Blue Dragon Plus

Nintendo exclusive

A direct sequel to Blue Dragon that takes place a year after the first games events.

Released: 4 September 2008
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Real-time strategy Role-playing Strategy
Developers: Mistwalker
Publishers: AQ Interactive
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Fantasy Science fiction
Country: Japan
Age ratings: PEGI 7 ESRB E
Composers: Nobuo Uematsu

About

Blue Dragon Plus (Japanese: ブルードラゴンプラス, Hepburn: Burū Doragon Purasu) is a role-playing video game designed by Mistwalker and developed by feelplus and Brownie Brown. It was published by AQ Interactive in Japan on September 4, 2008, and by UTV Ignition Entertainment on February 24, 2009 in North America under license by Microsoft Game Studios, the intellectual property owners. It is the second of three games in the Blue Dragon series, and the first of two for the Nintendo DS.

›Story

From the Wikia:

"One year after the events of the original game, the world continues to embrace and explore the cube worlds that resulted from the opening of the planet's core. One day King Jibral and Zola encounter a mysterious evil dragon shadow at one of the cubes. Zola has a bad feeling about it and after informing Shu and the party, they find themselves on another adventure to discover this new threat."

Keywords

anime
magic
grinding
summoning support
licensed game
special attacks
touch controls
young protagonist
treasure chest
real-time combat

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Blue Dragon Plus is a real time strategy game. It can be played entirely with the Nintendo DS stylus. Battles initiate once the party comes in contact with the enemy, and the characters can attack automatically. Characters can also engage in Shadow Battles when an enemy with a shadow is encountered. Magic can be used when characters use their skills by summoning their shadows.

Story

One year after the events of the original game, the world continues to embrace and explore the cube worlds that resulted from the opening of the planet's core. One day King Jibral and Zola encounter a mysterious evil three-headed dragon shadow called Balaur emerging from one of the cubes. Zola has a bad feeling about it and after informing Shu and the party, they find themselves on another adventure to discover this new threat.

Reception

Blue Dragon Plus received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight, two sevens, and one eight for a total of 30 out of 40. IGN Australia gave it a favorable review over a month-and-a-half before its Australian release date.

Blue Dragon Plus entered the Japanese sales charts at number 3, selling about 21,000 units during its debut week. Sales of the game in Japan reached 58,848 units by the end of 2008.