Meta:List of Torneko's Great Adventure Video Games
| Releases | ||
| 1993 | Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon | |
| 1994 | ||
| 1995 | ||
| 1996 | ||
| 1997 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Torneko: The Last Hope | |
| 2000 | ||
| 2001 | ||
| 2002 | Torneko's Great Adventure 3 | |
| Rereleases and Remakes | ||
| 2000 | Torneko: The Last Hope (USA) | |
| 2001 | Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance | |
| 2002 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance | |
The following is a list of video games in the Mystery Dungeon franchise that crossed over with the Dragon Quest franchise.
Video Games
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
| English | Japanese |
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| Not available. |  |
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon 
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トルネコの大冒険 不思議のダンジョン Toruneko no Daibōken Fushigi no Danjon |
Releases: : September 19, 1993Super Famicom |
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon is the first main game in the Torneko's Great Adventure series. It was the winner of the 1993 Japan Game Awards[1][2], and was regularly in the top 10 most written games in the Nintendo Power rewritable cartridge service in the 1990s and early 2000s.[3][4][5] While an official English translation was created under the name Taloon's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon, it was never officially released.[6]
Gameplay is from a top-down perspective, where the player controls Torneko, a merchant who delves into randomly generated Mystery Dungeons in search of loot to sell in his shop. Players have to collect items from the ground, and use them to battle Monsters to survive, and escape the dungeons with as much loot as they can carry. All gameplay, including combat, is turn-based, allowing players to carefully think out their next actions.
When Torneko is defeated in a dungeon, he's sent back to the starting point and his stats are all reset. All money and items are lost on defeat as well. The gameplay loop requires players to treat each defeat as a learning experience, using their knowledge to succeed, and not a "grind to win" experience like other games.
World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope
| English | Japanese |
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| World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope | ドラゴンクエスト・キャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険2 不思議のダンジョン Doragon Kuesuto Kyarakutāzu Toruneko no Daibōken 2 Fushigi no Danjon |
Ratings: Releases: : September 15, 1999 : November 16, 2000PlayStation |
World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope is the second main game in the Torneko's Great Adventure series, and the first to be officially translated and released in English.
Gameplay is from a top-down perspective, where the player controls Torneko, a merchant who delves into randomly generated Mystery Dungeons. Players have to collect items from the ground and use them to battle Monsters to survive, and escape the dungeons with as much loot as they can carry. All gameplay, including combat, is turn-based, allowing players to carefully think out their next actions.
When Torneko is defeated in a dungeon, he's sent back to the starting point, and his stats are all reset. All money and items are lost on defeat as well. The gameplay loop requires players to treat each defeat as a learning experience, using their knowledge to succeed, and not a "grind to win" experience like other games.
New to the game is a longer plot, new monsters and items from the Dragon Quest series, three classes available after completing the main story, and many core game elements sourced from the Shiren the Wanderer series, including cameos from that series.
The game was later rereleased on the Game Boy Advance with balance changes despite the technical limitations of the hardware.
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance: Mystery Dungeon
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Not available. |  |
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance: Mystery Dungeon 
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ドラゴンクエストキャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険2アドバンス 不思議のダンジョン Doragon Kuesuto Kyarakutāzu Toruneko no Daibōken 2 Adobansu Fushigi no Danjon |
| Releases:: December 20, 2001 Game Boy Advance |
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon
| English | Japanese |
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| Not available. |  |
| Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon
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ドラゴンクエストキャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険3 不思議のダンジョン Doragon Kuesuto Kyarakutāzu Toruneko no Daibōken 3 Fushigi no Danjon |
| Releases:: October 31, 2002 PlayStation 2 |
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon is the third main video game in the Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series.
The game was later reproposed on the Game Boy Advance.
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance: Mystery Dungeon
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Not available. |  |
| Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance: Mystery Dungeon
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ドラゴンクエストキャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険3アドバンス 不思議のダンジョン Doragon Kuesuto Kyarakutāzu Toruneko no Daibōken 3 Adobansu Fushigi no Danjon |
Ratings: Releases: : June 24, 2004Game Boy Advance |
Full Release Timeline
September 19, 1993
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
September 15, 1999
World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope
December 20, 2001
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance: Mystery Dungeon
October 31, 2002
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon
June 24, 2004
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance: Mystery Dungeon
See Also
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/taka22m2d/status/1703820042104885440
- ↑ http://maximum.minimum.me/dium/index.php?LIST-Y/1993/日本ソフトウェア大賞’93
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980530121526/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n03/best10.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980610141212/http://www.nintendo.co.jp:80/n03/best10.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19991022232225/http://www.nintendo.co.jp:80/n03/best10.html
- ↑ https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0154