Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride - Nintendo DS
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- Journey through a beautifully rendered 3D world, with dynamic dual-screen presentation and newly animated monsters
- Recruit a unique cast of DRAGON QUEST monsters and create an indestructible party of your own
- Brace yourself for some life altering decision making – a key decision will affect the outcome of the game, and change the course of the hero's life forever
- Take a breather from the main quest with addicting mini-games like Bruise the Ooze, T'n'T, the Slurpodrome, and the Tombola
- Collect and customize knick knacks from around the DRAGON QUEST world to create a personalized Knick knackatory. With the wireless capabilities of Nintendo DS, players can now exchange their creations with friends for a one of a kind collection of rare ite
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ASIN | B001NJMMHG |
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Release date | February 17, 2009 |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #57,760 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #592 in Nintendo DS Games |
Product Dimensions | 5.4 x 5.43 x 0.62 inches; 3.2 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Rated | Everyone 10+ |
Item model number | 662248908267 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 3.2 ounces |
Manufacturer | Square Enix |
Date First Available | December 10, 2008 |
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DRAGON QUEST V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride – the second installment in the Zenithia Trilogy – makes its way to North America for the first time. Follow a journey that crosses three generations of a family's legacy in a classic RPG brimming with new ideas, numerous lands to explore, multiple branches to enhance replayability, and dozens of your favorite GRAGON QUEST monsters. With over 1.1 million units shipped as of September 30 in Japan, this pivotal title that introduced a monster recruitment system to the series and presented players with an ultimate choice that changes the course of the game comes exclusively to Nintendo DS(tm). Embark on a journey that spans three generations in this classic RPG experience crafted by creator Yuji Horii, manga artitst Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama.
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Beloved by role-playing game fans around the world, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is the second installment in the Dragon Quest, Zenithia Trilogy and has finally made its way to North America. Follow a journey that crosses three generations of a family's legacy in a classic Nintendo DS RPG brimming with new ideas, numerous lands to explore, multiple branches to enhance replayability, and dozens of your favorite Dragon Quest monsters.
StoryIn Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, what begins as an innocent childhood voyage of a boy accompanying his father on a journey soon develops into an eye-opening adventure of a brave young man traveling the world as he faces life-altering decisions that transcend generations. You - a hero in the making - determine your own path, choose your wife, and befriend a wagonload of quirky monsters along the way. Indulge in the colorful Dragon Quest world created by Yuji Horii, combined with the charming characters and monsters designed by Akira Toriyama and memorable soundtrack from famed composer Koichi Sugiyama to create an unforgettable gaming experience.Characters
Although players will make the acquaintance of many characters and monsters throughout during their travels, here are just a few of the faces they can hope to see.
Gameplay
Although Hand of the Heavenly Bride is based in standard turn-based RPG gameplay mechanics like character leveling through with increased experience points and armor and weapon equipping for use in combat, it does add something new to the Dragon Quest series, monster taming. Throughout your quests you will encounter monsters both known and new to the Dragon Quest universe. Once tamed, these can join your party, level up just like your other party members and provide valuable aid in combat.Key Game Features:
- Journey through a beautifully rendered 3D world, with dynamic dual-screen presentation and newly animated monsters.
- Recruit a unique cast of Dragon Quest monsters and create an indestructible party of your own.
- Brace yourself for some life-altering decision making - a key decision will affect the outcome of the game, and change the course of the hero's life forever.
- Take a breather from the main quest with addicting mini-games like Bruise the Ooze, T 'n' T, the Slurpodrome, and the Tombola.
- Collect and customize knick-knacks from around the Dragon Quest world to create a personalized knick-knackatory.
- Use the wireless capabilities of Nintendo DS to exchange in-game creations and one-of-a-kind collection of rare items with friends.
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Customers like the quality, storyline, value, and condition of the video game software. For example, they mention it's one of the greatest RPGs of all time, well worth the money to buy, and in great shape. They also appreciate the gorgeous graphics and colorful towns and monsters. Customers are also happy with ease of use, and characters.
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Customers find the video game to be a great, interesting, and fun game. They also appreciate the music and story of the game. Customers say it provides hours of entertainment and has the best soundtrack of the DQ games.
"...The game is a lot of fun and I am always so pleased when a story hooks me as deeply as this game has...." Read more
"...The game is great though, seriously. Pick it up if you have a few hours to spare. One word of caution though...." Read more
"...The Sound is a mix of both old and new. The music is quite new sounding, with a full orchestra playing many of the more grand tunes...." Read more
"...stunning 3D cell shaded graphics, flawless voice acting, a full orchestral soundtrack, deeper character leveling and better monster recruiting...." Read more
Customers find the storyline of the video game excellent, interesting, and charming. They also say the story stays interesting the entire time. Customers also say that the game is amazing and one of the best classic RPGs.
"...It's filled with tragedy and the combat system is anything but terrible. You can tell they really found what worked in the series and kept it...." Read more
"...But the main drive of the game is the very satisfying formula of explore, get your ass handed to you, grind, buy new equipment, smack down..." Read more
"...As the series progresses, the storylines become more complex, and more options are added, but at the core, they are a turn-based classic style, with..." Read more
"...The gameplay holds very little surprises. Random encounters, exploring towns and dungeons, grinding for gold, leveling up and more await you...." Read more
Customers find the value of the game to be great, worth the money, and worth the wait. They also say the game is extremely addictive and keeps them busy.
