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| - Dragon Warrior Monsters is a spin-off game in the Dragon Quest game series series. Whereas most games in the series focus on the adventures of a Hero rising up against the forces of darkness, DWM is told as a story of Terry and Milly, a couple of the heroes of VI, as children. It opens with Milly's kidnapping by a mischievous entity named Warubou. Shortly after, a similar being called Watabou appears, and explains the situation as well as inviting Terry to a mysterious land full of monsters. Terry agrees, and sets off on his quest to rescue his sister.
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| - Dragon Warrior Monsters is a spin-off game in the Dragon Quest game series series. Whereas most games in the series focus on the adventures of a Hero rising up against the forces of darkness, DWM is told as a story of Terry and Milly, a couple of the heroes of VI, as children. It opens with Milly's kidnapping by a mischievous entity named Warubou. Shortly after, a similar being called Watabou appears, and explains the situation as well as inviting Terry to a mysterious land full of monsters. Terry agrees, and sets off on his quest to rescue his sister. DWM took the monster-recruitment elements of V and expanded upon them, also borrowing a few mechanics from the Pokemon series, setting the standards for what would become the "Dragon Quest Monsters series." The basic concept is that Terry, as a young boy still too weak to fight for himself, must enlist the help of various creatures to act in his stead. Collected monsters level up and grow like a character in a main-series Dragon Quest game might. As he progresses, he is able to add more stronger monsters to his collection, which stands in for usual Dragon Quest power escalation elements such as steadily strengthening spells. It generally makes quite good use of DQ staples already in place, such as character growth through battling, Travel Gates, the Monster Arena, Tiny Medals, and general progression. Breeding is one of the game's most complicated and involving aspects, and one of the player's primary motivations for continuing to play even after having seen the ending. In 2012, a re-release of the game came out as Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (Japanese: ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ テリーのワンダーランド3D Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D).
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