Otherwise, it’s just like playing against the computer. Online helps a bit in this sense, provided you’re communicating with your opponents. After a while, it just starts to feel repetitive and I’ve found myself quitting matches against the AI to do something else. Take that away and the game feels a bit boring, especially since there isn’t really a compelling narrative to egg you on. While the game is a blast against actual human players, it still feels like a chore when playing solo against the computer.Ī big part of the fun in Dokapon Kingdom is interacting and seeing the reactions of people playing right next to you. While Dokapon Kingdom: Connect retains a lot of the fun aspects of the original, the remastered re-release continues to exhibit its faults as well. Great! Some issues remain with Dokapon Kingdom: Connect Now you can troll - or be trolled - by anyone who has a copy of the game and an internet connection. This means your evildoing is no longer limited to whichever poor saps you assembled on your couch. It’s like each session of Dokapon Kingdom is a case study in psychology.Īs the re-released game’s name implies, Dokapon Kingdom: Connect adds a new twist. This means battles also involve a good amount of luck, which can make it doubly frustrating when you lose. These include Ninja, Acrobat and Robo Knight, just to name a few.īattles, which can be done against monsters or your fellow players when you occupy the same square, play out in rock-paper-scissors style. You can choose from classes such as Warrior, Magician and Thief, which you can also level up into more advanced jobs. The fact that all this skullduggery is done through really cute characters who look like overgrown toddlers makes it even more hilarious.Īdd role-playing game mechanics and you have a game that can be quite addicting.
This blatant encouragement to inflict ill upon your rivals is a hallmark of Dokapon Kingdom. To quote the great Mexican-American philosopher Eddie Guerrero, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.” Are your foes about to approach a village that you covet yourself as a source of weekly revenue via taxes? Just use a teleport spell to send them to a different area in the map. Are your opponents about to face a tough foe? Just shoot over a spell from clear across the map to weaken them before the fight. See, in the king’s insatiable greed to refill his dwindling coffers, he also decides to offer the hand of his daughter Princess Penny to whichever hero collects the most gold in the process.Īs a result, the game’s heroes are especially motivated to sabotage each other while saving the kingdom and regaining lost territory. Eventually, the player who accomplishes the most within a set amount of in-game weeks will be dubbed the winner. Well, think of it as a virtual board game where you move up to four heroes around in order to battle monsters and liberate villages from oppression.
To quote Scooby Doo, “ruh-roh.” The king of trolling games is back, now with Internet (oh, boy) My list of crimes stack up to quite the sinful portfolio at the confession booth just from playing the original Dokapon Kingdom that was released on the Nintendo Wii.Īnd just when I’ve finally purified my heart and washed away all the evil remnants of Dokapon Kingdom in my head, along comes Dokapon Kingdom: Connect for the Nintendo Switch. Changing the name of another player to “Fartist” after beating them in a head-to-head fight. Seriously, I’m most definitely going to hell myself after everything I’ve pulled off in this game.Ĭursing. Those insufferable imps, er, adorable cuties learned from the best. More gaming: Is Diablo 4 more like Diablo II or Diablo III? Yes It literally turned them from innocent little angels to conniving little devils who would try to trick and misdirect me at every turn. Seriously, I remember calling over my little cousins, who were just kids at the time, to play Dokapon Kingdom with me after I bought the original game back in 2007. Honestly, though, Dokapon Kingdom is better described as a troll simulator.Įven Gandhi would be willfully inflicting foot sores against virtual foes - and probably loving it - after just one hour with this game. I mean, yes, it’s technically a party game. Everyone is going to a very, very hot and uncomfortable place for all the horrible sins they committed in the name of this so-called “party” game. That cheeky, pointy-hatted mouth breather who cursed my poor character with blistered feet before stealing one of my hard-earned villages. Somewhere in Dante’s Ninth Circle of Hell, there’s a special place for every person who has ever played against me in Dokapon Kingdom.įriends.
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