Dokapon Kingdom

I didn't think I'd make another post tonight, since we're all counting down to Fantasy Life, but III made the mistake of suggesting Dokapon Kingdom to pass the time.

This game blows Mario Party out of the water, especially the later ones. It's basically Mario Party without the mini games each turn, and with RPG elements. The goal of the game is to have the most money at the end of the game, which you will receive from liberating towns, completing objectives for the king, and beating your adversary in battle.

 Atlus is the company who localized it, so of course it's going to have its silly moments. If you beat another player in a fight, you may steal something from them, change their name (and I think gender) or give them a new hair-do. The last is usually my favorite, as I gave my friend *** a judge 'do and turned ***'s to poo. Take that, boys.

So, this game is extremely colorful, and that's usually a plus for me - it is, now, too, don't take that the wrong way. Each person gets to pick their hero's color, of course, and journey across the expansive map to complete their quests. The map's colors are themed around each area, and, even in the forested areas and such, the areas are vibrant and pleasing to look at.

 We're doing the story mode. No idea how long that will take. I'm sure it will be a good amount of time, though.

It is, of course, limited to the usual three starting classes: Warrior, Mage, and Thief. They can branch out once you level these classes up, but we haven't gotten far yet to see what they become. Also, you can change your class at any time when you visit the king.

I definitely have better luck than ***. His strikes usually miss, or he's countered. The last town I liberated before we broke for the night automatically gave his only town to me, making my count 5 and his 0. Every time we play this game, he's usually seething at the end of our play time.

III, of course, tries to screw Wade over and keeps stealing his money, just because of their long-standing "I must beat YOU, AND ONLY YOU" duel. It's funny and helpful.

Anyway, it's a good game for people who enjoy RPGs and want a silly one to play with friends. The story mode is definitely more entertaining than the party mode, since that mode seems too short to get the real experience of the game. We still have to try out Dokapon Journey, which should also be good since it's one of the rare games that lets you download the game from its cartridge and play with more than one person, but we will see.