Let me start by saying that I have played both Dragon Warrior Monsters and Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure and Cobi's Quest (the three games that preceded this one) and I have to say this one is a disappointment compared to those. Overall not a bad game though, especially if you have not played the originals.
DQM Joker has many fewer monsters and monster families than the originals (some monsters are even just carbon copies of other monsters but with a different color scheme); with a game about taming monsters (or scouting as it is called in the game) and raising them this is very disappointing. Also the mechanics of scouting make it extremely frustrating to capture even low class monsters; forget about the higher class ones as their nearly impossible. The graphics are good and the 3D approach works well except there is some graphics pop-in where monsters will just suddenly appear out of nowhere. The story is also decent compared with most video games nowadays. The system by which your monsters learn skills is interesting but overall inferior to the ones from the original games. Also there are fewer skills in this game than there were in the originals. Finally the difficulty of this game is less than the originals probably because you no longer have access to super powerful spells which is bad because I like a challenge.
I may have focused to much on the bad but that is only because this game is a disappointment compared to the others. I would recommend this game if you only have a DS and are looking for a game in the same vein as Pokemon (My own opinion but the Dragon Warrior Monster games are much better; trust me as I have played the games from both franchises) but if you have a Gameboy or a Gameboy Advanced then buy the originals; they are much better.
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