Dragon Quest Monsters - Joker (J)(WRG) ROM

Players assume the role of a monster hunter as they capture, train and breed a powerful army from more than 200 classic Dragon Quest creatures in order to become the world's greatest monster trainer. Joker is a breakout title that combines the depth of a classic Dragon Quest RPG with the addictiveness of a monster catching adventure.

Just like the old GameBoy and GameBoy color titles, Dragon Warrior Monsters and Dragon Warrior Monsters 2, this title has a focus on befriending the monsters instead of other NPC players. The story line is fairly good and simple to follow and can keep you interested until the final battle. The only difference that is of significant importance from prior generations is the breading system for the monsters. (now known as synthesis, probably to not offend anyone.) Where one could breed monsters in the older version and get a specific monster from the base and paired monster, this version lets you chose your base and paired monster but also allows you to chose to create a monster of a whole different type from using BOTH monsters as a base! This comes in very handy when you are trying to gather lower ranking monsters but can not or do not have any low ranking breeders to throw in the mix.

Over all this is a very good rendition, however some aspects can get fairly annoying in the later part of the game which seems like they try to make the play time last longer forcibly.