Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road | |
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Genre(s) | Card battle game |
Developer(s) | Rocket Studio, Eighting |
Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
Artist(s) | Akira Toriyama |
Composer(s) | Koichi Sugiyama |
Platform(s) | Arcade game, Wii |
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Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road (ドラゴンクエスト モンスターバトルロード, Doragon Kuesutō Monsutā Batoru Rōdo) is a series of Japanese arcade games based on Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. Players battle monsters and can win real-life cards with monster data imprinted on them.[1] The first game, also titled Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road, was released in 2007 only in Japan, using the Taito Type X2 system. A sequel, Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II Legends, was announced at the 2009 Jump Fiesta in Tokyo,[2] and a third game in the series, Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory, a port of the Legends game, was announced for the Wii in 2010. Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Scanner was scheduled for release in the arcade in 2016.[3]