Dragon Quest Wars

Dragon Quest Wars is a turn-based strategy game in the the Dragon Quest series for Nintendo DSiWare. It was developed by Intelligent Systems, the Nintendo second-party studio responsible for titles such as Fire Emblem and Advance Wars series along with TOSE. The game was released on 24 June 2009 and has a price of 500 DSiWare points.

Gameplay[]

As a spinoff game, Dragon Quest Wars is not a traditional RPG like main-series games; instead, it features a team of four monsters of the player's choice such as, Dracky, Golem, Slime, Chimaera, Hammerhood, and Healslime who battle other teams in a setup resembling that of a board game. Both local wireless and Nintendo WFC competitive multiplayer options are included.

Each monster has their own distinct moves and characteristics. For instance, Dracky has low health but can move the furthest number of places and is the only monster that can perform 'shove'. A monsters move will hit/effect any monster in range, even if they are on the same team.

All moves have a range of one adjacent square to the user unless stated otherwise, that any monster in the range of a move will be effected by that move- friend or foe and that moves in italics require another attack to be launched for it to commence. All monsters may move and use a move, use one where they are, do nothing or move and do nothing.

Monsters[]

Dracky[]

Used mainly for sneaky attacks and for reaching the teams goal zones.

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Statistics
Health: 1 Agility: 2
Moves
Shove - A physical attack that deals 1 point of damage and knocks the target back one square. If the target has other monsters behind it they will all be pushed back also unless they are up against the side of the arena Crack - A magic attack that deals 1 point of damage to a target in one of the squares diagonal to the caster Oomph - Magic move that grants the target 1 extra point of damage from one of their physical moves for one turn. Does not work on the caster or on the move Shove

Golem[]

High health and high attack power make for Golem being the physical brawler of the monsters.

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Statistics
Health: 3 Agility: 1
Moves
Body Slam - A physical attack that while it does deal 2 points of damage to the target it also deals 1 point to the user Selflessness - Shields an ally from an incoming attack by moving to their square when the attack is launched making the user take the damage. The move pushes the target to another adjacent square Defend - Used on the user, it reduces physical damage to the user by 1 for one turn

Hammerhood[]

Able to deal damage to multiple targets at once.

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Statistics
Health: 2 Agility: 1
Moves
Party Pooper - Deals 1 point of physical damage across three squares which are one of the squares adjacent to the user and the to squares either side of that Counter - Blocks an enemy's attack so it deals no damage and deals 1 point of damage to the attacker Meditation - Heals 1 point of health to the user before a round

Slime[]

Well balanced fighter with good spells and abilities.

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Statistics
Health: 2 Agility: 1
Moves
Attack - Deals 1 point of physical damage Frizz - Deals 1 point of magical damage Defend - Reduces physical damage to the user by 1 point.

Chimaera[]

Dealing damage from a distance while being able to block spells and physical attacks makes the Chimaera a versatile fighter.

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Statistics
Health: 2 Agility: 1
Moves
Sizz - Deals 1 point of magic damage in one direction over two squares Bounce - Throws the effects of 'Frizz', 'Sizz', 'Crack' or 'Heal' back at the monster who cast them on the user Dodge - Prevents physical damage to the user for one turn

Healslime[]

A purely support monster with a great arsenal of spells.

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Statistics
Health: 2 Agility: 1
Moves
Heal - Restores 1 point of health to the target or the caster Kabuff - Reduces physical damage by 1 for the caster and monsters on adjacent squares. Only lasts for one turn Fizzle - Seals all spells from being cast within three squares of the caster