Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road

Dragon Quest:
Monster Battle Road
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road logo
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
Original release
  • JP: June 2007
(Battle Road)
  • JP: September 11, 2009
(Legends)
  • JP: July 15, 2010
(Victory)

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]

  1. ^ "Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road". 2007. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
  2. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (2008-12-01). "Dragon Quest IX Playable This Month In Tokyo". Kotaku.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  3. ^ ENIX, ARMOR PROJECT /BIRD STUDIO / SQUARE. "『ドラゴンクエスト モンスターバトルスキャナー』開発決定のお知らせ | ドラクエ・パラダイス(ドラパラ)". www.dragonquest.jp. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2015-07-28.