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Beautiful and Addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is the latest in a spinoff series from Dragon Quest (also known as Dragon Warrior). On the heals of the critically acclaimed Dragon Quest VIII, DQM:Joker uses the same cell-shaded visual style with original character designs by the famous Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball). The game looks absolutely beautiful in full 3-D on the Nintendo DS. The colors are sharp, the characters are creative and the Monsters look better than ever before in this series. Although there is some very rare graphical pop-up, for the most part the game runs smoothly. Undoubtedly this will be the basis for the engine to be used in DQIX.
The gameplay is incredibly in depth and offers a much deeper experience than any other game in the monster genre. You "scout" monsters by impressing them with your monster teams power. You can also synthesize new monsters by combining the ones you have. The battle system is tried and true with new twists and skills. The story is also much deeper than previous DQM games have been.
Basically, if you like monster hunting, or you like RPG's this game will be well worth it for you. It is an epically long quest with tons of variety and replayability. I have been a DQ fan for a long time, but I can honestly say this game is for everyone.

Fun for all ages

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

DQM: Joker is one of those games that is easy to pick up and hard to put down. It has a Pokemon-esque type of gameplay where you try to catch em all and battle other monsters. It is really easy to learn and has a lot of replayability. The graphics never ceased to impress and are actually some of the best i've seen on the DS. Sometimes the story is a bit slow but this game is well worthy of being a "Dragon Quest" game.

What a game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Unlike a lot of other reviewers, this is my first in the DQM series, although after reading about the earlier ones, I want to play them. :)

I'm an avid gamer, and DQM has to go in my top ten list of all-time favourite games. I love a game with depth and extendability and this has both. As one other reviewer so aptly stated, "This game is easy to pick up and hard to put down". I have about 350 hours of gameplay in DQM, and still going strong.

I have only one issue and it's not with the game. Square Enix does not police the online tournaments for hackers anywhere near as much as they should, and yet they give a big warning at the beginning of every online game about hackers being disqualified.

Other than that, I have only wonderful things to say about DQM. If you don't have it .. do yourself a big favor. :)

Wow!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What can I say, DQMJ offers some of the most unique and interesting ideas into what appears to be a Pokemon clone. Even though the DQM series was inspired by Pokemon, the game and the series in and of itself offers inovative ideas to the "catch em all" formula. So let's begin. What sets this game apart from Pokemon?

-you can have 3 monsters in battle at once
-none of the monsters are rip offs of Pokemon monsters, they all appear in past DQ games
-monsters have skill sets which harbor a decent number of skills and each monsters can have up to 3 skill sets, offering a large number of skills on one monsters( lot more than Pokemon's 4)
-the breeding *Ahem* the synthesising system( it really is breeding but probably some people thought they didn't want their children to know that male and female = baby) is much deeper than Pokemon's breeding system
-ultimate monsters are created through repeated synthesising, which means if you like grinding to get higher numbers(ex. Disgaea) this game is for you
-in many ways the game is superior to Pokemon, although Pokemon offers better story and a more interesting catching system

Whew. Ok. So whats the goods right? If you like numbers, if you like struggling to make a monster better then you will love this game. The story is decent, but that is not where this game shines. Everything revolves around making bettter monsters and if you have wifi you will find that you will have to create some of the best monsters the game offers in order to have a chance at online play. A lot of hours will be spent on getting prepared to be a fair contender online(is Pokemon for Wii any different?). if you hate grinding, stay away form this game. This game is for grinding lovers, nough said. It's a great game, but it is NOT for everybody. Don't look at this as a role playing game because it's really not. It's a "catch em all" game. I really believe "catch em all" should be an actual game genre, because none of the the "catch em all" games feel like true RPGs. So if you are looking for some great epic story with many loveable characters, again, stay away. If you liked Pokemon you will likely fall in love with this game. It is a must buy for such players!

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of the dragon warrior monsters series. I loved both DWM 1&2. I bought Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker thinking this game would be like Dragon Warrior Monsters series. When i received my game, I right away opened the game and started playing it. It was fun for a few days. But after awhile experiencing it, the fun was fading away. Where is all the original monsters from Dragon Warrior Monsters 1&2? Why scouting? Why not taming monster with meat? Why are monsters soooooooo easy to make? They should have left the breeding the way it was like DWM 1&2. This game was overall fun and lasted me a few weeks but I decided to just wrap it up and give it away for a Christmas present. Sorry but this game isnt as impressive as I thought it was going to be. 4 Stars Overall and 3 Stars fun .

Dragon Quest Rules !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This Version of the dragon Quest series is a welcome addition . Game plays well .. . And I quite enjoyed it and will continue to re-play this game many times over .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sucks Compared to DQM 1 and 2

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The story is not that great; it's incredibly cliched.
The bad boy look of his doesn't match up to what you are doing, nor does his personality really shine throughout the game.
Incredible level-grinding, not taking into account breeding skills and levels to be ABLE to breed.

The upside to this is that it's 3-d and there are many new monsters. This game isn't as memorable as Dragon Warrior Monsters 1 or 2. They made this game too forced in terms of gameplay and level grinding; DWM 1 and 2 were much more accessible and player-friendly, plus it's gameplay was much longer than this game.

This is truly a disappointment to the older games, even with it's pro's.

Dragon Quest 8's little brother...I love it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'll start by saying, I'm a huge fan of Dragon Warrior/Quest as a series, however I am not a fan of the Monsters series. Having partially played the previous installments with a steaming pile of dislike, I came into DQM Joker with low expectations only to be suprised at how great of a game this is.
I mean it, this game ranks among my favorite Dragon Quest/Warrior titles ever. DQM Joker is a perfect companion to Dragon Quest 8, and runs on a similar game engine to boot. Where the previous Monsters games felt more like Pokemon rip-offs, Joker distances itself almost completely. Aside from the fact that you're collecting monsters to battle, there is no Pokemon likeness in Joker at all. It truly feels like a Dragon Quest game of its own.
I recommend this title to anyone who enjoyed DQ8 but haven't experienced any other DQ/DW games, and I HIGHLY recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of the non-Monsters series of Dragon Quest.

This game will suck your life away.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wow. If you like the Dragon Quest series at all, or RPGs in general, and own a DS, you owe it to yourself to buy this game. I got it 5 days ago and have been relishing every second. One of the first epic RPGs available on the DS (the other being Final Fantasy III), this game does not disappoint. Fans of Pokemon, Final Fantasy, or Dragon Quest will be in heaven.

Not a pokemon in sight, but a monster battling game all the same

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was a little worried when I first thought about getting this game; I knew it had the Dragon Quest name on it, so I thought it should be good. But, from game play descriptions (and my own imagination), I was a little worried I might be buying a slightly more "mature" pokemon game. Thankfully, I was wrong, and what I ended up with is one of the most-addictive, fun, and time consuming games that I've played for the DS. For those of you who've played Dragon Quest 8 for the Playstation 2, the game plays much like DQ8 does if you have a monster party fight for you. And of course there's scouting to allow you to get new monsters; you must impress the "wild" enemies by a show of force from your current monsters (basically a regular attack that does no damage). Other than that it's a fairly typical RPG, but instead of just leveling up your monsters, you can also combine ("synthesize") monsters to create new, more powerful ones. The story is a little weak, but the fantastic game play more than makes up for it. Plus you can battle over wi-fi against your friends' monster teams to see how you both stack up. Overall a very solid game; DQ fans should definitely pick it up, and so should most fans of RPGs.

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