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Dragon Warrior Monsters (1998)

Armor Project, Bird Studio, Tose

Game Boy Color

3.90 from 89 ratings

259 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 82 backlogged · 56 wish listed

How long? Main story 24h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Dragon Quest Monsters is a turn-based RPG that involves recruiting monsters to fight for you in random encounters. Two recruited monsters can be fused together for a better one and extra monsters can be stored on a farm while not in your party. It was released in Japan for the Game Boy Color before the system was released.
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Details

Developers
Armor Project, Bird Studio, Tose
Publishers
Eidos Interactive, Enix Corporation
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Comedy, Fantasy
Franchises
Dragon Quest
Series
Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest Monsters

Release dates

  • Sep 25, 1998 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy Color
  • Jan 25, 2000 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy Color
  • Jan 28, 2000 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy Color

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Rating distribution

5 stars
20
4 stars
44
3 stars
23
2 stars
0
1 star
2
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Capt.ACAB

Review Capt.ACAB 3/5 · May 20, 2023

Great monster catcher

Just played through this on my anbernic handheld. I had DWM as a kid and it was my first Dragon Quest game ever and really got me hooked, but the breeding was too complex for me to really understand.

I really enjoyed playing through it as an adult with a guide (it's a must IMO, just for the monster combinations). …

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Just played through this on my anbernic handheld. I had DWM as a kid and it was my first Dragon Quest game ever and really got me hooked, but the breeding was too complex for me to really understand.

I really enjoyed playing through it as an adult with a guide (it's a must IMO, just for the monster combinations). My game did have a bug where it kept copying over my monsters that were asleep on the farm which was really frustrating.

Really looking forward to playing more in this series.

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Kory

Status Kory Sep 28, 2019

Had a friend boldly claim that this is a better Pokemon style game than Pokemon. Finally going to try it and see.

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doctorsinPhD

Review doctorsinPhD 5/5 · Jul 3, 2019

Hidden gem

One of the best games I've ever played. The story might be kind of cliché but the gameplay is excellent and very creative. I don't think it compares that much to Pokemon. The best part for me is the breeding system, it's really fun to create new monsters and to get more and more powerful beats. As a kid it …

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One of the best games I've ever played. The story might be kind of cliché but the gameplay is excellent and very creative. I don't think it compares that much to Pokemon. The best part for me is the breeding system, it's really fun to create new monsters and to get more and more powerful beats. As a kid it was a blast.

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TheFavorista

Status TheFavorista Nov 25, 2018

Played. Was close to end but did not beat? First of these games played. Did like the randomized aspect of the levels.

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