The Greatest Arms Merchant in the World

Torneko and family in Torneko’s Great Adventure: Mysterious Dungeon || Official Art

Torneko, Tessie and Tipper in  Torneko no Daibōken 3 of the Mystery Dungeon Series || Official Art

EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.

Dragon Questers in a cartoonier style by らくがき帝国民.

Inktober day 24! As suggested by @softcremebrulee here’s Tsarevna Alena from Dragon Quest 4.

Alefgard || Original Art

Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon || Torneko: The Last Hope

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I found this on Mandarake in Japan and I’m super happy about it! It’s a Dragon Quest IV card game from 1990 called Silver Tarot (銀のタロット) based off Minea/Nara/Meena’s tarot in the game. I am very excited to learn the rules and try it out with my friends! The art is fantastic, and it was in amazing condition for being so old. :) Thanks Japan!

Aaand done!  Another Dragon Quest item redone for study purposes.  This is the “Ruby of Protection” Please support me on Patreon :D  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=110865

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I adore Lucia’s art. She’s adorable. The last thing of note is just how amusing some of the transliterations are. “Rollins” is clearly supposed to be Laurence, but due to the limitations of Japanese when writing foreign names, Rollins is technically correct too. Other fun names include Lyon instead of Ryan (Ragnar) and Arena instead of Alena.

Torneko: The Last Hope was out today in 1999. A roguelike featuring Torneko, the merchant from Dragon Quest IV.

Four short stories, each with their own protagonist, that combine their plots to form an amazing fifth chapter was a unique idea. Many games even to this day have a problem with party members feeling like satellite characters. Christo/Kiryl and Brey/Borya are this to Alena to an extent, but the majority of characters felt like real people from all walks of life. Rather than a random fighter, we got to see royal guard Ragnar protecting his homeland, and experience for ourselves why he’s motivated to find the hero. You got to play as a store clerk, for crying out loud. The plot was also much more interesting than collecting four magic items. The plot actually moved along, with a villain who actively set his evil plans in motion, rather than sitting on his throne for the whole game. While not perfect, it was truly ahead of its time.