Portable Adventure is a small handheld device with Tamagochi-like depictions of Dai. Infinity Strash is an action console game. Koji Inada, the original artist of the Dai series, designed Pinky, the pink dracky that accompanies players through the Bonding Journey storyline. The former is a retelling of the story from the Adventure of Dai, while the later is a brand new story written under the supervision of Riku Sanjo, the original writer of the series. It includes two story modes: Dragon Tracks and Bonding Journey. The game has equipment gacha -like Dragon Quest of the Stars and Dragon Quest Walk-, and supports real-time multiplayer for up to three players.
Players can move forward in three lanes and attack the incoming monsters, using skills and changing lanes when needed. The game has recieved a few collaborations with mainline Dragon Quest titles like Dragon Quest XI.Ī Hero's Bonds is a mobile title developed by DeNa. Xross blade follows the story of Adventure of Dai but also has a new story with new characters. The positioning of the cards is key to the gameplay, as players can do attack combos if placed correctly. Xross blade is a card-based arcade game where players can place and move cards on a board.
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Starting around 2017, the Dai series started having presence in videogames through collaborations, and starting in 2020 it starting seeing full games adapting the manga series. Interestingly, such skills are presented in the manga as being immensely dangerous to the user, requiring perfect execution to prevent one's body from tearing itself apart due to the incredible power output. In particular, the Giga Break sword technique and Hyunkcel's Grand Cross ability would be incorporated beginning with VI as Gigaslash and Pearly Gates. Characters routinely perform extraordinary feats that go beyond the scope of the generic attack battle command seen in the series up until IV. The most significant influence is the introduction of Skills performed by human characters. Graphically, Matoriv sticks out among the characters both his design and the style in which he is drawn resemble Moebius rather than anything from the Dragon Quest series.īeing the most popular and longest-running Dragon Quest spin-off, Dai no Daibouken left an impact on the video games that inspired it. Reluctantly he agrees to help the heroes again and trains Pop for a while.
Matoriv, a sadistic and lecherous old mage who fought on the side of Avan in the previous war.The King of Romos, a typical elderly, rotund Dragon Quest King.The fake heroes, a group who act as heroes but are really just after money.Demon Lord Vearn, head of the Dark Army planning to destroy the world with his Dark Army regiments and generals.He later defects into the good side in his final moments. Dark Lord Hadlar, who was defeated by Avan in the previous war and kills him early in the manga.Beast King Crocodine, commander of the Beast Army, who later defects into the good side.Hyunkcel, the only human commander in the Demon Army.He rarely takes an active part in battle, but is something like the mascot of the series. Gomechan, a gold metal slime with wings.Early in the manga, Dai saves her from a conspiracy that tries to use a ritual on the island to kill her, and falls in love with her. Leona, the young princess of Papnica, a land of sages.When her gun breaks, she trains to become a Warrior. Popp, who initially detests her, later develops a crush on Maam. She has no offensive spells, but a gun Avan gave her that can fire spells on bullets. She is described as a white mage warrior. Maam, daughter of the warrior and the priest who fought with Avan in the previous war, and a former disciple of his, is the next to join.A magic user with a lazy and cowardly streak who often has to be shamed into doing the right (heroic) thing, he provides the comic relief in the series. He is the first party member to join, so to say. Popp, another disciple of Avan who came to Dai's island with him.Near the end, it turns out that Avan is alive after all. He remains ever-present as a role model, and many of the characters are former disciples or comrades of Avan. Avan, who trains the hero for a short time, but then dies fighting Hadlar.For a short time, he has been trained by Avan, but he always has difficulty casting spells, usually it works only when he is very angry. He has grown up on an island full of friendly monsters.