly.
    • Cheater Book - Makes the reader more sly.
    • Smart Book - Makes the reader more thoughtful.
    • Comedy Book - Makes the reader simpleminded.
  • Meats - Lower wildness (so monsters don't disobey) and also improve chances that monster will join.
    • BeefJerky - Tames monsters just a little.
    • PorkChop - Tames monsters a little bit.
    • Rib - Tames monsters a lot.
    • Sirloin - Tames monsters very much. Reduces WLD by 100
    • BadMeat - Tames a tiny bit but also poisons.
  • Staff - The various staff items you will encounter.
    • Mist Staff - Prevents casting of spells.
    • Friend Staff -Doubles physical power of one.
    • Wind Staff - Hits all enemies with a windstorm.
    • Bolt Staff - Hits all enemies with lightning.
    • Snow Staff - Hits all enemies with a blizzard.
    • Fire Staff - Hits one target with a fireball.
    • Warp Staff - Instantly warps to the Door Shrine.
  • Miscellaneous - Items that really can't be classified elsewhere.
    • WarpWing - Instantly warps to Home Town/Village.
    • ExitBell - Instantly warps to the exit of the Dungeon/Cave.
    • Bookmark - Enables saving in the Journal.
    • TinyMedal - Collect and trade for rare gifts.

Other information

Release Dates and Systems

In Japan,

In the US,

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