Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart: Difference between revisions

|image= [[Image:DQMCH_Logo.png|center|260px]][[Image:DQMCH_group.png|center|260px]]

|platforms = [[Game Boy]] Advance

|series = ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters (series)|Dragon Quest Monsters]]''

'''''Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart''''' is a 2003 role-playing game in the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series, developed for the [[Game Boy]] Advance. It is the third installment in the ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters (series)|Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' sub-series.

The game puts you in the shoes of a young [[Kiefer]] from ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]'' in the same way the first ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters|Monsters]]'' game had as its main character a young [[Terry]] from ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''.

Up to his usual mischief, nine-year-old Kiefer upsets his father, the King of Gran Estard, more than ever before and flees to his room in hopes of escaping his punishment. Hiding inside his dresser, Kiefer hears a voice call out to him and wanders out to an odd silence and the presence of a [[Travel Gate|Travelers' Gate]] in his room. Once stepping in, Kiefer finds himself in the world of ''[[Torland|Dragon Quest II]]'' and must no sooner assume the role of a caravan leader in order to help a boy named Luin find a cure for his sick parents.

*'''Foz'''

*'''Slalon''' - a dark blue [[Slime|slime]], the leader of the caravan until Kiefer arrives.

A staple of the Zenithian Trilogy, the [[Wagon|wagon]], makes a return in ''Caravan Heart'' as a central part of forming a team. The player will start out with one wagon in their caravan and can obtain two more as the game progresses, each wagon having to be assigned a guard monster and up to four humans depending on the individual weight of monster and person alike and the weight capacity of the wagon in question. The monster will be able to act each turn while the caravan members in the wagon will act according to the order they were placed in, with the fifth turn of a fight (and any preceding turns that caravan members couldn't act) being used by the wagon to get organized before the caravan members will repeat their actions where repetition is applicable. If a guard monster for a particular wagon gets KOed, or if the wagon has no guard monster, the caravan members will be unable to act in battle.

Unlike the other games in the Monsters sub-series, ''Caravan Heart'' uses a battle system akin to that of the traditional games where enemies can appear in individual groups well-exceeding the normal 3-on-3 battles, though the player is still restricted to as many as three acting monsters on their side. With this system in place many moves have been given their traditional traits such as Firebal (Sizz) being able to hit groups and Icebolt (Crack) being able to only hit one monster but significantly more as it advances. Additionally, monsters can only have six moves each as opposed to the previous 8, likely due to balance out with acting caravan members that have techniques that mimic many attacks. With the odds in numbers often being against the player and strategizing more strict, ''Caravan Heart'' can prove to be a more challenging game when compared to others in the sub-series.

''Caravan Heart'' replaces the breeding system from the previous games with the reform system (tenshin system when taken directly from the Japanese version). Instead of two monsters being used to create a new one, a single monster has two monster hearts applied to it which are then used to reform it. While using three ingredients may be more complicated than using two, the system itself has more benefits as the reformed monster will not forget any of the moves it learned, retaining them even in their advanced states, and the stat loss isn't nearly as severe as it could be with breeding.

*'''[[Troubadour|Bard]]'''

*'''Fencer'''[[Image:Caravan_Heart_Group.png|border|right|550px]]

*'''[[Priest|Cleric]]'''  

*'''[[Gadabout|Player]]'''  

File:DQMCH.png|Box art

File:DQMCH Guide Book.png|''V Jump'' guide

File:DQMCH Alex.png|Alex, a Warrior

Image:DQMCH_Ann.png|Ann, a Martial Artist

File:DQMCH Knight.png|A Knight

File:DQMCH Deckson.png|Deckson, a Cleric

File:DQMCH Seer.png|A Seer

File:DQMCH Randol.png|Randall, a Mapper

File:DQMCH Ripple.png|Ripple, a Dancer

File:DQMCH Fencer.png|A Fencer

File:DQMCH Hunter.png|A Hunter

File:DQMCH Fisher.png|A Fisher

File:DQMCH Cook.png|A Cook

File:DQMCH Medic.png|A Medic

File:DQMCH Tamer.png|A Tamer

File:DQMCH Metal Hunter.png|A Metal Hunter

File:DQMCH Gambler.png|A Gambler

Image:DQMCH_Slalon.png|Slalon, a slime

Image:CaravanHeartLuin.png|Luin, ex-leader of the caravan

File:DQMCH Monster battle.png|