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|title = Dragon Quest Rivals Ace
|title = Dragon Quest Rivals Ace
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|developer = Tose
|developer = Tose
|publisher = [[Square Enix]]
|publisher = [[Square Enix]]
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|artist = [[Akira Toriyama]]
|artist = [[Akira Toriyama]]
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|released = {{vgrelease|JP=November 2017}}
|released = {{vgrelease|JP=November 2017}}
|genre = Collectible card game
|genre = Collectible card game
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|platforms = Android/iOS<br>Windows PC<br>Nintendo Switch
|platforms = Android/iOS<br>Windows PC<br>Nintendo Switch
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|series = ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]''
|series = ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]''
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{{Translation|'''Dragon Quest Rivals'''|ドラゴンクエストライバルズ, ''Doragon Kuesuto Raibaruzu''}} is a digital collectible card game published by [[Square Enix]] in November 2017 for Android and iOS. A PC version for Yahoo! Games Player was launched in 2018, while a version for the Nintendo Switch was released in February 2019. The PC version was originally only available through the Yahoo! Games Player service, which shut down on June 23, 2020, but players were able to carry their save data over to Valve's digital game distribution service Steam.
{{Translation|'''Dragon Quest Rivals'''|ドラゴンクエストライバルズ, ''Doragon Kuesuto Raibaruzu''}} was a digital collectible card game published by [[Square Enix]]. Its main platforms were smartphones. The game was free with the in-game purchase of "gems".
It could be played only in Japan, and the interface was only in Japanese.


A single-player mode, Solo Battle Adventure, was added to the game in August 2020, as well as renaming the app to '''Dragon Quest Rivals Ace'''. On April 2, 2021, Square Enix announced that all versions of the game would shut down on July 5th, 2021. Producer Tatsuhiro Futagi cited the continuing difficulties with competitive gaming, as well as other factors due to the pandemic of COVID-19 as factors for the game's shutdown. Players were no longer able to purchase gems as of April 2nd.
The original version was released in November 2017 for Android and iOS. A PC version for "Yahoo! Games Player" was launched in 2018, and the version for the Nintendo Switch was released in February 2019.
 
It was superseded by '''Dragon Quest Rivals Ace''' in August 2020, where a single-player mode, "Solo Battle Adventure," was added to the game. The PC version  was then switched to Steam, and  the Yahoo! Games Player version was shut down. The latter's players were able to carry their save data to the Steam version.
 
The game service was stopped on July 5th, 2021. The shutdown was announced on April 2, 2021, stopping gem purchase. Producer Tatsuhiro Futagi cited the business continuation difficulty as an on-line battle game, due to the decreasing number of players.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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*[http://www.dragonquest.jp/rivals/ ''Official site'']
*[http://www.dragonquest.jp/rivals/ ''Official site'']
*[https://cache.sqex-bridge.jp/guest/information/75757 Notice of the game's shutdown on Square Enix's site].
*[https://cache.sqex-bridge.jp/guest/information/75757 Notice of the game's shutdown on Square Enix's site].
* Store pages:
**[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.DQRivals&hl=en&gl=US Google Play]
**[https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/ドラゴンクエストライバルズ-エース/id1178885079 App Store]
**[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1223840/_/ Steam]


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Revision as of 06:27, 8 July 2021

Dragon Quest Rivals (ドラゴンクエストライバルズ, Doragon Kuesuto Raibaruzu) was a digital collectible card game published by Square Enix. Its main platforms were smartphones. The game was free with the in-game purchase of "gems". It could be played only in Japan, and the interface was only in Japanese.

The original version was released in November 2017 for Android and iOS. A PC version for "Yahoo! Games Player" was launched in 2018, and the version for the Nintendo Switch was released in February 2019.

It was superseded by Dragon Quest Rivals Ace in August 2020, where a single-player mode, "Solo Battle Adventure," was added to the game. The PC version was then switched to Steam, and the Yahoo! Games Player version was shut down. The latter's players were able to carry their save data to the Steam version.

The game service was stopped on July 5th, 2021. The shutdown was announced on April 2, 2021, stopping gem purchase. Producer Tatsuhiro Futagi cited the business continuation difficulty as an on-line battle game, due to the decreasing number of players.

Gameplay

This mobile game lets players create a deck of cards featuring characters and monsters throughout the Dragon Quest franchise and battle it out in turn-based combat with a variety of different strategies. The gameplay has been described as similar to that of Blizzard Entertainment's card battling game, Hearthstone. Many of the characters that appear in the game have been fully voiced for the first time in the series. Certain characters have special interactions with each other if played on the field, as well.

The player selects a "leader" character to play as and faces off against an enemy leader by summoning monsters, casting spells, or equipping weapons to attack them from their MP pool. The goal is to reduce the other leader's HP to zero. At the beginning of combat, each side has 1 MP and it increases each turn by 1. The playable cards all have their own MP costs, and monster and weapon cards have an attack stat and an HP stat (uses for weapons). Additionally, a leader character can use 1 MP to Psyche Up and build Tension. Once a leader has 3 stacks of Tension, they can use their unique Coup de Grâce. Each leader character also has cards that can be used exclusively by them.

Leader Characters

Playable Adventurers

Gallery

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