Dokapon Journey

by Atlus

Product Features

• The party game genre gets retooled in this exuberant mix of role playing and board games
• Encounter zany characters, collect rare items, and explore a fascinating kingdom on your quest to vanquish monsters, gather treasure, and level up
• Turn the heat up on your rivalries and take on up to three others in the race for the crown
• Tons of battles, magic spells, mini-games, and multiple play modes add up to endless replayability
• Players covertly choose their actions in an intuitive battle interface that guarantees every fight will surprise

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001QTW2I2
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 14, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,228 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #45 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Role-Playing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

THE ONE-OF-A-KIND PARTY RPG EXPERIENCE GOES PORTABLE! Compete with soon-to-be-ex-friends as you quest to save the kingdom, win the throne, earn tons of gold and loot, and embarrass your fellow adventurers in the process! Dokapon Journey is the ultimate party RPG, and very easy to play with friends using the local wireless multiplayer functionality.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it to play with friends!, June 22, 2009

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J. Christensen (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dokapon Journey (Video Game)

I was introduced to this game by a friend when we played a three person DS Download game. It was such a blast that I picked up my own copy. Multi-card play is much better, with the greatest additional feature being that you can save a multiplayer game. I've just ordered two more copies just for this reason, since my gaming sessions (3-4 hours) would really end prematurely when we cannot save.

Single player is still fun, but the AI does noticably cheat. That might be necessary, however, since it would really be too easy to win if it didn't. After only a couple days, I can beat the "normal" difficulty but still have a close game.

I really would recommend this for multiplayer, even if everyone else just downloads from you.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, June 9, 2009

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Andy J. Garvens - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dokapon Journey (Video Game)

I was really excited to get this game at first, but the excitement didn't last long. The game was clearly designed to be multiplayer and the AI is not fun to play against at all. The game plays like a board game and the AI "cheats" 95% of the time it will get exactly the number of moves needed to land on a spot to fight a monster or complete a quest. Battles are played similarly to rock paper scissors with a choice of attacks and defenses. Again 90% of the time the AI will pick exactly the defense it needs to counter your attacks.
You are given spells you can cast on the game board instead of taking a move that do things like inflict status effects or damage on your enemies. However they do not work. Almost every time they are used the npc either dodges, or only takes 1 damage.
The game also takes a long time to play and you are only allowed 3 saves. My brother and I played this for 6 hours one afternoon and only got to the second of 8 acts.
I think this game could be a lot of fun if you had at least 2 other people to play with and say a good 18 hours to waste, but aside from that it's probably best avoided.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good portable multi-player game, May 19, 2009

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Lindsey Campbell "awesome person" (Canton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dokapon Journey (Video Game)

I loved the original Dokapon Journey for the Wii. This is a great alternative for gaming on the go. You can play local multi-player with only one game cartridge - the only downfall is that you can't save that game. If each person has a cartridge the game can be saved.

It is a lot of fun.