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Pretty engaging adventure

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Any game that involves collecting monsters is going to draw comparisons to the all-holy Pokemon. It's unavoidable. So let's dismiss the assumption that Enix's Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 is a Pokemon clone. It is not. If anything, it's a merging of Pokemon and Monster Rancher. If you want to collect every monster imaginable, you're gonna need to put some of your fave beasts out to stud and breed whole new species. Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 is actually two games in one. The first half of the game is a very classical Japanese RPG. The kingdom's in trouble and it's up to you, the unsuspecting hero, to save the day. The second half is all about finding new monsters, building them up, breeding them, and repeating the process to infinity with the hopes of finding every last species. There are two separate games you can buy, Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey or Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure. Both titles are nearly identical. The same quest, the same results. But each title has unique monsters and magic keys. To reach all of the many lands of Dragon Warrior Monsters 2, you'll have to breed monsters and swap keys with a buddy playing the other game. Cobi and Tara are friendly siblings whose family has just opened a monster ranch on the tiny island of GreatLog. Their peaceful lives are soon disrupted when the irresponsible Prince Kameha and his monster sidekick, Warubou, accidentally destroy the GreatLog's navel plug (yes, you read that right). As often happens when an island's navel plug is destroyed, GreatLog begins to sink. Warubou acts as a temporary plug, but it is up to you as either Cobi or Tara to journey to five different worlds in search of a replacement plug. From here the RPG is pretty standard. Travel around fighting random monsters and talking to various people in the town. All this leads you to a Boss encounter where you finally retrieve the potential plug replacement. You can only take three monsters with you on each journey, the rest are left at your father's ranch. Choose wisely. Enix has done a nice job balancing this game. Monsters become increasingly difficult to defeat as you progress through the game, but never so much that it gets frustrating. Random monster encounters are never so common that they become annoying. On average, you'll hit one encounter on each screen. Battles aren't yours to fight, but are left for your monsters. The wilder a monster is, the less likely they are to follow orders in combat. Give them love (and boatloads of food) and they will become more obedient. Each monster is capable of learning skills that are of great help come combat time. All of the bosses are tough, but none are impossible to beat. The bulk of the game comes after the RPG is finished. Once the credits roll, you're free to search for magic keys that will unlock a myriad of worlds to explore, monsters to nab, and items to find. Breeding is the key to finishing both the RPG and finding all of the available monsters. Each monster will be either male or female. Choose a mom and a dad who are both 10th level or above and take them to Professor Monster at the Starry Shrine. Now it's time to dim the lights, put on some soothing Barry White, and let nature take its course. Apparently, Enix isn't too hot on parental values because before your newborn can hatch, mom and dad split, never to be seen again. And I mean never. Left behind is their powerful and unique offspring.
With the link cable you can hook up with friends and battle your monsters, swap keys and monsters, or even breed two monsters together. The monsters that come from breeding with your buddy's crew are some of the best you can get. Breeding new creatures, exploring the many new worlds of Dragon Warrior Monsters 2, and dealing some smack-down to your friends adds a lot of depth to an already solid RPG. Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 is a step up from the original thanks to more monsters and the need to link up with a friend in order to truly finish the game. The RPG takes anywhere from 8-12 hours, but it's the monster ranching that makes the game a winner. It would have been nice if Cobi and Tara had two separate RPG's, but like the Stones said, you can't always get what you want. If you like Monster Rancher, this is the game for you. No, it's not as good or as addictive as Pokemon, but it is a great game nonetheless.

Few times played

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Seemed excited when she opened the box, but as far as I can tell, my daughter has not played this game much. Asked why, she said it was alright.

Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobis Journey

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Game is worth buying. Legend of Zelda Series is better.

THIS IS AWSOME!...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of my favorite and best games!... Buy it...!! its challenging and great fun!...

DWM2 Cobi's Journey

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was amazing and a real treasure trove of fun. The plot and storyline is relatively weak but this does not mean the game is not fun. There is no comparison, this game is infinatly better than Pokemon and stands out a mile. The actual gameplay is amazing. However i couldn't help but feel that this game was nothing like as good as DWM simply because it was shorter (not inc. breeding) and I personally prefered the worlds and plot of the story better in DWM than DWM2. Again this doesn't mean that the game is not fun as the excitement and extended playability of the breeding feature means that the game lives on supreme in the world of RPGs. A title which thoroughly deserves a space in your game collection.

Awesome game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool. It's a game that's not always easy but once you do the hard parts it's very fun! I'm one the last level(I think)! It's good game. It's very good to play when you're bored or anytime at all! So if you're just looking around for something to buy, this is it.

Even Better Then Dragon Warrior Monsters 1!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I never thought it was possible to make a game better then DWM 1. But somehow, they created a game with better graphics, faster walking, cooler guys, KEY WORLDS, and a whole new family of cool water based monsters. The key worlds make it way easier to train your monsters. The all new water family is super cool. There are all new "Best of their family" type monsters and cool new ???'s. It is also a lot easier to make Darkdrium(the "best ??? family monster"). It only gets better. There are 2 parts of this game Cobi's(older brother) and Tara(younger sister). Tara's is better for making the ??? family monsters anf Cobi's is harder to beat. The game is just to good to put in one cartrige. To bad it isnt like those never ending Final Fantasy games and stops at #2. I would really suggest buying this game!!!

awsome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is one of the best games I ever played for gameboy color. when I saved great log I thought ive beaten the game but there were even more challenges which makes the game endless

awsome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is one of the best games I ever played for gameboy color. when I saved great log I thought ive beaten the game but there were even more challenges which makes the game endless

the most addicting game on the planet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 series is by far the best RPG available. The play value alone makes up for the "primitive" graphics and sound. It never gets boring, it is far more satisfying than any of them "Blackjack" or "Tetris" cheapies played by old ladies on the bus to the nearest casino!

My secrets for fantastic gameplay are to first take the time to create 3 of the ultimate monsters: three Granslimes with Swiss Knives of reparative and utilitarian spells. These monsters are invulnerable to most spells cast by other monsters, and other monster attacks just take on the average, 1 "HP" from your beloved Granslimes. This team can hastily clean the clocks of even the most powerful boss monsters, making collecting all 311 other monsters a breeze!

Another tactic I use is to make a "crip" sheet of all the families of monsters with all the monsters listed in the family. As I collect the monsters, I check them off in the crip sheet, avoiding countless visits to the "library" to check my monster farm status. Also I hurry up and breed useless monsters to create one needed to complete my collection. Also I take them out and fight with them to get them to level 20 to learn most all their native and inherited spells before once again pouring them back into the breeding soup. I dont pay much attention to their temprament, that can be changed later on with books you can buy with the fortune made by selling items I pick up on the way. Also I discard most all offensive and defensive spells, leaving just the utilitarian and reparative spells.

Another thing to do is to go to the arena often, and save before fighting in the "S" catagory. If anything other than magic keys are given as a prize, reset the game and fight again to avoid squandering your hard earned money. The goal is to get a "lord" magic key, fighting in the "lord" world will level up any monster, pronto!

Also I dont use offensive spells. I primarily make it just a slugfest, and use reparative spells to repair my damage after every fight.

With the virtually endless magic keys opening up magic worlds to explore, this game never gets boring, even after you collected every single monster!

I only wish that Square Enix would release Dragon Warrior Monsters 3 for Game Boy Advance!

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