Software:Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow

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Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow
Blue dragon awakened shadow.jpg
North American box art
Developer(s)Mistwalker
tri-Crescendo[1]
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Yoshiharu Miyake
Takeshi Kaneda
Producer(s)Hideo Baba
Hiroya Hatsushiba
Artist(s)Akira Toriyama
Kaori Tosa
Composer(s)Nobuo Uematsu
SeriesBlue Dragon
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: October 8, 2009
  • NA: May 18, 2010[2]
  • GER: September 21, 2010
  • EU: September 24, 2010
  • AU: September 2010
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow[lower-alpha 1] is an action role-playing video game developed by Mistwalker and tri-Crescendo and published by Namco Bandai in Japan and Europe and D3 Publisher in North America,[2] for the Nintendo DS video game console and is part of the Blue Dragon series, its third installment and is a direct sequel to both Blue Dragon and Blue Dragon Plus. Hironobu Sakaguchi (series creator), Akira Toriyama (character designer) and Hideo Baba (brand manager of Tales series) are involved in the development of the game.[1] It was released in Japan on October 8, 2009, in North America on May 18, 2010, and in the PAL region in September of the same year.[2][1]

Gameplay

In contrast to its predecessors, which were a traditional turn-based RPG and a strategy RPG, respectively, Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is an action RPG with real time combat. The player is able to explore 3D fields, attack enemies directly as well as call upon shadows.[3]

The game allows the player to customize their character's appearance, such as their gender, hairstyles, eyebrows, eyes, voices, among other traits. Players are able to use their customized characters in multiplayer with two other friends, locally or online.

Characters

For the first time in the series, the player does not play as Shu and his companions. Instead the player will play as an unnamed customizable protagonist. Shu and his friends are not playable characters, but AI controlled party members.[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic63/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer4/10[6]
Famitsu31/40[7]
GameSpot7/10[8]
GameZone5.5/10[9]
IGN8/10[10]
Nintendo Life5/10 stars[11]
Nintendo Power7.5/10[12]
RPGamer2/5[13]
Metro3/10[15]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two eights, one seven, and one eight for a total of 31 out of 40.[7] 1Up.com summarized the magazine's stance on the game as "a solid standard action RPG but not an exceptional game". Famitsu praised the amount of extra content put into the game such as character customization, item synthesis and boss battles, but they noted that with the battles on the lower screen of the DS and the status on the upper screen it may cause some problems for the player. They also noted that there was a large amount of cutscenes in the game which may make the player "feel like a passive viewer at times".[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ブルードラゴン 異界の巨獣 Hepburn: Burū Doragon: Ikai no Kyōjū, "Blue Dragon: Great Beast of the Underworld"[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brandon (December 12, 2008). "Namco Bandai Announces Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyojuu". http://swordmachine.blogspot.com/2008/12/namco-bandai-annouces-blue-dragon-ikai.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fahey, Mike (October 29, 2009). "D3Publisher Brings More Blue Dragon Stateside". G/O Media. https://kotaku.com/d3publisher-brings-more-blue-dragon-stateside-5392652. 
  3. ↑ Tanaka, John (December 22, 2008). "Blue Dragon Goes Online". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/22/blue-dragon-goes-online. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow for DS Reviews". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/blue-dragon-awakened-shadow/critic-reviews/?platform=ds. 
  5. ↑ Mastrapa, Gus (June 7, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow". G/O Media. https://www.avclub.com/blue-dragon-awakened-shadow-1798220325. 
  6. ↑ Schilling, Chris (September 23, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/blue-dragon-awakened-shadow-review. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gifford, Kevin (September 29, 2009). "Japan Review Check: SMT: Strange Journey". Ziff Davis. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3176273. 
  8. ↑ Meunier, Nathan (July 6, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow Review". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blue-dragon-awakened-shadow-review/1900-6268324/. 
  9. ↑ GameZone staff (July 8, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow review". https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/blue_dragon_awakened_shadow_review/. 
  10. ↑ Thomas, Lucas M. (June 3, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow Review". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/03/blue-dragon-awakened-shadow-review. 
  11. ↑ Blake, Laurie (October 21, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow Review". Gamer Network. https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/10/blue_dragon_awakened_shadow_ds. 
  12. ↑ "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow". Nintendo Power (Future US) 256: 88. July 2010. 
  13. ↑ den Ouden, Adriaan (July 26, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow - Staff Review". CraveOnline. https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/bluedragon/bluedragonbo/reviews/bluedragonbostrev1.html. 
  14. ↑ Wallace, Kimberley (July 21, 2010). "Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow". Emerald Shield Media LLC. https://www.rpgfan.com/review/blue-dragon-awakened-shadow/. 
  15. ↑ Jenkins, David (October 1, 2010). "Games review – Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow stirs into action". Metro (DMG Media). https://metro.co.uk/2010/10/01/games-review-blue-dragon-awakened-shadow-531925/. 

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