"...It sounds simple. But it is so addictive. I think it's the video game equivalent of chain smoking cigarettes...." Read more
"...It is worth the wait if you like the older structure that RPG's used to have...." Read more
"I couldn't believe that this was a new sealed game in 2020 for a fair price...." Read more
"Cheaper than eBay and it was sealed what more can I ask? It's my favourite in the series and glad to give it a home...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the condition of the game. They mention that it is in great shape, has amazing quality, and is a solid HRPG. Some say that the game is perfectly new as advertised.
"...It was just the game, no manuals or box. The DS game was in excellent shape...." Read more
"Absolutely in perfect condition. Completely stoked that it came with the original box and manual too...." Read more
"This is a very solid, classic JRPG...." Read more
"Another solid RPG of the Dragon Warrior/Quest series. Doesn't have the cutting edge graphics, but story and gameplay make up for it." Read more
Customers like the graphics of the video game. They mention that it has an awesome mix of 2D and 3D, with colorful towns and monsters. They also say that the graphics are much better than SNES in graphics.
"...The graphics are gorgeous, with an awesome mix of 2D and 3D. the sprites are adorable, and the towns are intracate in their design...." Read more
"...Graphics-For 2D graphics, they were really pretty in my mind. Not as bright as Dragon Quest VIII's or Dragon Quest IX's, but still good." Read more
"...DQ8 is the pinnacle of classic RPGs. It has stunning 3D cell shaded graphics, flawless voice acting, a full orchestral soundtrack, deeper..." Read more
"...The visuals are good, but nothing revolutionary. It is a classic 16 bit style (ala Super Nintendo era)...." Read more
Customers find the game easy to use. They say the storyline is good, not too hard, but hard enough to keep them interested. They also say the game is very easy to pick up and play, with a difficulty suitable for beginners. They appreciate the simple, straight-forward battles and the painless monster-catching.
"...are put off by the prospect of monster-catching: it is a very painless part of the game...." Read more
"...at the core, they are a turn-based classic style, with a difficulty suitable for beginners but still capable of engaging the most devoted fan...." Read more
"...The battles are simple and straight forward. Nothing to fancy, but they do require thoughtful strategy in many cases.The music is excellent...." Read more
"...I loved the music and story of the game. Simple and fun. I decided to get another DQ experience. I didn't get 4 because of the chapters...." Read more
Customers find the characters in the video game great, funny, and memorable. They also appreciate the gripping life story of the main character, and the mention that the game has mystery and talk of legendary heroes. Customers also mention that they'd like to have the option to marry different characters, which would add replayability.
"...+ Epic story - It has mystery and talk of legendary heroes. Kept me mildly curious.Frustrating:-..." Read more
"...The life story of the main character is gripping and just finding out what would happen next kept me going...." Read more
"...Compelling story and great characters! I love the monster recruiting portions and trying to 100% complete it." Read more
"...an expansive rpg you could ask for including an option to marry different characters adding a huge replay-ability factor to it!" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the performance of the video game software. They mention that it works perfectly and is one of the best RPGs of all time.
"Works just great. Came in a plastic DS game display case, like the ones you would see in GameStop. It was just the game, no manuals or box...." Read more
"The product was nicely delivered, it works and is cheaper than I anticipated looking for one of the copies of this game...." Read more
"It came sealed and works perfectly. One of the best RPGs of all time." Read more
"...Works as planed." Read more
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I rented this through Game Fly years ago, because, like Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright, the marriage system interested me. I don't know what it is about games with player families that always catches my eye (It's just unique, I guess. So few games do it.), but I gave this game a shot.
I absolutely loved it. I've since played Dragon Quest IV and a little bit of Dragon Quest VII (I think it was 7, I actually can't remember), but neither had the impact 5 did. It's such an incredible story and I love how much it focused on the entirety of the hero's (your) life. It's filled with tragedy and the combat system is anything but terrible. You can tell they really found what worked in the series and kept it. If you haven't played Dragon Quest before, you might not understand some of the spells, but it's not hard to figure out and I believe localization has made some spells much easier to understand (like Zoom, which I believe had a totally different name, but I may be wrong... anyway, it's a teleport spell, basically).
This game is actually a remake of the SNES game Dragon Quest V. It adds a new bride (which for some reason I have picked TWICE now, despite her being kind of a-) and possibly more content that I have not memorized. The game is a lot of fun and I am always so pleased when a story hooks me as deeply as this game has. No offense to the other Dragon Quest games, but not one has gained my interest the way 5 has and I doubt they ever will.
That being said, 4 was pretty engaging and 7 wasn't a slouch, either. I guess it's just hard for me to look forward (or back) after having such an incredible experience with this game.
User mileage varies, but I hope anyone who is interested in the game gives it a shot. It may be from a last-generation handheld, but I passed up buying another 3DS game this month because I loved it so much. That should give you an idea of how good it is.
