Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Message Board older than one year ago

- during local play, one player is the parent machine - parent machine has to choose the “seek out opponents” option - child machine chooses the “search for a fight” option - parent machine chooses the rules (standard, special SQEX, custom) - custom allows you to set round count, strategy options, rules for swapping out monsters, and time limits [...]

- combine two parent monsters into one child monster - child monster will inherit the abilities and strengths of the parents - the character that combines monsters is called the “Haigona” - there can be three different types of children spawned from a set of parents - the combination of monster families determines what family the possible child monster [...]

A small sampling of the RPG sequel's 300 beasts.

With Dragon Quest VI in stores in Japan for almost one whole week, Square Enix wasted no time in announcing another upcoming Dragon Quest game for DS. The latest new announcement is Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2, a sequel to the Pokemon-like DS Dragon Quest spinoff from 2007. The new sequel, out April 28 in Japan, will feature over 300 catchable monsters and online multiplayer for up to eight people. And in a post-Dragon Quest IX Japan, with millions of people happily playing online, this game would seem to have a built-in audience. [Via Andriasang]

Joker followup to feature true online play.