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Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (ドラゴンクエストヒーローズ 闇竜と世界樹の城, Doragon Kuesuto Hīrōzu Yami Ryū to Sekaiju no Shiro, subtitle translated as "Dragon of Darkness and Castle of the World Tree") is the fifth third party Omega Force collaboration. It is also the first Japanese Dragon Quest title to be named Heroes, the first Dragon Quest to be localized in Taiwan, and the first Dragon Quest to be available on Steam.

It was first revealed to the public at the end of SCEJA Press Conference 2014. Early news announcements for the game were made in Weekly Shonen Jump magazines. It has sold over one million copies in Asia.

Square-Enix is handling direction and production, while Omega Force handles gameplay. The project, led by general director Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama, and music composer Koichi Sugiyama, is an action adaptation of the Dragon Quest series. The goal is to make it an easy game for fans to enjoy without having to read the manual.

Purchase the game new to receive Dragon Quest protagonist costumes for Act and Mar, and various weapon serial codes. The PS4 Metal Slime edition includes an original theme and a Dragon Quest III costume code.

This game has a derivative sequel called Dragon Quest Heroes II.

Plot[]

The setting is the peaceful country Elsaize. People and monsters lived in harmony until the monsters mysteriously went berserk. Humanity is surrounded by the monster armies and use anything they can to survive. The nefarious Helmut schemes to plunge the world into darkness.

Gameplay[]

Players can choose Act or Mar as their main protagonist, with a world map featuring kingdoms beyond Elsaize, and battles accessible by hovering over each location.

The airship Batoshie acts as the player's base in between combat. It has the following facilities for the main party:

  • Blacksmith - Run by regular Dragon Quest blacksmith; standard place to purchase and enhance weapons.
  • Armor Orb Shop - Boost equipment attributes using Armor Orbs.
  • Luida's Bar - Party can accommodate personal events and character switching, with maximum capacity of four members. Defeated monsters can join after coin collection, summoning one monster per type.
  • Alchemy Pot - Dragon Quest standard; grants ability to fuse items and weapons for a new creation. Accessories can be gained from it. Known recipes will be saved for later use.

The game follows the rules of Dynasty Warriors 2, with normal attacks called Attack 1 and charge attacks called Attack 2. Characters have unique button combos and health is measured by visual number counters. Players can switch between characters at will, and restorative items can be used instantly. Characters can use special abilities/magic, which deplete Mana Points (MP) and require the player's proper amount of MP. Additional techniques can be learned through leveling up and skill points.

A character builds "Tension" while dealing or suffering damage or picking up a battlefield item for it. Once it peaks into "Super High Tension", the character begins to glow a pinkish hue. Characters temporarily become invincible, gain the ability to double jump, and have altered actions. Press Circle while they are in this state to end their hyper state and perform their Finishing Blow.

Dragon Quest monsters and humans serve as enemies. Giant monsters have unique attributes, stage gimmicks, and weak points to separate them from the mobs. Characters are fully voiced in battle and cutscenes.

Downloadable content so far includes battles with previous Dragon Quest villains and character centric sub stories for the returning Dragon Quest characters.

Characters[]

Absent Dragon Quest protagonists will cameo as alternate costumes for the playable cast.

Main Party[]

Bosses[]

  • Dragon
  • Golem
  • King Leo
  • Helmut
  • Kandar - DLC
  • Mortamor - DLC
  • Bjørn the Behemoose - DLC
  • Zoma - DLC
  • Nokturnus - DLC

Trophies[]

