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B000QW9D14

Release date

August 28, 2007

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4.4 310 ratings

4.4 out of 5 stars

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#34,547 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#764 in Xbox 360 Games

Product Dimensions

7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 5.6 ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Language

English

Rated

Teen

Item model number

A7J-00005

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

5.6 ounces

Manufacturer

Microsoft

Date First Available

May 17, 2007

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Famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker and developer Artoon present the highly anticipated Xbox 360 exclusive Blue Dragon. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball Z and music by Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy, Blue Dragon is an epic role-playing game that centers on a young boy named Shu and several of his friends.

These unlikely heroes possess the power to control phantom shadows that mirror the actions of their masters, giving Shu and his comrades miraculous strength and magical powers.

The warriors can create and develop their combat styles by utilizing different types of Shadow Change, including Sword, Assassin, and Power Magic. Shu and his friends must use the shadows as weapons and wield their skills to save their world from impending doom.

Encountering various people on a planet where numerous ancient ruins remain, the characters and their shadows travel through a world full of mysteries and illusions, where the slightest touch can cause reactions of unparalleled magnitude.

Key Features:

Innovative RPG gameplay features: As their quest progresses, warriors can create original attack methods by utilizing several types of Shadow Change, including Sword, Assassin, and Power Magic. You can choose to focus the hero on certain areas of expertise. Shadows level up and gain new abilities associated with the job they are currently doing. Once gained, abilities are not lost and remain available to use when needed.
Massive scope and engrossing environments: Shu and his companions battle their way through an immense world filled with vividly illustrated remnants of ancient civilizations long forgotten.
Stunning graphics: Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, Blue Dragon engages you in a world and characters that are brought to life with vibrant colors and detail, from Shu's wild hair to his martial arts-style garb, conveying the beautiful simplicity and sense of adventure found in this truly next-generation RPG.
Dazzling character design and effects: Toriyamas unique influence is evident in the design of the games anime style characters, as their actions are enhanced with next-gen blur effects. Additionally, the games algorithmic animation system adds heightened realism to character and creature movements.
Famed developer: Mistwalker is a creative company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the original developer of Final Fantasy. Operated by a handful of experts, the direction of new Mistwalker is influenced by Sakaguchis extensive industry experience. Artoon is a digital entertainment design, development, and production company with rich talent and experience. Centering on the design and development of original content, Artoon is mainly involved in the development of software through external cooperation, as well as the design and production of entertainment content in the mobile communication category.

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4.4 out of 5

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Customers find the quality of the board game excellent and fun. They also appreciate the riveting storyline and easy to follow plot. Customers describe the gameplay as easy and traditional. They appreciate the sturdiness of the game, saying the combat never gets stale. They are happy with character design. However, some customers dislike the speed and age of the product. Opinions are mixed on graphics.

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54 customers mention50 positive4 negative

Customers find the quality of the board game to be great, worth playing, and excellent. They also say the battles are much more fun in the full game, and the game is solid for newcomers to the genre.

"This was a fun game that kept me entertained for hours. There are not many side quests or anything, just the Gamerscore achievements...." Read more

"...Also, I thought "Impossible Mode" was really tough, and super rewarding once I beat it...." Read more

"...The battle system is darn good as well, it may only be a take on the Job Class system that's been used many times throughout the years, but its..." Read more

"...about $8 and I was not expecting much but surprisingly it's a really great game. I am even more surprised I never heard of it...." Read more

32 customers mention25 positive7 negative

Customers like the plot of the board game. They mention that the story line is fun to hear, it's easy to follow, and riveting. Some say that the game has a decent story, while others say it'd be better. Overall, most find the plot interesting and the game is long.

"...with RPGs, as long as they make sense, world exploration, simple but fun storylines, have some puzzles, don't pretend to be something they aren't,..." Read more

"...The anime has a pretty good story, but I actually preferred the video game story, so I will change my mind from okay game story to great story!)..." Read more

"...It's got that fun turn-based style with the cheesy old-school JRPG story." Read more

"...The game play is fun, engaging, and solid. The story itself is pretty interesting, but it gets ruined in the delivery...." Read more

17 customers mention12 positive5 negative

Customers find the gameplay easy and traditional, with an engaging yet easy to grasp RPG system. They also say the storyline is easy to follow. Customers describe the game as simple, enjoyable, and time-consuming. They say the battles are easy and don't require much strategy.

"...The story line is easy to follow and there are not tons of characters one wouldn't remember after 4 months of not playing the game...." Read more

"...Most of the boss battle are very easy and they don't really require much strategy...." Read more

"...Lots of class, spell, and equipment options make for an engaging yet easy to grasp RPG system that will hook anyone looking for something to scratch..." Read more

"...complaint that I've seen so far is that "this game doesn't deliver anything new or groundbreaking"...." Read more

7 customers mention7 positive0 negative

Customers find the board game sturdy and fun. They say the combat never gets stale, and the game is solid. They also say the game has interesting enemies to defeat and will last for hours.

