Comeblasted, it's Dragon Quest I.II

REVIEW: Dragon Quest I.II 1993 Super Famicom

By: Enix

Type: RPG

Players: 1

Difficulty: Medium

*LONG TERM INTEREST:*
Hour	Day	Week	Mnth	Year
5	5	5	5	5

*NINTENDO LAND'S SCORE:*
Graphics	Sound	Playabl.	Lastabl.	OVERALL
90%	100%	100%	100%	94%

This is going to be long. So sit back and relax. One more Squire Nomad review I have to do.

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Well, we all see that the first battle has the NES-ness in it, so you NES-ies stop whining.

This isn't much of a challenge. You pick Dragon Quest I, and you put in your name. The king is telling you to defeat the King Dragon, as you are the descendant of Roto. Go out and start killing folks, you know, starting at the cave.

So you're hitting it, getting a good feeling. You know that it's old, so you pardon the graphics (I gave it 90% because I judged it from its time). Everything's well, and even better, things are a lot cheaper. You see the animation for "Gila", or "HURT", which is a fire-oriented spell. What more can I say for this game? It's a remake of an old game, did very well, and music was great. Now, ladies and gentlemen, Dragon Quest II.

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R.I.P Roto...

One hundreds years after that date (Roto's descendant defeated the King Dragon), the lands were going good. But a problem erupted. No one knew exactly what it was, but they were certain they should know, because should they know, they need to get their best fighters to stop this dangerous evil. Loreshia is certainly on the fighting list.

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"This is Moonburke. A country, far southwest from Loreshia."

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This is Moonburke before anything terrible happened. With the king is Prin, the princess of Moonburke (Oh yeah, "Prin" is real original), who will be ordered out soon.

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Moonburke is up in flames. Will that soldier make it to Loreshia in time? Of course he will. That would defeat the purpose of having the protagonist go out.

Having sent the prince of Loreshia out to seek Tonnula and Prin, you now have to seek Hargon. May this journey be like the first time.

Well, if there is one thing I love about the remake, is how they re-made the battle song. It's just great. Everything is much better now, because you aren't trying to buy things impossible to buy, and you aren't dying from that stupid Atlas. However, one problem is that the characters are still midgets compared to the other SFC Dragon Quests. It's so small in memory, though, so what can you say? The battles are great, nothing changed much from the Famicom version. If you've played Dragon Quest V, then you know that when they were trying to name the protagonist at birth, they did mention "Tonnula". These graphics are improved from Dragon Quest V, mainly because they took the cartoon-ish 2D look out. You must buy this game. It's a classic.

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Well, looks like I'm going to fight those ugly things.

Since it's rare, you might have to pay a pretty penny for it. But it's still worth it, wherever you find it. - Squire Nomad, going to reach "Final Death Blast" 94%

[Key to the reviewing system]

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