“Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince” (“The Dark Prince”) is, in Japan at least, the third mainline, numbered entry in the ‘Dragon Quest Monsters’ spinoff of ‘Pokemon’-esque monster taming RPGs. Apparently the mostly-unlocalized entries in the series, like “Caravan Heart” and the trio of ‘Joker’ DS/3DS titles don’t count – and for good reason.
After being a fan of this spinoff series since the original “Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland” dropped on the Game Boy Color back in Y2K, I have been highly disappointed by the more recent entries, both mechanically and by the platforms on which Square-Enix chose to release them. After playing – and not enjoying the first ‘Joker’ entry in 2006 and playing, not enjoying, and reviewing a fanslati... |
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