"...The combat never really becomes an annoyance, as it does in some games, such as Pokemon. The battles and scenery are constantly changing...." Read more

"...they make sense, world exploration, simple but fun storylines, have some puzzles, don't pretend to be something they aren't, then grab this..." Read more

"...There's also a ton of monsters (290), so combat never really gets stale, either...." Read more

"This game is way fun and will last you for hours! this is made by (in my opinion) on of the greatest game developers ever! Hironobu Sakaguchi...." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers find the character design phenomenal, with many classes to choose from. They also say the game has good controls, a unique system for shadow characters, and is fun and enjoyable. Customers also mention that the characters can attack, use magic, use items, and other various stock specials.

"...It's exceedingly easy to level up characters...." Read more

"...this game has good gameplay, good controls, a unique system for your shadow characters and is fun and enjoyable...." Read more

"...Characters can attack, use magic, use items, and other various stock special abilities you expect from an RPG...." Read more

"...The voice acting is extremely good, and the character development is phenomenal...." Read more

8 customers mention4 positive4 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the graphics of the board game. Some find them great, aesthetically pleasing, and easy on the eyes, while others say they're not the best or impressive looking.

"...don't expect it to blow your mind, but the experience is still aesthetically pleasing enough for this generation of games...." Read more

"...The world the game takes place in is HUGE. The graphics are similar to a cartoon, but it was not underdone...." Read more

"...very well designed and laid out, and the the whole affair is very easy on the eyes...." Read more

"...This is an early Xbox 360 game so it's not too impressive looking...." Read more

4 customers mention0 positive4 negative

Customers find the speed of the board game to be too slow. They say it makes painfully long interactions take painfully longer, and the cut scenes drag out far too long. Customers also mention that the graphics are good, but there are some slowdown issues at times.

"...It makes the painfully long interactions take painfully longer. To make matters worse, you can't easily skip through them...." Read more

"...Graphics are good,( there are some slowdown issues at times, and skipping in some scenes)..." Read more

"...The story is good and the gameplay is fun and engaging. The game is a little long..." Read more

"...It is very long; 3 disks, and to honest, by the end, I wanted it to be over. All in all a good game for a little distraction." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers find the board game stale, dated, and understated. They also mention that the condition of the disc is not great.

"...To say that Blue Dragon is a dated experience is an understatement...." Read more

"...it's because it was the only JRPG for the 360 at the time and now it's just stale." Read more

"Great game but the condition of the disc isnt. It comes in 3 discs because the game is just that large...." Read more

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James Lintner

Fun RPG

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2013

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This was a fun game that kept me entertained for hours. There are not many side quests or anything, just the Gamerscore achievements. The game is a bit challenging if one does not train occasionally (as in Pokemon). The world the game takes place in is HUGE. The graphics are similar to a cartoon, but it was not underdone. The story line is easy to follow and there are not tons of characters one wouldn't remember after 4 months of not playing the game. The combat system is very similar to Dragon Quest Monsters for Nintendo DS. The combat never really becomes an annoyance, as it does in some games, such as Pokemon. The battles and scenery are constantly changing. It is not really worth replaying unless one forgets the story line or has a lot of spare time.

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Kevin

Blue Dragon Delivers what I want

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2013

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After reading some of the commentary on Amazon.com and "professional" websites, such as IGN, I've come to the conclusion that certain people shouldn't be allowed to review anything.

The biggest complaint that I've seen so far is that "this game doesn't deliver anything new or groundbreaking".

What kills me about this commentary is that nothing new or groundbreaking has existed in the RPG sphere since Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition for Pencil and Paper / Final Fantasy 7 for Videogames. Of COURSE you're not going to get anything that's groundbreaking - BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE! Honestly, people who put that complaint in any review for RPGs should have their reviews immediately rejected.

In regards to storyline and feel - This game feels like Final Fantasy 7. I liked that game, and I liked the feel of the menu system and materia optimization.

Each character can gain the classes/skills of any other character, this is true, HOWEVER, certain characters have baseline states that are more agreeable with certain classes. Having said that, I want to remind all of the detractors out there this fact: These characters are KIDS. Kids should be relatively the same. They haven't "grown up" to "specialize" in any particular field of combat or knowledge. I like the idea of customizing my characters in this fashion. This level of customization also prevents what has become a standard level of accepted sexism and racism in many RPGs out today.

In regards to some complaints people have regarding leveling up, all I can say is they must be smoking something. It's exceedingly easy to level up characters. All you need to do is put on the "attract monsters" skill, run in circles, grab about 3-4 monster groups together and "fight all". It's that easy. The leveling certainly is not anywhere near as atrocious as Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3), nor Final Fantasy 7 (dear god, it took me 6 solid hours of game time of running around in circles with Knights of the Round just to be high enough level to face the final boss). I'm having NO WHERE NEAR that kind of issue in this game.

Yeah, this game is a bit easy if you start exp farming early on, I don't mind. If given a choice between a game full of Tonberrys and a game that's a bit easy, I'll take the "bit easy" game any day.

