Tales of Dragonland

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**Tales of Dragonland** (Chinese: 龙之国物语) is a mobile MMORPG developed by Dimension-4 and published by ZLONGAME in mainland China. It was developed as a mobile adaptation using assets licensed from X-Legend's PC game Dragon Slayer/Dragomon Hunter.

## History

### Development and beta testing

On June 1, 2020, X-Legend filed trademark applications for "龍之國物語" and "Tales of Dragonland" with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office. However, at this point, there were no indications for what the trademarks could possibly refer to.

During beta testing, *Tales of Dragonland* was known as 风之骑士团 (lit. *Knights of the Wind*). Beta testing was first announced through various Chinese gaming news outlets on January 14, 2022, but there was no official website or social media for the game. and the beta opened on April 22 for a limited time.

### Release

On March 3, 2022, *Tales of Dragonland* was confirmed to be launching later that month on March 31. Servers officially opened on March 31, 2022 at 10:00 AM, and *Tales of Dragonland* became the 12th-highest grossing game in the Chinese App Store.

### Controversy

After the launch of *Tales of Dragonland*, there was controversy among players regarding ZLONGAME's marketing tactics, as well as the fact that they had not been clear about X-Legend's involvement. According to reporter Ye Xiaoyuan writing for China.com.cn's technology section, the game was marketed in its early stages as *Dragon Story* ("龙之国" without the "物语") leading to confusion. Moreover, players had expected dragon companions and dragon-slaying to be a core part of the gameplay, rather than dragons as gem items, and what Ye compares to a card game. Some players also reported suspicious messages in the game's world chat channel, inferred to be recruitment messages seeking to supply players gifts to generate competition and motivate spending.

A second major area of controversy was a perceived ripping-off of X-Legend's PC game Dragon Slayer/Dragomon Hunter; many players noticed aspects of the two games that were exactly the same, and ZLONGAME had not responded to complaints nor press inquiries. X-Legend also did not make any official confirmation that *Tales of Dragonland* was based on their intellectual property, until their December 2022 investor conference discussed the upcoming Taiwanese version Kariz Story.

Despite the controversy, *Tales of Dragonland* is still ZLONGAME's highest-grossing game in the Chinese App Store as of November 2022, earning an estimated $1 million USD for that month according to Sensor Tower.

## References

1. ↑ Trademark Details Report. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.
2. ↑ Trademark Details Report. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.
3. ↑ 《风之骑士团》开启奇幻世界冒险之旅 (Chinese). 4399手机游戏网 (2021-01-14). Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.
4. ↑ 《风之骑士团》4.22开测！选择你喜欢的职业，成为一名狩龙士 (Chinese). 4399手机游戏网 (2021-04-22). Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.
5. ↑ 公测预约开启公告 (Chinese) (2022-03-03). Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved on December 4, 2022.
6. ↑ 【龙之国物语】公测开服情报公开！ (Chinese) (2022-03-29). Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved on December 4, 2022.
7. ↑ 4月中国手游发行商全球收入排行榜：国内手游市场再创历史新高 (Chinese) (2022-05-09). Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.
8. ↑ 叶小源 (2022-04-28). 紫龙游戏新游《龙之国物语》被指虚假宣传照搬旧端游 诱导充值评分跌至5.6 (Chinese). China.com.cn. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.
9. ↑ Shanghai Zishun Information Technology Co., Ltd.. Sensor Tower. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved on December 20, 2022.

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