Play Dragon Quest Monsters – Joker Online

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is a 2007 monster-collecting RPG for the Nintendo DS, developed by Tose and published by Square Enix. The first 3D entry in the Dragon Quest Monsters series, it has the player scout wild monsters across the seven Green Bays islands, synthesize them into stronger forms, and fight turn-based battles with a three-monster team, with Wi-Fi and local wireless matches.

How To Play Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Control Action
D-Pad Move the hero / move the cursor in menus
A Talk, examine, open chests, confirm
B Cancel; hold while moving to run
X Open the main menu (monsters, items, skills, tactics)
Y Toggle the map display on the lower screen
L / R Rotate the camera
A on a monster from behind Start a battle with a free first round
D-Pad + A (battle) Choose Fight, Scout, Items, Tactics, or Flee; pick each monster’s command
Stylus: tap menu commands Optional touch selection in menus and battle
START Skip battle animations / pause

About Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Release date NA: November 6, 2007
EU: March 14, 2008
JP: December 28, 2006
AU: March 13, 2008
Developer Tose
Publisher Square Enix
Platform Nintendo DS
Genre Role-playing, monster collecting
Series Dragon Quest Monsters
Modes Single-player; local wireless battles and trading; Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ranked battles (discontinued April 2011)
Also known as Doragon Kuesuto Monsutāzu Jōkā (Japan)

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