Again, that's only easy if you actually farm for exp before heading out. If you don't, there are several places where you'll get pimp slapped hard.

In regards to some people talking about slowdown - I didn't notice. I've got XBOX 360 Arcade Version, and I've noticed that a number of games where people complain about clipping issues or slowdown don't happen on my machine. I think it has to do with the fact my machine is not backward compatible with original XBOX games (unlike certain other models), and so I almost never experience that kind of problem.

Battle Music - yeah, ok, this needs some help, but I usually play with my sound down low so I don't notice it. The other music is just fine, however, so it's just a minor nit pick.

Map system - yeah, it could be tweaked a little more. Just a nit pick.

Inventory system - would've been nice for more sort options. Just a nit pick.

Now, I can see how some people who LOVE the recent RPGs on PS3 would dislike this game. Quite Frankly, a lot of the newer RPGs which give false claims about being groundbreaking have fallen flat on their butts from my perspective. So, there could be an RPG style preference there.

If you do enjoy any classic RPGs, if you enjoyed the play style of FF7, if you like DragonBall artwork, then grab this game, you won't be disappointed.

If you absolutely love Crisis Core and hate anything that came out before it, then you won't like this game.

If you're in love with RPGs, as long as they make sense, world exploration, simple but fun storylines, have some puzzles, don't pretend to be something they aren't, then grab this game.

If you only want the next big thing and don't care about just relaxing to a fun game... then stay away.

That's pretty much my review.

I love RPGs in general, although the newer ones have been putting me off lately (due to artwork and fail mechanics). This one didn't put me off at all.

I can't give half stars so I just gave 5 out of 5. My only detractions are the nit picks mentioned above.

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S. Der

Great game but repetitive

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2012

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At first I really didn't like this game. It was very childish and very repetitive. It was also really simple gameplay too. But, after awhile, I started to like it...maybe towards the beginning of disc 3. I guess it got to me after the one million battle and hours of hearing that battle music. The story was okay.

(I just finished watching the anime of Blue Dragon the whole series. The anime has a pretty good story, but I actually preferred the video game story, so I will change my mind from okay game story to great story!)

I thought the fight battles was very bad in terms of the game difficulty. It was just too simple and too many. After I beat the game, I played hard mode, which I felt was much closer to what normal mode should had been like. Many people talked about how easy the game was and I believe what the game makers should had done was made "hard mode", the "REAL normal mode". Also, I thought "Impossible Mode" was really tough, and super rewarding once I beat it.

Most of the boss battle are very easy and they don't really require much strategy. On the other hand, if you fight the optional bosses, those required strategies and preparation to beat. And NO, going in the battles to fight with level 99 characters without any strategies wouldn't win the fights. You actually have to plan and think about what you need to do.

Furthermore, I love fighting the 5 dragons, King Boo, and Gold Mecha. It took awhile to figured out a way to beat them without dying over and over again...especially on impossible mode! No, it's not just level up till the max, I beat them at the lowest levels for a true challenge. And, leveling up takes forever too! And you still need some sort of strategy to beat them, you can't just go all gong-ho with these bosses! lol

I think all RPG fans should give this game a chance. It's not so bad after disc 2 at least. Worth a buy for $10 and below. And, would give you 40+ hours of fun if you make it past the first 2 discs that is. lol

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Nathan Weaver

Great, Solid, Oldschool RPG

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2007

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This isn't a game for everybody, but if you're a member of this games target audience it's probably EVERYTHING you've been wanting in a console RPG for the past few years. The story is somewhat reminiscent of Dragon Quest in that its driven by catastrophe rather than Final Fantasy-esque plot twists. Similarly the art style is reminiscent of Dragon Quest, but that's no surprise as the artist in charge of Blue Dragon is the same guy that's handled the art for Dragon Quest, and Dragon ball Z for that matter.

The battle system is darn good as well, it may only be a take on the Job Class system that's been used many times throughout the years, but its probably one of the best implementations of the system out there, providing a good balance between allowing your characters lots of abilities while making it almost impossible to make your characters masters of everything without absurd amounts of power leveling.

All in all, its a darn solid title and fully worth the price, so long as you're the sort of person that likes quirky, old school, Japanese RPG titles.

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James Rule

Perfect

Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2023

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Arrived quickly even though ordered during the holiday season. Item is in perfect condition.

bernie

great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2013

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i personally cant say much about this item, a friend asked me to buy it for them as they couldnt find it in stall. To what he said was a great game but he finished it in no time (thats cause his glued to his xbox but there you go)

Matt Holzman

Nostalgia for the 360

Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2014

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A game I originally bought when I got my 360 some years back. Was wanting to enjoy it again, so I found a copy on Amazon. Just an all around fun title.

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Arny

Another great one in my library!

Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2013

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I haven't played this one yet, but from the reviews, it will fit perfectly my tastes. It's up there in my queue of "must play" games!

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Rene Hollingsworth

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on May 24, 2018

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Just right

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