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Summary

Blue Dragon Plus picks up a year after the original’s story and swaps the turn‑based feel for a real‑time strategy vibe that lives on the DS’s bottom screen. I spend most of my time dragging the stylus to position the party across a scrolling map, then watching them auto‑attack as enemies draw near. When a foe casts a shadow, the game flips into a “Shadow Battle,” letting each character summon their own shadow to unleash magic‑based skills. The system feels surprisingly deep for a handheld, blending tactical positioning with quick‑fire spellcasting. Critics gave it a mixed but respectable reception – Metacritic settled on 69, with scores ranging from 6/10 at GameSpot to 8/10 at IGN and Nintendo Life. In Japan it debuted at #3, moving roughly 22 k units in its first week and ending 2008 with just under 59 k copies sold, a modest showing for a niche sequel.

Storyline

In Blue Dragon Plus, the story picks up a year after the original adventure. The world has fully embraced the mysterious cube realms that appeared when the planet’s core was opened, and explorers continue to chart their strange landscapes. One day, King Jibral and the scholar Zola stumble upon a dark, three‑headed dragon shadow named Balaur emerging from one of these cubes. Zola’s uneasy feeling prompts her to warn Shu and the rest of the party. Together they set out on a new quest to uncover the source of this ominous threat.

Edited by Maya Carter