Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
- Journey owing to a perfectly rendered 3D world, with dynamic dual-screen presentation and newly animated monsters
- Recruit a unique cast of DRAGON QUEST monsters and make an indestructible party of your own
- Prop yourself for some life-altering choice making – a key choice will affect the outcome of the game, and change the course of the hero’s life forever
- Take a breather from the main quest with addicting mini-sports meeting like Shiner the Ooze, T’n'T, the Slurpodrome, and the Tombola
- Collect and customize knick-knacks from around the DRAGON QUEST world to make a personalized Knick-knackatory. With the wireless capabilities of Nintendo DS, players can now exchange their creations with friends for a one-of-a-kind pool of rare ite
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DRAGON QUEST V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride – the second installment in the Zenithia Trilogy – makes its way to North America for the first time. Follow a journey that crosses three generations of a family’s legacy in a classic RPG brimming with new thoughts, copious lands to explore, multiple branches to enhance replayability, and dozens of your favorite GRAGON QUEST monsters. With over 1.1 million units shipped as of September 30 in Japan, this pivotal title that introduced a monster recruitment system to the series and presented players with an ultimate choice that changes the course of the game comes exclusively to Nintendo DS(tm). Go aboard on a journey that spans three generations in this classic RPG experience crafted by creator Yuji Horii, manga artitst Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama.Amazon.com Product Description
Beloved by role-playing game fans around the world, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is the second installment in the Dragon Quest, Zenithia Trilogy and has finally made its way to North America. Follow a journey that crosses three generations of a family’s legacy in a classic Nintendo DS RPG brimming with new thoughts, copious lands to explore, multiple branches to enhance replayability, and dozens of your favorite Dragon Quest monsters.
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Tale
In Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, what starts as an innocent childhood voyage of a boy accompanying his member of the clergy on a journey soon develops into an eye-opening adventure of a courageous young man traveling the world as he faces life-altering decisions that transcend generations. You – a hero in the making – determine your own path, choose your wife, and befriend a wagonload of quirky monsters by the side of the way. Indulge in the colorful Dragon Quest world made by Yuji Horii, combined with the charming characters and monsters designed by Akira Toriyama and memorable soundtrack from famed composer Koichi Sugiyama to make an unforgettable gaming experience.
Although players will make the acquaintance of many characters and monsters throughout during their travels, here are just a few of the faces they can hope to see.
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Young Hero (You) As a outcome you learn a world filled with bizarre creatures and fantastical realms while traveling with your member of the clergy. The owner of a truly pure heart, you have an unusual affinity with monsters. |
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Pankraz Pankraz is your member of the clergy, with whom you travel with as a boy. He has a hardened look and a talent for magic. What is the purpose of his quest? There is more to Pankraz than meets the eye. |
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Young Bianca You meet young Bianca in the town of Roundbeck while traveling with your member of the clergy. Bianca is one of your oldest friends and has an animated personality overflowing with curiosity. |
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Splendid Sabrecub Saved from the hands of the town bullies as a cub by you (The Hero), this splendid sabrecub travels and fights by your side during his youth and will mature by the side of with you. |
Gameplay
Although Hand of the Heavenly Bride is based in standard turn-based RPG gameplay mechanics like character leveling owing to with increased experience points and armor and weapon equipping for use in combat, it does add something new to the Dragon Quest series, monster taming. Throughout your quests you will encounter monsters both known and new to the Dragon Quest universe. Once tamed, these can join your party, level up just like your other party members and grant valuable aid in combat.
- Journey owing to a perfectly rendered 3D world, with dynamic dual-screen presentation and newly animated monsters.
- Recruit a unique cast of Dragon Quest monsters and make an indestructible party of your own.
- Prop yourself for some life-altering choice making – a key choice will affect the outcome of the game, and change the course of the hero’s life forever.
- Take a breather from the main quest with addicting mini-sports meeting like Shiner the Ooze, T ‘n’ T, the Slurpodrome, and the Tombola.
- Collect and customize knick-knacks from around the Dragon Quest world to make a personalized knick-knackatory.
- Use the wireless capabilities of Nintendo DS to exchange in-game creations and one-of-a-kind pool of rare items with friends.
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I can’t say enough excellent things about Dragon Quest 5! If you know Dragon Quest, you know why you are here, and you know why you want and need this game now. I won’t bore you with reviews since you can read all the other ones telling you how splendid 5 (by the side of with the rest of the series) is.
In small, 5 stars. My highest recommendation. Don’t delay, get it now!
Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have played owing to Dragon Warrior/Quest 1-8 (except 6). DQ5 is a excellent game but not my favorite out of the series. The tale line is fascinating and has a cool twist to it but I was disappointed with the number of human characters that join your party. Monsters join your party randomly but they don’t have any backstory. I was also disappointed with choosing a bride. Your wife disappears nearly immediately and you don’t get her back until nearly the end of the game. Other than those complaints, DQ5 is a excellent game and I would recommend it.
Rating: 4 / 5
The monster gathering and character building can be fun but the tale is typical trite RPG gimmicks. What do you expect though from game this ancient, it was part of the development of those trite gimmicks. By and large decent game, engrossing but a small dull at the same time… hard to clarify.
Rating: 3 / 5
Remember when RPG’s were fun? You’d get a hero or a band of heroes, and you’d run about the world killing everything that got in your way? Remember when you didn’t have some angsty-emo-teen as a main character that wielded a sword the size of a box truck? Well, Square-Enix smartened up for a change and remade several classic RPG’s from the NES and SNES days. Final Fantasy IV, Dragon Quest IV and this title in question: Dragon Quest V. Unfortunately I never learned Japanese or got my hands on a translated ROM version of the original installment, so I can’t compare how it is now to how it was. But I can tell you that this version is outstanding!
Tale, music, characters, things to do… This game seems to deliver on all fronts! The fact that you can recruit monsters to fight on your party adds a bit of randomness, which is nice. You can change up your party many times and get a slightly different feel for combat each time. One thing I noticed is a distinct sense of humor here: It feels rather Japanese, which is nice. To me, that means they probably kept the translation as close to the original as possible. I could be incorrect, but that’s just an depression I got.
Rating: 5 / 5
One of the first RPG’s I ever played was Dragon Quest IV for the DS. I spent over 60 hours traveling about fighting monsters and having a splendid time. The system and menu’s performed extremely well for me. So I knew I would like this game!
I in fact prefer DQIV but this one is no droop. It is excellent enough for my 5 stars. I like the graphics and the art as it has a very unique stylishness. The gameplay is engaging and provides a nice balance between simple and hard. The tale is a bit more developed than in DQIV but not quite as engaging. Don’t get me incorrect I still loved it but I did find recruiting monsters took some adjusting. I am just more used to fighting them than having them on my team! Also I did find that monsters do not really grant personality for your party – non monsters do that better. I thought the storyline of getting married was very cute and quite fun to play.
The Dragon Quest series are some of the best RPG’s out there if you like traditional JRPG. Although very different than Final Fantasy I must confess that these two series hold a special place in my heart. Regular quality is also a bonus as there were no issues at all with the technical side of things.
A highly recommended buy!
Rating: 5 / 5