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Mistwalker is an independent video game development studio. The company was founded in July 2004 by Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known for his work at Square including creating the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The company has created both game franchises such as ' ...

and developed by feelplus and Brownie Brown. It was published by AQ Interactive in Japan on September 4, 2008, and by UTV Ignition Entertainment on February 24, 2009 in North America. It is the second of three games in the ''Blue Dragon'' series, and the first of two for the

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Plot

One year after the events of the original game, the world continues to embrace and explore the cube worlds that resulted from the opening of the planet's core. One day King Jibral and Zola encounter a mysterious evil three-headed dragon shadow called Balaur emerging from one of the cubes. Zola has a bad feeling about it and after informing Shu and the party, they find themselves on another adventure to discover this new threat.

Gameplay

''Blue Dragon Plus'' is a real time strategy game. It can be played entirely with the Nintendo DS

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. Battles initiate once the party comes in contact with the enemy, and the characters can attack automatically. Characters can also engage in Shadow Battles when an enemy with a shadow is encountered. Magic can be used when characters use their skills by summoning their shadows.

Reception

''Blue Dragon Plus'' received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, '' Famitsu'' gave it a score of one eight, two sevens, and one eight for a total of 30 out of 40. '' IGN Australia'' gave it a favorable review over a month-and-a-half before its Australian release date. ''Blue Dragon Plus'' entered the Japanese sales charts at number 3, selling about 21,000 units during its debut week. Sales of the game in Japan reached 58,848 units by the end of 2008.

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External links

Official website
* {{Mistwalker 2008 video games AQ Interactive games Blue Dragon (franchise) Brownie Brown games Mistwalker games Nintendo DS games Nintendo DS-only games Role-playing video games UTV Ignition Games games Video game sequels Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Nobuo Uematsu