Dragon Warrior III

by SPIG

Product Features

• Destroy the Archfiend Baramos
• choose three allies; eight character classes;
• travel day and night
• expanded list of weapons, armor, and spells;
• more than 40 castles, towns, villages, and shrines

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005ME7X
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: July 17, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,249 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Game Boy Color

Amazon.com Review

Originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Dragon Warrior III is a Game Boy Color port of one of the all-time classic role-playing games. The game reunites two of Japan's greatest RPG talents in Yuji Horii (story and game) and Akira Toriyama (character design). Toriyama is also known as the creator of the immensely popular Dragon Ball cartoons and comics. A prequel to the first two games in the series, DWIII casts you as the child of a great hero who must defeat an evil demon. New additions to the port include improved graphics, new minigames, new items, and a better translation of the original Japanese dialogue.

The game starts off with a personality test that loosely determines how other characters will react to you. Gameplay is standard RPG fare: exploring, building experience levels, acquiring allies, gaining weapons, and ultimately going after a large monster. There are some interesting minigames to mix things up. The Monster Medals feature adds a collectible aspect to the game. Monsters may leave medals behind after you defeat them. Some monsters only appear during certain times of the day. Getting all the medals unlocks a secret dungeon. You can trade medals via link cable to make things easier. Most RPG fans will love this game, but those raised on modern RPGs might find its combat a bit tedious. This game is compatible with Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance only. --Raymond M. Padilla

Pros:

• Classic gameplay
• Excellent monster and character design
• Between 40 to 60 hours of play

Cons:

• Battles can get repetitive
• A few character classes borderline on useless
• Graphics appear dark on Game Boy Advance

Product Description

Your father was a legendary hero of Aliahan who was killed by the Archfiend Baramos. Now, you are 16 years old and must continue your father's quest and destroy Baramos. However, you will not take on this challenge alone. Choose three allies from eight character classes. If you need to, you can change a characters class at any point in the game. Travel throughout the day and night to visit more than 40 castles, towns, villages, and shrines. Naturally, you and your friends will have to fight a large number of enemies while on this adventure. Luckily, there is an expanded list of spells, weapons, and armor to choose from. Try to get your revenge in DRAGON WARRIOR III.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game for GBC/GBA, July 18, 2001

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J. Copperthite "JRC" (Storrs, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragon Warrior III (Game Cartridge)

Wow. I'm impressed. I have played this game on the original NES and I must say this is definitely a step-up from the NES version. For those who don't know much about the game, this series (Dragon Warrior) is hugely successful in both the U.S. and Japan, and in Japan it is almost as successful as the Final Fantasy series. DW I+II, released last year, prompted Enix to go ahead and port DW III. I'm so glad they did.

First off, you can have multiple classes to your characters over the course of the game. The world is huge and the battles are new in that the monsters have animations, and so do your attacks. From what I have played the difficulty seems just about as hard on the NES version. Also the passage of time is incorporated into this game, as night and day pass, and people have different things to say depending on the time and some people will be out at night, etc.

I haven't found anything that detracts from this game. I'm only about an hour into the game, but I'm impressed with what i've played so far. It makes an excellent game to play on breaks and when everyone leaves the office (it can get lonely at night when you are the only customer service rep in the place ;)). I'm very impressed with this game and if you liked DW I+II and/or Final Fantasy (all of them) you will definitely go for this game. It earns every ounce of recommendation I can give.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent re-make of one of the best RPGs of all time, August 16, 2001

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Global engineer (Cranberry Township, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Warrior III (Game Cartridge)

This is a very well done remake of the original Dragon Warrior III for the NES, a wonderful game, and above all a really fun RPG, something that recent RPGs haven't captured. This remake is very well done. Graphically the colors are very vibrant and the animations of both spells and enemies is a definite plus. My only gripe is they didn't put backgrounds in like they did in DW I remake, but that might be because of the graphical limitations of the gameboy color. Playwise the game has only been improved, adding tons more depth to your characters. Now they have personalities that guide how their stats increase, of course it also depends on the class. They have added a new mini-game in the Pachisi tracks, which are very interesting. They also added a concept of monster medals which you can randomly win after battles(there are 3 levels of medal, gold, silver, and bronze, you can't get a silver till you get a bronze etc) and if you collect enough medals you can unlock a secret. In addition, the ability to trade medals over the link is nice, but I still would have liked to have seen a battle mode, where your party can take on a friends party. The translation is also improved, being much more true to the Japanese version(which is why it recieved a Teen rating, the original was released when Nintendo was big on the family friendliness concept in the States). Overall, this is a must have RPG!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic, and Alot of Game for the Price, October 7, 2003

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John Whaley (Acworth, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragon Warrior III (Game Cartridge)

For those gamers that were fortunate enough to have played Dragon Warrior III on the NES, this will be just a reiteration of what you already know - this game rocks.

Even in the face of today's modern graphics and effects, the scope, storyline, and gameplay of Dragon Warrior III still stand strong. The characters can be customized in numerous areas, and even retrained if they aren't working out - you can take your Lvl 40 fighter and make him a wizard, or let your cleric train as a merchant. The number of sidequests and the evolution of certain areas is impressive, and will give you 60+ hours of things to do. Best of all, the fighting system is so simple that even a novice can start playing and get hooked immediately.

This game gets my highest possible recommendation. For a fraction of the cost of a Final Fantasy game, you can get a game that will give you more enjoyment for a longer period of time.

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