

DQ always had a story that felt like something I could relate to.ĭQ isn’t afraid to try new story ideas. FF often had a dark, gritty, serious storyline. What makes the stories different was the tone of the stories. Sure, both games have a main character that is destined to save the world.

What made the games different was the story of the games. The gameplay in both games was largely the same throughout most of the games. In my opinion, 10 and later strayed too far from what made FF a good game.
GBA DRAGON WARRIOR ROM SERIES
In fact, I loved the series up until #10. This isn’t an “I hate Final Fantasy” post. I’m going to explain why I personally believe DQ is head and shoulders above FF.

Most people talk about them like they are equal games. It’s an ugly shade of translucent purple.ĭragon Quest ( DQ), also known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is my favorite RPG series. It’s not the same ugly gray of other GBA games. Pros & Cons #Ĭheaper than ROM carts for other consoles. If you want to play English translations, this may not be the product for you. If you intend to play homebrew games, this is an excellent choice. I tried some of the homebrew games and they all worked. I attempted playing the unpatched ROM to make sure it was not the ROM. This changes all the dialog in the game to English.
GBA DRAGON WARRIOR ROM PATCH
The English translations of Japanese games are usually handled by a patch that is applied to the original ROM file. With the Nintendo DS, there are many companies making clones and re-branding existing ones. This isn’t actually unusual in the ROM cart world.

Apparently Exsek just re-branded the carts with their labels so they could sell them under their name. Lo and behold, I did not have a knock off at all.
GBA DRAGON WARRIOR ROM FULL
I’m lucky to get 3 hours out of a full charge where I get 5-6 with a standard cart.Ībout a week after I started using it, I noticed something odd about the label. It turns out that the cart is slightly bigger than an original cart as shown below.Īfter using the cart for a few months, I’ve realized that it drains battery faster than a standard cart would. I thought this because it causes a little wobble when pressure is placed on the different sides of the cart when inserted. I originally thought it was sticking out due to the Micro SD slot kind of sticking out of the connector part of the cart. The only thing is, when inserted into my GBA SP, it sticks out more than a standard cart as shown in the image below. It’s pretty sturdy, it feels like a standard Gameboy Advanced cart. These games were never released in the west. I picked it up because I wanted to play Mother 3 and Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart. That is the name of a ROM Cartridge for the Gameboy Advance. Several months back, I found a knockoff of a Supercard. This brings me to the topic of this article. This made me wish that they had affordable options for other consoles. A few years ago, I purchased an R4DS to play Nintendo DS Homebrew and translated games. Backwards compatibility on Xbox One is emulation. The Virtual Console is literally emulation on the Wii. Nintendo has famously had the stance that ROMs were illegal even if you own the original cartridge. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act doesn’t explicitly state it, but it’s understood that if you own the original game, then the ROM is legal to have. Up until a few years ago it was a bad word. By now, every gamer has heard of emulation.