Icon Name Unlock Method Type
DQH Trophy Living Legend Obtain all other trophies. Platinum
DQH Trophy 2 World Guardian Slay the Dark Dragon Shamuda and restore peace to the land. Gold
DQH Trophy 3 Best of the Best All party members must be at level 50. Gold
DQH Trophy 4 Monster Hunter Meet every monster and defeat them. Silver
DQH Trophy 5 Monster Collector Meet every monster and turn applicable party members into allies. Silver
DQH Trophy 6 Ingredient Master Get all the ingredients. Silver
DQH Trophy 7 Equipment Master Acquire all of the equipment. Silver
DQH Trophy 8 Accessory Master Obtain every accessory. Silver
DQH Trophy 9 Quest Master Complete every quest. Silver
DQH Trophy 10 Strongest of the Strong Defeat all strengthened enemies. Silver
DQH Trophy 11 Alchemy Maniac Successfully create 100 accessories from the Alchemy Pot. Silver
DQH Trophy 12 Bourgeois Commander Accumulate half a million gold. Silver
DQH Trophy 13 Medal Maniac Collect 200 sheets of small slime. Silver
DQH Trophy 14 Puff Puff Master All party members must be puff-puff'd. Silver
DQH Trophy 15 Start of a New Recruit Pass the basic battle tutorial. Bronze
DQH Trophy 16 Elsaize's Bodyguard Slay the Dragon around the castle. Bronze
DQH Trophy 17 Messiah of Courtluda Defeat the Gigantes in the town. Bronze
DQH Trophy 18 Benefactor of Labtor Protect the residents from the monster in the arena. Bronze
DQH Trophy 19 Hero of Syla Save the elves at Syla. Bronze
DQH Trophy 20 Liberator of Dwadkia Save the dwarves at Dwadkia. Bronze
DQH Trophy 21 Glimpse of Darkness Defend the World Tree from the monster swarm. Bronze
DQH Trophy 22 Goddess Revelations Receive the Goddess Revelations at the Tower of Light. Bronze
DQH Trophy 23 Light Power Blessings Earn the Divine Light Power at the bottom of the ocean. Bronze
DQH Trophy 24 Spirit Tree Blessings Retrieve the Sacred Drop at Primordial Village. Bronze
DQH Trophy 25 Savior of the World Tree Give the Sacred Drop to the World Tree. Bronze
DQH Trophy 26 Face the Darkness Beat Helmut at Dimension Island. Bronze
DQH Trophy 27 Monster Slayer Defeat loads of monsters. Bronze
DQH Trophy 28 Monster Lover Make loads of monsters party allies. Bronze
DQH Trophy 29 Ingredient Maniac Find several ingredients. Bronze
DQH Trophy 30 Equipment Maniac Acquire a lot of equipment. Bronze
DQH Trophy 31 Accessory Maniac Obtain many accessories. Bronze
DQH Trophy 32 Quest Maniac Complete many quests. Bronze
DQH Trophy 33 Monster Killer Defeat over 10,000 monsters. Bronze
DQH Trophy 34 Training Champ Win 50 shrine battles written on treasure maps. Bronze
DQH Trophy 35 Alchemy Challenger Pop out a failed project from the Alchemy Pot. Bronze
DQH Trophy 36 Alchemy Specialist Successfully create an accessory with the Alchemy Pot. Bronze
DQH Trophy 37 Monster Tamer Increase maximum capacity for Monster Slots. Bronze
DQH Trophy 38 Ingredients Collector Increase maximum capacity for ingredients. Bronze
DQH Trophy 39 Equipment Collector Increase maximum capacity for equipment. Bronze
DQH Trophy 40 Recovery Master Reach maximum capacity for Hoimi Stones. Bronze
DQH Trophy 41 Psyche Up Enter a Super High Tension state with any character. Bronze
DQH Trophy 42 Critical Expert Deliver 100 critical hits. Bronze
DQH Trophy 43 Abilities Master Perform special abilities or magic 1,000 times. Bronze
DQH Trophy 44 Killing Master Do the killing blows for all party members. Bronze
DQH Trophy 45 Veteran Swordsman Achieve over 30 hours of play time. Bronze
DQH Trophy 46 Combo Master Make a combo that is more than 300 hits. Bronze
DQH Trophy 47 Zoom Master Use Zoom spell to find over 40 different locations. Bronze
DQH Trophy 48 Metal Slime Master Defeat a Metal Slime. Bronze
DQH Trophy 49 Liquid Metal Slime Master Defeat a Liquid Metal Slime. Bronze
DQH Trophy 50 King Metal Slime Master Defeat a King Metal Slime. Bronze


Differences between ports[]

  • A packaged port of the game and its sequel will be released for the Switch on March 3, 2017. It is said to feature improved gameplay functions as well as additional characters and enemies.

Related Media[]

The producer is scheduled to present details and demonstrate gameplay for Sony PlayStation's Yuohsen presentations (September 18, 12:00~12:30 JST and September 20, 16:00~16:30 JST) and Square-Enix's Square-Enix Stage Live (September 18, 13:15~13:45 JST) at Tokyo Game Show 2014. Dengeki Online held a follow up interview with Aomi.

The latest information for the game is scheduled to be broadcast on Niconico Live October 10, 21:00 (JST) and October 28, 16:00 (JST). Shoko Nakagawa (Alena) wore a costume of her character and will continuing wearing the same outfit while co-hosting Ametaaaalk's ongoing Dragon Quest Geinin segments.

A play test booth and a fully voiced promotional video will be shown at Jump Festa 2015. Horii, Aomi, Ogasawara, and Eir Aoi presented the game on stage December 21.

PlayStation Japan is hosting a marketing campaign to celebrate the release of Dengeki PlayStation, encouraging consumers to purchase Volumes 580-583 to win the Metal Slime edition, with a special reward for successful participation.

Lawson hosted a lottery campaign typical with the latest Dragon Quest titles for this game January 2015. Character memopads can be received at Lawson stores in February. Buying either the game or any item for the lottery will play the Dragon Quest level up sound effect at the store register. Dragon Quest Heroes Alena and Terry figurines are two of the known prizes. A Homiron push doll is available for purchase.

Rakuten Books is hosting a giveaway for its userbase. Rakuten users can bet on a specific slime and purchase the game from them for a chance to receive 10 Super Coins.

Square-Enix is hosting a movie and screenshot contest for players. Submissions must fit a selected theme to be considered and are being judged by Aomi, Ogsawara, and V Jump's Saito V. Winners receive autographed merchandise. Three winners can receive an additional Homiron Slime memorial figurine.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Luida's Bar is a recurring Dragon Quest location and an actual Square-Enix sponsored bar in Tokyo.

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