Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Players assume the role of a monster hunter as they capture, train and breed a powerful army from more than 200 classic Dragon Quest creatures in order to become the world's greatest monster trainer. Joker is…
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is an adventure developed by Armor Project, released 28 December 2006 on Nintendo DS.
What Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is an adventure game developed by Armor Project and released in 2006. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Welcome to Green Bays, a cluster of mysterious islands that sparkle like jewels in the shimmering ocean! But travelers beware! The islands are not as peaceful as they seem, for they teem with a multitude of monsters both great and small. Green Bays is also home to the famous monster scout challenge. This renowned contest, held once every few years, determines who will be crowned the world's greatest scout. It is time for you to begin your quest to become the greatest monster scout in Green Bays and in history!"
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. 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 Monsters: Joker is the 37th of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. It arrived 7 months after Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable. The next entry was Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors in 2007. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Quest VII Reimagined at 92.
How it was received
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker launched on 28 December 2006, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, MotorStorm and Ys Origin. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, MotorStorm, Ys Origin.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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