Torneko's Great Adventure 3
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Torneko's Great Adventure 3
| image = TornekonoDaibōken3.png
| developer = {{ubl|Chunsoft|Matrix Software}}
| publisher = Enix
| composer = Koichi Sugiyama
| artist = Akira Toriyama
| writer = {{ubl|Sachiko Sugimura|Fuminori Ishikawa}}
| director = {{ubl|Fukashi Omorita|Yasuhiro Ohori}}
| producer = Seiichiro Nagahata
| designer = {{ubl|Seiichiro Nagahata|Hideyuki Shinozaki}}
| programmer = Masayasu Yamamoto
| series = Mystery Dungeon
| engine =
| released = PlayStation 2{{vgrelease|JP|October 31, 2002}}Game Boy Advance{{vgrelease|JP|June 24, 2004}}
| genre = Role-playing, roguelike
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = {{hlist|PlayStation 2|Game Boy Advance}}
}}
{{nihongo foot|Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 – Mystery Dungeon|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}} is a 2002 role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and Matrix Software and published by Enix for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the Dragon Quest and Mystery Dungeon series and contains randomly generated dungeons and uses turn-based action combat. The game was also made for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 as Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance.{{cite web |script-title=ja:株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト ゲームソフト 検索一覧 |publisher=Spike Chunsoft |url=http://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/game/search?page=5&platform_id=other&lowend_flag=0&download_flag=0&abroad_flag=0 |access-date=2013-06-13 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316220035/http://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/game/search?page=5&platform_id=other&lowend_flag=0&download_flag=0&abroad_flag=0 |archive-date=2014-03-16 |url-status=dead }}
Gameplay
The main character of the game is Torneko, originally localized as Taloon in North America, a merchant and playable character from Dragon Quest IV.{{cite web | author=Gann, Patrick | title=RPGFan Soundtracks – Suite Torneko's Great Adventure ~Musical Chemistry~ | url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/dq-torneko/index.html | work=RPGFan.com | access-date=2010-08-05 | archive-date=2010-11-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130225024/http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/dq-torneko/index.html | url-status=dead }} Torneko can explore fully 3D dungeons and have members join his party.{{cite web | author=Joseph Witham | year=2001 | title=Enix Announces Torneko 3 | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2002/061702c.html | access-date=September 7, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033346/http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2002/061702c.html | archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} The player moves through randomly generated dungeons and uses turn-based action combat. The player can bring along creatures and henchmen to fight with them as they battle monsters in the dungeons. In the Game Boy Advance version, an addition mode is available in which the player can fight through four advanced dungeons independently of the game's story.{{cite web |title=Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance: Mysterious Dungeon |url=http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/dragon-quest-characters-toruneko-no-daibouken-3-advance-fushigi-no-dungeon/ |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=2011-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318175915/http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/dragon-quest-characters-toruneko-no-daibouken-3-advance-fushigi-no-dungeon/ |archive-date=2011-03-18 }}
The game is the first in the series to feature 3D graphics, and includes multiple towns, villages, castles, and dungeons. Some of the locations are not randomly generated. The game includes over 170 types of monsters, and a larger number of items and spells to use in combat than previous Torneko games.{{cite web |title=Torneko's Great Adventure 3 |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/363/363635p1.html |publisher=IGN |last=Smith |first=David |access-date=2011-08-18 |date=2002-06-28 |archive-date=2009-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308055607/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/363/363635p1.html |url-status=live }}
Story
The plot for Torneko's Great Adventure 3 happens seven years after the events of Torneko's Great Adventure and six and a half year after Torneko: The Last Hope. In the game, Torneko and his wife Tessie and son Tipper journey to a distant island for a vacation for celebrating Tipper's twelfth anniversary. During that time, an unexpected trouble occurred and the Torneko family arrived at a strange island. While there, mysterious forces attack and Torneko must journey into dungeons to fight them off.{{cite web | title=トルネコの大冒険3 不思議のダンジョン | url=https://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/games/torneco3/story01.html | publisher=Spike Chunsoft | access-date=January 15, 2021 | language=ja | archive-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205135751/https://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/games/torneco3/story01.html | url-status=live }}
Release
Torneko's Great Adventure 3 would be released exclusively in Japan by Enix on PlayStation 2, on October 31, 2002.{{cite web |script-title=ja:トルネコの大冒険3 不思議のダンジョン |publisher=Spike Chunsoft |url=http://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/games/torneco3/ |access-date=2012-10-16 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316213716/http://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/games/torneco3/ |archive-date=2014-03-16 |url-status=dead }} Its Game Boy Advance port, Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance, would also be released exclusively in Japan by Square Enix on June 24, 2004.
Reception
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The PlayStation 2 version of the game has sold over 513,000 copies as of November 2008.{{cite web|title=Sony PS2 Japanese Ranking |url=http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/ps2.php |work=Japan-GameCharts.com |access-date=2008-12-13 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216104658/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/ps2.php |archive-date=2008-12-16 }} The Game Boy Advance version of the game has sold nearly 117,000 copies as of 2007.{{cite web | title=Nintendo GBA Japanese Ranking | url=http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gba.php | work=Japan-GameCharts.com | access-date=2008-12-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710195807/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gba.php | archive-date=2008-07-10 | url-status=usurped }} The PlayStation 2 version was given a high 35 out of 40 by Famitsu magazine.プレイステーション2 – 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~. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.81. 30 June 2006.{{cite web | author=Derrick | date=October 24, 2002 | title=News – New Famitsu Scores | url=http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=2800 | work=GamesAreFun.com | access-date=2008-12-13 | archive-date=2011-09-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927063758/http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=2800 | url-status=dead }} The Game Boy Advance version was given a lower 32 out of 40.{{cite web | title=IGN: Gaming Life in Japan | url=http://www.insider.ign.com/articles/525/525654p2.html | work=IGN.com | access-date=2008-12-16 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050103080457/http://insider.ign.com/articles/525/525654p2.html | archive-date=2005-01-03 }}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/games/torneco3/}} {{in lang|ja}}.
- {{Official website|https://www.jp.square-enix.com/game/detail/dqc_t3a/|GBA version}} {{in lang|ja}}.
{{Dragon Quest series}}
{{Mystery Dungeon series}}
{{Matrix Software}}
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Category:Game Boy Advance games
Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:Matrix Software games
Category:Roguelike video games
Category:Role-playing video games
Category:Single-player video games