Or the some legendary hero. Look, his motivations aren't really well defined; but he decides to drag six-year old you into the picture. I won't spoil it for you, but it doesn't go well.
Anyway, when you get to be a man, you get your kicks teaming up with the same horrible monsters that were trying to kill you an instant ago in attempt to wrap up the two or three ambiguous quests your father saddled onto you.
Thanks, dad.
Eventually, you re-unite with your old pals and some rich guy tells you to go into a volcano and some water cave to get wedding rings - I dunno, he's eccentric like that. You succeed and get to make one of the most important decisions of your life - choosing a bride. Okay, so who you choose actually is completely unimportant to the story-arc and only effects some minor details, but it's still thrilling - especially in lieu of the fact that you have literally never met two of your three choices.
Except your wife does not take place in much of the story. Your kids end up doing stuff, and, just like dear old dad, you decide the best course of action is to drag your little ones into thrilling combat against horrible, salivating beasts. Eventually you will find direction, just in time to find out you're up against monsters planning to take over the world. Oddly enough, there seem to be two, possibly three distinct factions doing this, but they never seem to come at odds, ally among themselves, or really even acknowledge one another.
The game is great though, seriously. Pick it up if you have a few hours to spare. One word of caution though. It appears this is a re-make of the original SNES game that never came to the U.S. and will only work on the Nintendo DS. I tried shoving my first copy into my SNES and it ended up snapping in two. So, just be aware.
One thing to note is that I felt an easy attachment to every party member. They all felt worth-while. It actually was an issue late-game when I simply wanted to have all of them in my battle line-up at once, but you can only have four in battle at a time (though you can switch out mid-battle).
To those who are put off by the prospect of monster-catching: it is a very painless part of the game. It is mostly helpful for portions where you are without human party members. Experience is gained if they are in your general party (they don't have to be in the battle line-up). If you were worried like I was that the monster raising would require a lot of micro-management, rest easy. It's as simple as can be.
I hope you give this game a chance. It has turned me on to the Dragon Quest series, and I think it could very well do the same for you.
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Without giving too much away, the game starts with you as a 6-year-old, travelling the world with your adventuring dad Pankraz, in search of the Legendary Hero. As the game progresses you grow into a teen and adult, and by the end of it you'll have a family of your own, all in your quest to track down the Hero destined to save the world from a villain seeking to conquer your world from across dimensions.
Along the way you make friends that will show up time and time again in your life, you claim victories and suffer defeats that follow you for years, you uncover the destiny of yourself and your loved ones, and even get married to one of 2 (3, in the DS remake) women. You tame monsters and have them join your party, and even uncover places and people who will be familiar to you if you played previous games in the series.
If you're a fan of classic JRPGs, and yearn for the days of the SNES-era JRPG, you will not find a game finer and more well-aged than Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Wholly recommended.
Presentation is great....
Has a lovely pixel retro feel with a ripping great yarn of a story to back it up.
As always with DQ the world is chock full of charming and engaging characters.
It's really a heartfelt and touching game.
It's become slightly collectible these days.
Even so shop around a little and it won't be ridiculous money...
In 2019 or 2099 i swear it'll be worth every penny.
A masterclass rpg awaits you here ...
If your new to the genere give it a chance and you'll be a fan for life.
It's actually quite noob friendly.
Does occasionaly have that old skool, where should I go now? About it ....
In this great age of guides you can easily seek help on YT if that be the case.
Buy it, play it and check out the other wonderful ds/3ds DQ games ....
Such a lovely series to get lost in!!!
9/10 from me.
Thank you!
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Il s'agit sans conteste de l'un des meilleurs RPG japonais auquel j'ai pu jouer : le scénario prend aux tripes, bien qu'il ne se veuille pas spécialement original.
On suit le héros depuis son enfance jusqu'a l'âge adulte à travers le monde, divers personnages attachants nous accompagnant dans les multiples villes et donjons à parcourir.
Le moment venu, le héros choisi celle avec qui il va partager sa vie, et l'on peut incarner et nommer leurs enfants, qui font aussi partie de l'aventure.
Les combats, au tour par tour, sont bien animés et dynamiques, et les graphismes très jolis et colorés. Les musiques quant à elles, sont un peu répétitives mais pas désagréables pour autant, elles font l'un des charmes de la série.
Tour à tour épique, mélancolique et tragique, c'est une aventure marquante, et de tous les Dragon Quest auxquels j'ai pu jouer jusqu'à présent, il doit être l'un de mes préférés.
He de decir que aquí en España se especula mucho con este juego, llega a alcanzar precios desorbitados. Era el único que me faltaba para la colección y no me importaba tenerlo con el manual.en inglés, en verdad me importaba el juego en sí porque por todos lados leía que era el mejor. Leyendo las reseñas de otros compradores me decidí a comprarlo y no puedo estar más contento. CONFIRMO que el juego está en CASTELLANO, siempre que tú consola tenga tal idioma configurado por defecto.
Por último decir que lo he probado en una New Nintendo 3ds y funciona a la perfección.
Si no os importa tener el manual en inglés, no os dejéis que os engañen, compradlo, no os arrepentiréis.