DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.5 Update + 32 DLCs

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is a role-playing video game developed by Tose and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo Switch. It is the seventh game in the Dragon Quest Monsters series following Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 and the first to be released outside of Japan since Joker 2 in 2011.

The game stars Psaro, the main antagonist from Dragon Quest IV; The Dark Prince is set before the events of Dragon Quest IV. Psaro is on a quest to defeat his father who cursed him, by becoming a ‘monster wrangler’. It was released worldwide on December 1, 2023, and received generally favorable reviews from critics.

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The story follows the journey of Psaro, a half-human, half-monster prince. Psaro challenged his father, the cruel monster king and ruler of Nadiria, Randolfo the Tyrant. As punishment for his defiance, Randolfo curses Psaro, making him unable to cause harm to any monster, before exiling him to Terrestria. Bent on revenge, Psaro vows to lift the curse, return to Nadiria, and usurp Randolfo.

Taking refuge in the human village Rosehill, Psaro finds a loophole in his inability to harm monsters in the art of monster wrangling. By becoming a monster master, he can have his allies defeat monsters for him, circumventing his curse. A retired monster master and villager named Monty gifts the prince his first monster and teaches him the basics of monster wrangling.

Psaro soon meets a fugitive elf, whom he names Rose, as she lacks a name. She accompanies Psaro and allows him entry to Nadiria with her unique elfin magic. The game’s plot serves as both a prequel and gaiden to the events of Dragon Quest IV, with the storylines of the two games overlapping at points.