Dokapon Kingdom

Dokapon Kingdom (ドカポンキングダム) is a video game in the Dokapon series, created by Sting. This is the first game in the series to not have Asmik Ace Entertainment involved. It was released on the Japanese PS2 in 2007. It was later published by Atlus in North America on October 14, 2008. It is a remake of the 1994 Super Famicom title, Dokapon 3-2-1: Arashi o Yobu Yuujou. The PlayStation 2 version was later re-released in Japan on November 20, 2008, with a "Sting The Best" stamp on it. It was later ported to the Wii by Sting Entertainment on July 31, 2008, as Dokapon Kingdom for Wii. The Wii version was later published in North America by Atlus on October 14, 2008, and in Europe by BigBen Interactive on March 26, 2010, as Dokapon Kingdom.
The game received an enhanced release for the Nintendo Switch in 2023, titled Dokapon Kingdom: Connect.
==Story==
==Gameplay==
Dokapon Kingdom is a sugoroku-type board game with RPG elements. Each player takes turns moving on the overworld by spinning a wheel from 0 to 6.
Battles are done in a turn-based system. You either go first or last, which decides the order in which the characters will attack. You get 4 options for both attacking and defending. Attacking has a standard attack move, a magic move (if the adventurer has any), strike, or a buff. Whereas defend has a standard defend, a counter, a magical defense (if the adventurer has any), and a give up option.
The game plays in chapters, the king gives the adventurers an objective they have to go complete, while also freeing towns from monsters and defeat the bosses of those towns, otherwise the castle earned after completing the objective is worth little to nothing. 
===Jobs===
Each player gets to create an adventurer at the start of the game, picking from different Jobs with the ability to change classes later on. There are 3 jobs to choose from at the start of a game with a total of 12 jobs, each with their own benefits and drawbacks.
==Strategies==
==Changes from Dokapon 3-2-1==
*Various major game mechanics from Dokapon the World, such as the Job system and the Specialty system, now known as Local Items, are implemented.
*Offensive Magic spells no longer have a limit; they can be used infinitely once obtained. As such, the M Cast line of Defensive Magic have been removed.
*Defensive Magic doesn't outright negate Offensive Magic; instead, each of them has a damage reduction value and reduces damage accordingly.
*Some monster Offensive Magic have been reworked into Monster Battle Skills; as a result, they are no longer blockable.
*Give Up will no longer fail if the user's SP is lower than the opponent; it will always succeed when used.
*Mirror Image and Teleport use MG to calculate damage, rather than AT.
*The players won't get poisoned by Poison Swamp Spaces as long as they don't land on them.
*Armors are removed; instead, the players now get to equip Accessories, which provides various effects and/or stat boosts. Some items have been made into accessories.
*There are no Cursed equipments in the game.
==Version Differences==
*The English version is dubbed to fit the dialogue more and to make it easier for the player to hear.
*The logo, signs, and town names have been changed.
*The American PS2 version has an auto-save function whereas the Japanese version does not. However, both Wii versions have an auto-save function.
*Oddly, in the European version, in the rankings screen in the options menu, the last place player has a place number instead of the word "Last."
*In the US and PAL Wii versions, sprite indicators for various things, such as items, were updated to have a more "blurry" look to them from their PlayStation 2 counterparts. The Japanese Wii version also uses a slightly different version of these sprites with slightly different shading.
==Controls==
The Dokapon Kingdom Wii game can be played with 3 types of controllers that are stated before loading up the game. The Wii remote, used sideways, the classic controller, and the GameCube Controller. Multiple players can use a single controller to play as different adventurers. They can also use multiple controller types across players.
==Gallery==
Dokapon Kingdom Wii Box Art.jpg|Boxart for the Wii version of Dokapon Kingdom
Female_Warrior.png|Artwork of the Female Warrior
Male_Warrior.png|Artwork of the Male Warrior
==Videos==
Atlus USA Trailer Dokapon Kingdom
Dokapon Kingdom Gameplay Trailer
Commercial Dokapon Kingdom
Dokapon Kingdom - Intro
ドカポンキングダム for Wii プロモーションビデオ
ドカポンキングダム STING the Best プロモーションビデオ
ドカポンキングダム オープニングムービー
ドカポンキングダム CM
==External links==
*Official English site
*Official European site
*Official Japanese site
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Category:Dokapon Kingdom
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