Software:Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

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Short description: Video game for the Nintendo Switch
Dragon Quest Monsters:
The Dark Prince
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Developer(s)Tose
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)Shotaro Ozeki
Producer(s)Kento Yokota
Designer(s)Mirei Hashimoto
Programmer(s)
  • Takayuki Iwakura
  • Masafumi Tsurumaki
Artist(s)Akira Toriyama
Writer(s)Jin Fujisawa
Composer(s)Koichi Sugiyama
SeriesDragon Quest Monsters
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
Release
  • WW: December 1, 2023
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[lower-alpha 1] is a role-playing video game developed by Tose and published by Square Enix[1] for the Nintendo Switch. It is the seventh game in the Dragon Quest Monsters series following Dragon Quest Monsters and the first to be released outside of Japan since Joker 2 in 2011.

The game stars Psaro, the main antagonist from Dragon Quest IV; The Dark Prince is set before the events of Dragon Quest IV. Psaro is on a quest to defeat his father who cursed him, by becoming a 'monster wrangler'. Gameplay consists of turn-based menu selection combat and 3D overworld exploration. Like previous installments in the Dragon Quest Monsters series, the player must obtain monsters, either through an impressive show of force, enticing them with meat, or hatching them from eggs, and then combine obtained monsters through "synthesis" in order to create a team powerful enough to overcome tougher foes. It was released worldwide on December 1, 2023 and received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Plot

The story follows the journey of Psaro, a half-human, half-monster prince. Psaro challenged his father, the cruel monster king and ruler of Nadiria, Randolfo the Tyrant. As punishment for his defiance, Randolfo curses Psaro, making him unable to cause harm to any monster, before exiling him to Terrestria. Bent on revenge, Psaro vows to lift the curse, return to Nadiria, and usurp Randolfo. Taking refuge in the human village Rosehill, Psaro finds a loophole to his inability to harm monsters in the art of monster wrangling. By becoming a monster master, he can have his allies defeat monsters for him, circumventing his curse. A retired monster master and villager named Monty gifts the prince his first monster, and teaches him the basics of monster wrangling. Psaro soon meets and befriends a fugitive elf, whom he names Rose, as she lacks a name. She accompanies Psaro and allows him entry to Nadiria with her unique elfin magic.

The game's plot serves as both prequel and side-story to the events of Dragon Quest IV, with the storylines of the two games overlapping at points.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic72/100[2]
Review score
PublicationScore
Famitsu36/40[3]

According to Metacritic, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince received "mixed or average" reviews from critics.[2]

The first week of sales in Japan sold 346,583 physical copies according to Famitsu, becoming the best selling game that week.[4]

On January 2024, Square Enix announced the game sold one million units worldwide.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in Japan as Dragon Quest Monsters 3 The Demon Prince and the Elf's Journey (Japanese: ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ３　魔族の王子とエルフの旅, Hepburn: Doragon Kuesuto Monsutāzu 3 Mazoku no Ōji to Erufu no Tabi)

References

  1. ↑ "Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince" (in en-us). https://dragonquest.square-enix-games.com/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince critic reviews". Fandom, Inc.. https://www.metacritic.com/game/dragon-quest-monsters-the-dark-prince/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch. 
  3. ↑ Sal Romano (November 29, 2023). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1826". https://www.gematsu.com/2023/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1826. 
  4. ↑ "Famitsu Sales: 11/27/23 – 12/3/23 [Update"] (in en-US). 2023-12-07. https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/famitsu-sales-11-27-23-12-3-23. 
  5. ↑ "Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince shipments and digital sales top one million" (in en-US). 2024-01-17. https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/dragon-quest-monsters-the-dark-prince-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-one-million. 

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