Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road

Dragon Quest:
Monster Battle Road
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road logo
Genre(s)Card battle game
Developer(s)Rocket Studio, Eighting
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Artist(s)Akira Toriyama
Composer(s)Koichi Sugiyama
Platform(s)Arcade game, Wii
Original release
  • JP: June 2007
(Battle Road)
  • JP: September 11, 2009
(Legends)
  • JP: July 15, 2010
(Victory)

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road (ドラゴンクエスト モンスターバトルロード, Doragon Kuesutō Monsutā Batoru Rōdo) is a series of Japanese arcade games based on Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. Players battle monsters and can win real-life cards with monster data imprinted on them. The first game, also titled Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road, was released in 2007 only in Japan, using the Taito Type X2 system. A sequel, Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II Legends, was announced at the 2009 Jump Fiesta in Tokyo, and a third game in the series, Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory, a port of the Legends game, was announced for the Wii in 2010. Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Scanner was scheduled for release in the arcade in 2016.