Gallery: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince "Sneak Peek" - Heroes, Story & World

I’m so excited for this game ever since I realized that it’s based on DQ4 my very first and favorite dragon quest game!

I am so pumped for this game. The DQM games are incredible and we're finally getting another one outside of Japan. Couldn't be happier!

Finally a good Pokemon game.

Looks really neat!

@SpaceboyScreams it looks like this Dragon Quest Monsters game would be perfect for the Nintendo DS looking at the bland environments.

I'm looking forward to this, but I'll never not want builders 3.

Can't wait for this. I'm wondering if it has monster synthesis though?

Looks great. I hope it has more to do than just battling though. Would love dragon quest builders with these features too

Really looking forward to this, I played the DS games when I was younger and I was super excited to see a new one announced. And maybe this'll help fill the Pokemon shaped hole in my heart to some degree.

@MetalKingShield it does, square enix confirmed it multiple times 😊

Been a big fan since the nes era, but I still haven't even had time to play treasures yet. haha so hopefully I can figure out some time to get these back catalogs covered.

Wish they'd release DQIV bundled with the game or separately on the eShop.

Quite excited for this, big fan of the fact that its connected to DQ4, that one's my favorite in the series easily.

Can we get DQ10 Offline also? Please Squeenix.

DQ3 remake and this new DQM are what I'm waiting for.

Finally, my chance to try this spinoff series! Definitely looking forward to it. Most of these games either weren't localized or are now pricey secondhand.

While I would eventually get this game at some point, the graphics of this game looks so wash out and low quality. The characters are also less interesting with little to no details which is sad cause if you look at SandLand, another game with Akira Toriyama's artworks, it looks stunning and more detailed. Did Square Enix got lazy here?

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

SandLand

@TheExile285 OHMYGOD YES!!!

@Serpenterror I doubt lazy, and more that this is just a smaller project for a niche audience.

Excited for the game, but the day one dlc is pretty scummy. Hoping its just the usual grinding dlc you see these days.

Yeah I’ll grab day 1

Been waiting for an excuse to jump into the Monsters series of DQ and now this seems to be the time for it! Will be grabbing this one

@Serpenterror I mean you are comparing a Switch game to a PS5 game lol so obviously its not going to look as good as Sandland

@Zeroo So no worse than Pokemon in that one single regard, likely better in every other regard. Still a big win.

I like the graphics anyway. More detail is not always better. Knowing how much detail to put in and how much to leave out is the essence of cartooning. I like everything to be clear and smooth, but if the graphics were too fussy it wouldn't look like Dragon Quest.

Great info. However...I'm confused. They are realising day 1 DLC? Why? Why not just include it in the game? Is it cut content? Licensing issue? I don't really understand. If it was a season pass for future DLC the fine but why is it being separated from the game at day 1 and not included? Genuinely curious. Just put it in the main game and charge more for the main game lol.

@Krakenous Because it was extra work outside of the budget of the base game. Think of it this way, would you expect to go to a restaurant and pay for a burger and then get all the other food they've just made included for free? They've already made that food. It's ready. Why should you pay extra for something a company you've just given money to has already made?

It's funny how people distinguish between day 1 DLC and other DLC; it still took the same amount of time to make, the same amount of money, the same resources. It's like if you and I drew two pictures at the same time and sold them online, but people expected both drawings for the price of one. Yet if I drew mine first, then you waited till later to draw yours, people would happily pay for each separately.

@Matroska That example use I disagree with and I'll explain why, apologies. Side note, this is Square Enix we are dealing with here, we know their game plan by now. Them backpedaling on block chain gaming, as a note, doesn't restore any of that past faith for me personally.

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On topic, as someone who used to work in the industry, when the game goes gold, it's completed its initial development phase. So, this point is where you are partially correct to a key point which is true. If we were to plan future DLC or expansion passes or battle passes or whatever you choose to call it for the game, this is planned wayyy before the pre-production phase. Thus correct. However, at least for us, it would be substantial and extensive content not tied to the main games production and development phasing thus new DLC post release, we called it "Content Expansion".

However, in this case, the content is not extensive or substantial. The way they are described by SE, is almost like "time saver", grind beater and daily login bonus packs. To clarify from the website directly:

"Delve underground for a reunion with monster types you've befriended once before. You'll also have the opportunity to scout monsters that are otherwise very tricky to synthesise!" Translation to me; Timesaver day 1 DLC, you get the ability to scout tricky to synthesize monsters sooner and skip the grind, Timesaver DLC.

"Explore these randomly generated dungeons and battle legions of powerful monsters. Each dungeon comes with unique requirements that require players to carefully assess and construct their party. Dispatch the boss that awaits in the final room to earn rare items that will aid you in raising ever-stronger allies" - Translation to me; Part time saver, Part grind beater day 1 DLC. It's s designed to get you access to stronger monsters sooner whilst rewarding your tactical skills, and gives out rarer items to you quicker, grind skipper DLC.

Finally: "Every time you open these mysterious treasure chests, you'll obtain an exciting reward. However, you'll have to wait a little while before you can open the chest up again and obtain the next exciting reward on the list! Keep opening them and you're guaranteed to get your hands on some very enticing items indeed!" Translation to me; a form of "Daily login bonus" Gacha, partial gameplay enhancement day 1 DLC. Thus, by using chance based mechanics to reward rare items, rare monsters and possibly outfits you have potentially faster access to this content, based on daily luck, "Daily Login" bonus DLC.

That's just my take on it.

Who knows, maybe they'll release more substantial expansions to the games world, characters and mechanics post release so I hope the game primarily sells well in the West!

@Zeroo Dragon Quest Monsters 3 (or The Dark Prince) looks substantially superior to any Pokemon game ever released.