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Platform
Nintendo DS
Genres
Fighting · Role-Playing · Strategy · Adventure
Player Perspective
Top-down
Developers
Hudson Soft
Publishers
Hudson Soft · Rising Star Games
Release date
November 15, 2007

Summary

Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts lets you dive into a world where swordplay meets sorcery, letting you train in hundreds of weapon and armor combos while mastering over 150 distinct fighting arts. The system even includes flashy "Big Bang Arts" that shine when you link up with two friends in the Ad‑Hoc multiplayer, turning a three‑player party into a single, devastating force.

Beyond the combat, the game’s dungeons are the real playground: you unlock them by completing quests and inserting elemental jewels into plates, then level those plates to raise the challenge. Some levels hide the mini‑map entirely, forcing you to rely on a special item to navigate blind dungeons. Each planetary‑themed dungeon—Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, and the like—carries its own elemental aura and status‑ailment twist.

Character creation starts with three races and six basic classes, but you can swap classes outside dungeons without losing your rank (E to S). Pairing two basic classes at ranks B and A unlocks six advanced classes that inherit old skills and grant brand‑new abilities and weapons. You can wield two weapons at once, and every piece of gear can be upgraded with the same elemental jewels that also fuel alchemy and power dungeons.

All of this runs on the Nintendo DS’s wireless stack, offering both local multiplayer and Nintendo Wi‑Fi Connection support, so you can hunt for treasure and test your combos with strangers or friends alike.

Storyline

Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts opens with a customizable, unnamed hero rushing to rescue a besieged town. The adventurer discovers that a massive structure at the town’s center houses a great evil that is straining to break free. A weakening barrier is the only thing keeping the menace contained, and its failure would spell certain doom for the villagers. Determined to uncover the source of the breach, the player must investigate the mysterious structure, restore the barrier’s strength, and halt the looming catastrophe.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Multiplayer

Game modes
Single