It's so difficult and frustrating. Dragon Warrior II - NES. [6], Koichi Sugiyama composed and directed the music for the game. [6] Koichi Nakamura programmed with several students, but since it was his first time working with a team, he didn't know how to delegate work or communicate his goals. Product information +show 3 more. Dragon warrior II: An all time classic. The Famicom version's total sales had later increased to 2.4 million copies by 2004,[76] and 2.41 million as of 2008. Many new monsters needed to be designed to make the game feel real, and the process was laborious for Toriyama. Sail east to Alefgard. Dragon Warrior II was a necessary step of evolution in the Dragon Warrior/Quest series, and a damn fun game in its own right. Hargon is defeated, but he offers himself to Malroth and the demon emerges to destroy the heroes. This valiant warrior then took Princess Gwaelin's hand in marriage, and together they founded the country of Torland. [25], Compared with its predecessor, the game was more advanced in nearly all technological aspects. 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Later, the game was remade for the Super Famicom and the Game Boy Color and combined with the original Dragon Quest game in a release entitled Dragon Quest I & II. [22], In the story group, monsters were the first thing designed. [5] In most of the towns, talking to a king or minister saves the game. You'll need to use strategy and teamwork between yourcharacters to defeat foes who often outnumber your party. [55] The Super Famicom remake was only released in Japan. Like Ultima, it's only for serious players willing to devote lots of time to a difficult quest. [67] Square Enix registed this trademark in Japan in 2013, and in United States in early 2014. Readers of Family Computer Magazine [ja] gave it a score of 28.02 out of 30,[29] and named it the best overall cartridge game of the year. Once the player defeats all of the monsters, the characters gain experience points and gold. [64] The compilation also included original copies of the strategy guides for the games, along with original artwork and material on the games' development. Manual (Made with descreened and auto leveled JPEGs) [68][69], Several guide books were published: the first was published by Shueisha in February 1987,[70] the second by Tokuma Shoten in July 1987,[71] and the third by game publisher Enix in 1988 as an "official guide book". 17½ Hours. They can search treasure chests, talk and trade with villagers, equip themselves with weapons and armor, and cast spells. The experience points raise the characters' experience levels. You will notice that the king of Tantegel has gone into hiding. [78] The game was included in a 2011 compilation called Dragon Quest Collection for the Wii, which sold 403,953 copies. [6] It included other new gameplay features such as weapons which cast spells when used in battles. 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