<s>
is	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Tose	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
have	O
online	O
play	O
,	O
via	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
and	O
monster	O
designs	O
are	O
credited	O
to	O
long-time	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
artist	O
,	O
Akira	O
Toriyama	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
music	O
composed	O
by	O
Koichi	O
Sugiyama	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
series	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
cel-shaded	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
battles	O
are	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
type	O
in	O
other	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
:	O
commands	O
are	O
issued	O
in	O
a	O
turn	O
based	O
style	O
,	O
then	O
are	O
executed	O
in	O
full	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
battle	O
system	O
itself	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DS	B-Device
then	O
downloads	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
opponents	O
to	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
monster	O
families	O
have	O
been	O
rearranged	O
into	O
a	O
different	O
categorization	O
,	O
so	O
some	O
monsters	O
are	O
in	O
different	O
families	O
than	O
they	O
were	O
on	O
previous	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Boss	O
monsters	O
(	O
end	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
powerful	O
bosses	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
merged	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
families	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Zoma	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
now	O
in	O
the	O
Demon	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
get	O
these	O
monsters	O
is	O
to	O
visit	O
a	O
DS	B-Device
Station	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
or	O
get	O
all	O
the	O
monsters	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
library	O
and	O
talk	O
to	O
a	O
non-player	O
character	O
in-game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
features	O
a	O
skill	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
one	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
VIII	I-Application
:	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Cursed	I-Application
King	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
behind	O
the	O
scenes	O
game	O
developer	O
Tose	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
game	O
to	O
feature	O
Wi-Fi	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuji	O
Horii	O
,	O
famous	O
for	O
leading	O
the	O
development	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
,	O
added	O
new	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
to	O
this	O
installment	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
scouting	O
"	O
for	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Completing	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
team	O
,	O
Koichi	O
Sugiyama	O
composed	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Joker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
received	O
fairly	O
decent	O
scores	O
overall	O
,	O
gaining	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
75/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
gave	O
the	O
game	O
8/10	O
,	O
and	O
defended	O
Joker	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
just	O
a	O
Pokémon	B-Application
pretender	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
GameSpy	O
gave	O
Joker	O
an	O
8/10	O
,	O
and	O
enforced	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
more	O
than	O
just	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
GamePro	O
,	O
who	O
gave	O
Joker	O
a	O
3.25/5	O
,	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
just	O
"	O
another	O
monster	O
catch-and-battle	O
game	O
"	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
sold	O
593,994	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
days	O
after	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joker	O
was	O
wildly	O
popular	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
spawning	O
merchandise	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
carrying	O
cases	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
January	O
,	O
Square	O
Enix	O
announced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Joker	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Joker	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
new	O
protagonist	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
300	O
monsters	O
(	O
some	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IX	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sentinels	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Starry	I-Application
Skies	I-Application
)	O
and	O
direct	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
battling	O
over	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
