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Dokapon Kingdom | 
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| From: Atlus Video Games
Category: Video Games
Buy New: CDN$ 39.99
New (8) Used (1) from CDN$ 39.99
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1505
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 70005
Model: DK-70005-9
UPC: 730865700059
EAN: 0730865700059
ASIN: B001AMTH1A
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 4 person local multiplayer gameplay | | • | Innovative board game RPG crossover | | • | The friendship destroying game turns the heat up on your relationships | | • | Tons of battles, magic spells, mini games and endless play | | • | Easy, intuitive and effective combat system |
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| Customer Reviews:
Don't miss the under the radar gem November 13, 2008
Dokapon Kingdom has been largely ignored by the video game press and by much of the Wii-playing public. It's a shame, because it's the freshest take on the "boardgame" genre that I've seen in a while. The front cover is a bit deceiving, as it looks unbearably cute. But what you have is a game that rewards strategic gameplay, has enough luck to even things out, and that provides lots of opportunities to be mean to friends and family members.
In the game, you roll a spinner and move the corresponding number of spaces around a board that is a map of Dokapon Kingdom. Much of what you will do involves fighting monsters. Your success depends on two things: your stats and your choice of battle tactics. If you defeat monsters, you will earn experience and money, which allow you to level up, improve your stats and buy more weapons, items and magic for use in the battles. If you lose, usually you die, which means you need to take a random number of turns to recover before you can rejoin the game. There are also several special spaces that are shops, free items, or random encounters with the various characters that wander the boards. Usually, the goal is to amass the most wealth, both in money and towns you control, but you can change the victory conditions.
What makes Dokapon especially fun is the ability to interact with your opponents. You can directly battle them and, if victorious, steal items or humiliate them by changing their names or giving them bad haircuts. You can even get disguises so that if you do something bad in the game, your opponent will get blamed. In the story mode, there are sometimes quests that only one person can complete and it is very lucrative to do so. This sparks a mad rush to the same spot on the map. This game really shines as a multiplayer game; although you can play a single player version, it's more fun to play with friends.
The game isn't perfect. Sometimes, the randomness can get a bit frustrating. The battles can get a bit repetitive. It can get frustrating trying to land on a particular spot as you wait for exactly the right spinner number to come up. The interface is a little clunky and doesn't really make use of the Wii's point and click abilities, which would have streamlined things. But despite these flaws, it's a lot of fun and there is a surprising amount of depth and strategy to be had. It's cheaper than most Wii games, which makes this a great bargain.
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