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Dokapon Journey

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Dokapon Journey
60
7.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Game Info

Publisher: Atlus USA

Developer: Sting

Genre(s): Role-Playing Game, Board Game

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

Release Date: April 14, 2009

Summary

The Kingdom of Dokapon is in peril! Desperate to do away with the monster invasion that has overrun his land, the King has offered his crown and the hand of his daughter, Princess Penny, to whoever can restore peace once again. Heroes from distant lands rise to the call, but with multiple adventurers offering to assist in the struggle, each eagerly eyeing the prizes that await the champion of Dokapon, they must now fight amongst themselves to save the kingdom and claim their reward. Irresistible board game-RPG combination - This board game and RPG fusion will make you think strategy like never before on Nintendo DS! Customization, strategy, and depth are all yours as you squeeze battling, leveling up, conquering towns, and much more into each turn. Playing dirty is the name of the game - This is all-out, winner-take-all competition, where the system favors those that know how to fight dirty! Jump into someone else's fight, finish off the enemy, and snatch the experience. Mow down your competition and take a reward from their inventory. Use special items to slow down or injure those who get in your way. Total multiplayer experience - The zany head-to-head-to-head (-to-head) competition of board games is in full force whether you play alone or in a group! Assign control of each character to a human or one of three computer play styles. Get your friends together, and up to 4 can play in single- or multi-card mode. [Atlus USA]

What The Critics Said

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90

Worth Playing

It's a very unique take on an RPG, and the Monopoly/Mario Party elements combine well to create something new.

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87

GameZone

Here’s a little quiz: 1. Do you have three friends with DSs? 2. Are those friends RPG-savvy enough to know a Hit Point from an Item Shop? If you answered yes to both, then congratulations! You’re just a copy of Dokapon Journey away from having some of the most fun the DS can provide.

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79

RPG Fan

Overall, Dokapon Journey is a refreshing game.

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74

Gamer 2.0

Dokapon Journey does a very good job of going beyond the stale and shallow standard that Mario Party has set for the party genre with a deeper RPG-style game that is made for better competition amongst friends than playing simple minigames over and over again.

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70

GameCritics

Like many Atlus titles, this isn't a game for everyone. Lone players can enjoy the colorful art, the humor and some of the table-turning ruthlessness, but Dokepon's journey is meant to be taken with friends.

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70

GameSpot

This role-playing board game takes delight in letting you mess with your friends, and it's fun for as long as you can tolerate its slow pace.

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70

GamerNode

This isn't a bad game, it's just trying to accomplish too much with too little, and ends up being a letdown. If you're into RPGs and you can stand generic, overrepetitive gameplay, then you will enjoy this. If not, then steer clear.

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70

GamingTrend

I do think that the gameplay is solid, and a couple of tweaks could make this a great game.

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70

NintendoWorldReport

Dokapon Journey is a good game, and while it is heavily inspired by its console cousin there are enough differences that keep it from being a shameless console-to-portable port.

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65

IGN

If you’re willing to put aside any and all presentation/visual downsides, Dokapon Journey is an entertaining offering for DS owners that don’t have any way to buy Dokapon Kingdom on Wii or PS2, or love the series so much they need a portable version.

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62

Cheat Code Central

The game can be a lot of fun with three or four human players, but playing with the computer-controlled characters gets boring fast.

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45

Everyeye.it

This version of Dokapon Journey does not add anything to the previous wii game. Indeed the game experience is more boring and repetitive. If you like RPGs on DS you may look for something better.

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40

Nintendo Power

As you might expect, facing computer-controlled opponents in an RPG-themed board game is a dreadful bore. [May 2009, p.89]

40

RPGamer

Dokapon Journey fails to impress.

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40

Games Radar (in-house)

It’s almost heartbreaking how much wasted potential there is here.

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33

Gaming Age

There's hardly any redeeming factors in the entire game. It's too complex to appeal to casual or young gamers, and at the same time, it's too basic an silly to appeal to mature gamers.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Colin Y. gave it a9:
Gaming Age (33/100) "There's hardly any redeeming factors in the entire game. It's too complex to appeal to casual or young gamers, and at the same time, it's too basic an silly to appeal to mature gamers." This to me is the EXACT reason it IS appealing, I would come under their "mature players" umbrella, yet the simplicity to me, is the beauty of the game, It isn't an intense RPG with massively overpowered enemies, that will take you a long time to advance through. Yet it follows the formula, and as such presents itself as an easy bitsized (content-wise not time consumption-wise) RPG to play against friends when you have a bit of spare time. Which I find to be a positive thing, of course there are some aspects that are irksome, but I'm yet to play a perfect game, and I don't find them severe enough to detract from the overall experience.

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