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Dragon Quest V
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NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX»
Enix originally
released Dragon Quest V for the Super Famicom in
1992 and followed up with a Playstation 2 remake in
2003 which was priced at a healthy JPY7800. Fast
forward five years and Square Enix re-releases the
game once again on the Nintendo DS. Square's
strategy of rehashing their library of games may be
good business acumen since developing new franchises
is hard work and potentially unprofitable. The
company shows it's resolve at re-releasing once
again this week.
Dragon Quest V tells the story of the royal Papas family across the
span of three generations. The NDS conversion is
based on the PS2 remake and features a 3D game
world, more monsters to recruit into your party, and
the possibility to travel with four party members
instead of three.
Prologue
As the
story begins, Lord Papas is pacing the room
anxiously when a servant rushes in and announces the
Queen has just given birth. Papas joins his beloved
in the birthing chamber and takes hold of his
newborn son. The queen apparently suffers some
complications and the scene shifts. Papas and his
heir are aboard a ship and they soon reach their
port of entry. They return to Santa Rosa where
they're welcomed with open arms. As the prince
wanders around the town, a hooded lady in the church
mentions that the Queen passed away when he was just
a child and a few villagers complain about the
abnormally cool weather. Papas also seems awfully
busy in town and sails off each day into an ominous
cavern...
Systems
In the first few encounters, blue slime, thorny,
gophecadas and other insignificant creatures attack
but they're little threat and serve to provide
experience and gold. The creatures have all been
redrawn in grand detail with brilliant colors.
Monsters also animate beautifully with little tics,
fluid attacks and other motion during encounters.
Watch as a cyclops smashes its club and king slimes
billow out like inflatable marshmallow monsters. The
fighting system is turn-based and hews true to the
original DQ5 game.
Encounters were fairly prolific in the original game
but they're even more so in the PS2/NDS remake. Four
party members are possible, up from three in the
original and every monster encountered in the game
may be a potential party inductee. The Monster
Companion System allows monsters to be recruited
into your party. Some other
enhancements include the ability to adventure with
both potential brides later in the game and an
Artifact Collecting mode where players adopt the
role of a treasure hunter and search the world for
valuables to display in a museum.
Jan Code: 4988601005586
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