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MobyRank MobyScore
Game Boy Color
90
3.6
NES
...
3.0
SNES
...
2.9

Description

"Dragon Warrior III" is the concluding game of the first Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior trilogy, and its story takes us back to the time period of the legendary Erdrick (also known as Loto), the ancestor of the first game's hero. You are the son of a powerful warrior Ortega, skillful in physical combat and spellcasting. Your father went out to fight the evil Baramos, who is responsible for the appearance of monsters in your region, and never returned. You are sent by the king on a quest to continue your father's brave deeds and to defeat Baramos.

You begin with control of just the main character but can quickly recruit three more members to your party. During the game you can choose to drop your current characters and recruit others at any time. The recruitable characters are divided into six classes: soldier, fighter, merchant, goof-off, pilgrim and wizard.

The game has a unique job system, giving you the ability to switch your hired characters' classes after they have achieved at least level 20 in their base class. Characters can switch to the other beginning classes, as well as the sage class, which is not available at the beginning. When a character switches classes, they lose all earned experience points, and half of their stats, but retain all of the abilities of the previous class. In this way, you can create powerful combination characters that are able to cast spells and fight effectively.

Alternate Titles

  • "勇者斗恶龙III" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "ドラゴンクエストIII:そして伝説へ" -- Japanese Title
  • "Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu he" -- Japanese Title
  • "DQIII" -- Common Abbreviation

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User Reviews

Classic, but still fun game to play Game Boy Color Bregalad (666)
best rpg only gets better Game Boy Color Lloyd Horadan (1)

The Press Says

IGN Game Boy Color Jul 20, 2001 10 out of 10 100
Nintendojo Game Boy Color 2001 9.9 out of 10 99
Nintendo Land SNES 2003 99 out of 100 99
Gamezilla Game Boy Color Aug 03, 2001 97 out of 100 97
Gaming Target Game Boy Color Aug 08, 2001 9.6 out of 10 96
All Game Guide NES 1998 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
GamePro NES Dec, 1991 4 out of 5 80
GameSpot Game Boy Color Aug 01, 2001 7.6 out of 10 76
Electric Playground Game Boy Color 2001 7.5 out of 10 75
GamersMark NES Aug 04, 2001 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

Dragon Warrior III was the first RPG where the quest begins with the hero waken up by his mother. This opening has be copied by many classics, such as Chrono Trigger, Golden Sun and several others.


This entry was contributed by Christopher Jones (6), Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (63675) and Shawn Gwinn (53)
 

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