Video Games : Dragon Warrior III

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: Dragon Warrior III

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Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years
Amazon Minimum Age: 156 months
Binding: Game Cartridge
EAN: 0695981100063
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Label: SPIG
Manufacturer: SPIG
Platform: Game Boy Color
Publisher: SPIG
Sales Rank: 7525
Studio: SPIG



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Amazon.com Review:
Originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Dragon Warrior III is a Game Boy Color port of one of the all-time classic role-playing games. The game reunites two of Japan's greatest RPG talents in Yuji Horii (story and game) and Akira Toriyama (character design). Toriyama is also known as the creator of the immensely popular Dragon Ball cartoons and comics. A prequel to the first two games in the series, DWIII casts you as the child of a great hero who must defeat an evil demon. New additions to the port include improved graphics, new minigames, new items, and a better translation of the original Japanese dialogue.

The game starts off with a personality test that loosely determines how other characters will react to you. Gameplay is standard RPG fare: exploring, building experience levels, acquiring allies, gaining weapons, and ultimately going after a large monster. There are some interesting minigames to mix things up. The Monster Medals feature adds a collectible aspect to the game. Monsters may leave medals behind after you defeat them. Some monsters only appear during certain times of the day. Getting all the medals unlocks a secret dungeon. You can trade medals via link cable to make things easier. Most RPG fans will love this game, but those raised on modern RPGs might find its combat a bit tedious. This game is compatible with Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance only. --Raymond M. Padilla

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Metal (er, golden) oldie
So, recently I have started to complete all of the Dragon Warrior/Quest titles and I didn't have this one so naturally I made the purchase. I was pretty intrigued by the personality system at first, it makes character creation that much more fun. The story is okay, nothing spectacular per usual, but the nostalgia and memories make up for this. The difficulty is up there and if you're not willing to sink 30 minutes to an hour leveling every once in a while you might find this game not for you.

The only thing that annoys me is the white background for battles, but I'll forgive it since this game is long and will take me a while to beat, just what I wanted.

I'd say if you've played any Dragon Quest game before and liked it, then you'll definitely love this one since you can even make your own team right from the beginning.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - this is a very good game
hi i have a dragon warrior and its very fun but its old and it is so old that i was playing .I turned of me gameboy and turned it back on later and it had no memory so i have to start a new game.It would be so awsome if you made it a gameboy advance game with new monsters and other thing so it dosnt forget the memory.
p.s I like your other games also.
sincerly
game payer


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A great remake!
They took the original Dragon Warrior III and made it better. I grew up with this series, and I recall the third installment having a lot of bugs. For example, you could end up with a character that wouldn't develope certain stats. I had a mage once, and for about 5 levels, it didn't get any extra hit points with the level ups. By the time I was at level 10 and my warrior could kill my mage with one hit, I realized I should restart before getting too far. By 10th level the second time through, my wizard's hp was about doubled... Well, you don't have to worry about that in this version, as they seemed to have fixed it. You can also customize your characters a little when you make them by giving them seeds. Some additions to the maps and game play were also noticed. Those who've played DWIV or DWVII here in the states should recall finding small medals. Well, they're here now too. There are some gaming locations (casino like) as well. A great buy and highly recommended for any RPG fan with a GBC/GBA/DS


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Will be that is the difference of each culture?
I am surprised to the opinions that there are some game users that do not like Dragon warrior(Japanese game title:Dragon Quest). Neddless to say, in Japan the most famouse and high quality and great story games are Final Fantasy series and this Dragon Warior series. FF series may be a little high level on the CG. But even now DG warrior series get high value from the broad game users in Japan.

Concretly, the music, graphic and story is that. The person that have made the DW music is Kouichi Sugiyama. He was once a member of Japan popular band Garo. And he knew about classical music very much too. He be active as a conducter of DA musical orchestra even now. His high level and nostalgic music sence have gotten many Japanese geme user hearts. For instance, the field music or battle music are that. The music characters are not always this 7 only, all the DW series will be that.

Secondly, the monster character drawing is Akira Toriyama. Needless to say, he was the maker of the most popular Japanese anime, Dragon Ball. He had gotten the fan by this anime before DW. His making picture is very cute and in other case is terrible. It was a great creater that could draw the both way. In additon to, he have the scence that get children hearts, and lead the nostalgy of adults even.

Thirdly, the story, that is, Yuuji Horii is that. the first DW series was reliesed before about 20 years by Nintendou Family Computer. I was a game user that bought the DW1. I was very surprised the story in that time even, that is, the combination story of Japanese historical story and old Europ knight story. Though it was the story that I had not experienced, I felt the nostargy.

By above three points mainly, I recommend the DW series rather than FF series. But when I read the U.S.A reviewers on this site, I knew that there are game users who do not like DW series compared with Japanese users. I am afraid a little, but I understood what the difference might be the culture difference in the both countries. In fact, recently FF series have made in Hawai, U.S.A, on the other hands, DW series have made in Japan only. FF maker, Square company may be consiouse of U.S.A commercial market.

But I think that the soft that can feel the truth Japan game mind will be DW series. DW series is what have been collected long Japanese history, animation, pop music etc.
If you are DW fans, may be true Japanese culture fans at the same time.

Thank you for my poor writing. and sorry for the spell miss.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Classic Game in an Under-Appreciated Series.
First off, let it be known that I have played the initial release of this game when it was on the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). It was the first truely great RPG I have ever had the fortune to play, keeping in mind that I'd played Dragon Warrior 1 before that (not a fan of 1 vs 1 combat) and that I don't really consider Legend of Zelda an RPG (Action/Adventure in my book). The game was long, fun, and an amazingly deep in story for a game that old. Only problem is it was a rental and I didn't get to finish it (I was on the last battle too).

Fast forward 11 years...

I bought a copy of this game on Amazon.com Marketplace for the GBC, since I knew I'd enjoy it again. That was truer than I expected.

The core gameplay is all here, so any fans of the NES version will love this one as much, if not more. Like most Japanese RPGs, the combat is turn-based and consists of standard fantasy elements. Swords, magic, and several monsters to fight (including the well known slimes, who always feel the need to grin despite the fact that you'll run them through). What amazes me is the amount of tactics involved in battles compared to other recent RPGs, such as the Final Fantasy games. The FF games rarely give you a run for your money in standard fight (perhaps with the exception of FF4), but with DW3 almost any battle has the potential to go horribly wrong, making you struggle to win. Most notable is when status effects are involved. Sometimes you'll find that your entire party has been put to sleep by a spell, or someone can be paralyzed, or a monster will boost their defense. Each of these has a counter, but sometimes you'll run into the bad luck of having it happen to the wrong person or that you didn't plan ahead of time with the right items to remove the effect. Running is always an option, but you take your chances with this, as a failed run will leave you open to more damage.

The graphics are much improved. This is the first game in the series I've seen with animated sprites for the enemies, and those are amazingly fluid. The rest of the graphics are improved as well, and make it seem almost SNES quality at times. The amount of items is greatly expanded, and item management is a lot easier thanks to a bag shared by the party that you can put everything in (you won't have access to those items during combat, though). Plus, there are several bonus touches, like a mini-game called Pachisi where you can earn bonus items (and most of them are pretty good items at that, like weapons), as well as two bonus dungeons, though unlocking the second one is a rather painful process requiring you to collect 144 unique monster medals... and those rarely appear after finishing of a monster.

If you've never heard of the series, and you're a fan of turn-based battles, this game is certainly a worthy introduction to the series. You'll wonder why this game series hasn't gotten huge sales numbers anywhere except Japan. Even more so if you've had the chance to play DWIV

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