For a game on the Wii (and PS2), it almost looks like a game that would have been released on the Nintendo GameCube or Sega Dreamcast. As long as the game I’m playing is fun, good, and I overall enjoy sitting down and playing it, graphics take a backseat without question, as long as they aren’t horrendous-looking. Now, I’m not one to be a stickler for graphics. It’s dog-eat-dog in this game, and it makes for some of the most excitement (and biggest arguments!) when you’re looking for a good party game to play.Īll right, let’s start breaking this game down over its many different aspects. Get creative! Destroy the competition in any way you see fit! Whoever has the highest net worth by the end of the story, or however many weeks (every player takes one turn per day, seven turns in a week) you set the game to go across will be crowned the winner of the game. This means you can use magic to cut their stats down so they’re easier to kill, make them lose their precious items, send assassins their way to kill them, among many, many more possibilities. The whole point of the game is to do whatever you can to liberate the most towns that you can, build your net worth above everybody else’s, and do whatever you can to hinder your opponents’ progress. You can also unlock other classes by mastering multiple classes! Master the Warrior AND Thief class and…well, see for yourself! There are a number of classes that you can be after you master certain combinations of classes, and some classes have to be unlocked via other methods, such as bringing a special item to the King. Mastering the Cleric allows you to become a Monk. For example, mastering any of the basic classes lets you become a Cleric, if you’d like. The more you fight as a class, the more you earn Class Levels, which unlock new battle skills to use at your disposal, and mastering these classes unlocks more classes to use. Each character can start the game off as one of three classes: Warrior, Thief, or Magician. King Dokapon calls upon two to four heroes to help liberate the towns from the monsters and bring the world back to peace, and rewarding the winner with his daughter’s hand in marriage. Here’s the basis of the game: The world has been taken over by an evil overlord, with his minions taking over all of the towns across seven continents. What your face will be like when your friend royally screws you over by stealing your castle and all of your items. What would you do if you spent an hour or two getting a really powerful weapon, then your friend killed you, stole it from you, then threw it away, just to be a jerk? Not even the dirtiest curse word can do that justice! Sure, Mario Party can get you heated when someone steals one measly star from you. This means killing your opponents as much as possible, stealing their items, money, and equipment at any chance you get, among many other procedures to ensure your success over them. This is because the game is built around doing whatever you can to put yourself on top. This game can start some pretty hefty arguments amongst the players. Before you know it, you have one of the most ultimate party games ever created.ĭokapon Kingdom is the Wii/PS2 edition to the series, with a number of games existing, but only three available in North America: Dokapon: Monster Hunter for the Game Boy Advance, and Dokapon Journey for the Nintendo DS being the only others that have been localized.įirst things first: Before you play this game with your friends, you should be warned. How do I explain it? Well, let’s say you take the board and item mechanics from Mario Party, take the fighting, weapons, and magic from Final Fantasy, and throw it into one game. Unless your friend makes childish actions. It looks childish, but believe me, you won’t be thinking that while you play the game. Eventually a friend of mine and I came to a new party-type-game called Dokapon Kingdom. What other good party games are out there that haven’t already been beaten to death over and over? To find them, you have to do some good digging. With each installment in those series, it’s just an updated version with new levels and characters, and basically all of the same thing. get stale after repeated play, and Mario Kart drones on after so many battles or races. There are only so many boards in Mario Party, the characters and stages in Super Smash Bros. You bond, you have fun, you argue, but you grow closer as friends.īut sometimes, those games get boring after awhile. There’s nothing better than sitting in a room with some good friends, plopped on the couch in front of a TV, and playing a game with each other. Games like Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and the like. It’s no secret to the people that know me that I absolutely love party games.