History VideoGame / DokaponKingdom

An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Dokapon Kingdom: Connect'' was released for the Platform/NintendoSwitch on April 13, 2023 in Japan, featuring online multiplayer functionality, with Idea Factory releasing the game internationally a month later. A PC release of ''Connect'' released on Platform/Steam on September 7, 2023.

The sixth game in the ''{{VideoGame/Dokapon}}'' series, ''Dokapon Kingdom'' is a turn-based RPG/board game hybrid developed by Creator/StingEntertainment and released for the Platform/PlayStation2 in 2007, with an English localization released by Atlus USA for the [=PS2=] the following year and an UpdatedRerelease coming to the Plaform/NintendoWii in 2010. It is a VideoGameRemake of the second Super Famicom game, ''Dokapon 3-2-1'', and thus features a similar structure and ExcusePlot while significantly overhauling the gameplay to its modern incarnation.

The sixth game in the ''{{VideoGame/Dokapon}}'' series, ''Dokapon Kingdom'' is a turn-based RPG/board game hybrid developed by Creator/StingEntertainment and released for the Platform/PlayStation2 and Platform/NintendoWii, with an English localization released by Atlus USA for the [=PS2=] the same year and on the Wii in 2010. It is a VideoGameRemake of the second Super Famicom game, ''Dokapon 3-2-1'', and thus features a similar structure and ExcusePlot while significantly overhauling the gameplay to its modern incarnation.

An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Dokapon Kingdom: Connect'' was released for the Platform/NintendoSwitch on April 13, 2023 in Japan, featuring online multiplayer functionality, with Idea Factory releasing the game internationally a month later. A PC release of ''Connect'' released on Steam on September 7, 2023.

** A good number of the female versions of the character classes (Warrior, Thief, Monk, Darkling) show off revealing skirts and a good amount of skin. The Acrobat female appears more how a [[BellyDancer dancer]] would dress in-game.

The sixth game in the ''{{VideoGame/Dokapon}}'' series, ''Dokapon Kingdom'' is a turn-based RPG/board game hybrid developed by Creator/StingEntertainment and released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, with an English localization released by Atlus USA for the [=PS2=] the same year and on the Wii in 2010. It is a VideoGameRemake of the second Super Famicom game, ''Dokapon 3-2-1'', and thus features a similar structure and ExcusePlot while significantly overhauling the gameplay to its modern incarnation.

An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Dokapon Kingdom: Connect'' was released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on April 13, 2023 in Japan, featuring online multiplayer functionality, with Idea Factory releasing the game internationally a month later. A PC release of ''Connect'' released on Steam on September 7, 2023.

* VideoGameRemake: The [=PS2=]/Wii version of the game that has been localized in the West is a remake of ''Dokapon 3・2・1'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom. Similarly, ''Dokapon Journey'' is a remake of ''Dokapon Oukoku IV''.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Played with. Getting Cherubs upon dying, while not as punishing as the Dark Angels or the Grim Reaper, will still take away 1/4 of a player's on-hand money or 1 item. Played straight if the player loses an item that is unimportant to them.

** The Nitroglycerin, also a cursed item, may explode and [[HPToOne causes its owner's HP to drop to 1]] if they are attacked, but if said attack would kill them, they'll be left at 1 HP.

* BonusDungeon: Daunting Mountain (and by extention, Castle in the Clouds) and Sunken Shrine, both located in Llano. These two areas are completely optional, have enemies that are stronger than those in Llano, and each contains an item that allows you to get a secret job, along with a lot of loot spaces containing gold and unique equipments.

* OneTimeDungeon: In Story Mode, players start in a small map in the Prologue that once left, cannot be entered again. Though there are just [[TheGoomba Kobolds]] and the weakest equipments.

%%* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Rico Sr. pulls it off as well as any good old JRPG boss.]]

* OrdinaryDrowningSkills: When exploring the Sunken Shrine, your character will lose HP equal to their level every turn due to difficulty breathing underwater, unless they have certain accessories.

** In fact, the only difference between difficulties is actually "how much this AI player will cheat."

* DamageOverTime: The Poison and Z Plague status effects. The former can lower a player's HP to 1 at most, the latter can kill them.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Downplayed. Getting Cherubs upon dying, while not as punishing as the Dark Angels or the Grim Reaper, will still take away 1/4 of a player's on-hand money or 1 item. Played straight if the player loses an item that is unimportant to them.

* {{Superboss}}: Do all of the king's [[SideQuest side quests]] and he'll receive a piece of inflammatory mail from an imp named Wallace. Not ready to put up with this, he tasks you with finding Wallace and teaching him a lesson, failing to mention that he's perpetually several levels above you and reads inputs nearly as blatantly as Rico Jr.

** There can also be negative weekly events like all shops closed, all towns going on strikes, towns losing money or a Chimpy outbreak, which fills random encounters with Chimpys, who have low stats but will most likely give you virus that cannot be easily cured.

* SequelNumberSnarl: The first game in this series is called ''Dokapon Oukoku IV''. The next is ''Dokapon 3・2・1''. The "IV" in the first game refers to the fact that up to 4 players can play.

* SecretRoom: Several dungeons feature hidden spaces, most of which contain powerful equipment compared to other weapons available in the surrounding region. Later locked chests begin to contain one-of-a-kind equipment with powerful stats and effects.

* SnakePeople: The Medusa monster, which is half woman, half snake.

** Stun: Same as Sleep, though a stunned characters won't recover if they get hit.

** The Chimpy enemy from the Chimpy outbreak even will be able to use Attack and Escape even if you use Restrict on them, something not even the Dark Overlord can do, just to make sure they can pass the virus to you.

* ShopliftAndDie: Downplayed. Failing to rob a store, freed town, or Kira makes an adventurer wanted for a week, meaning they have a bounty and can't land on towns, shops, temples, or castles.

* MercyMode: The game will sometimes take pity on players who are in debt, or who have neither a weapon or shield [[note]]They will be given a mid-range weapon and shield[[/note]]. The Darkling class entirely might be considered an example of this, as a player must be in last place for two consecutive weeks to be able to become the Darkling.
* MetalSlime: Wabbits are rare enemies that only spawn for an early game side quest in story mode and a rare weekly event called Wabbit Explosion. Their stats are matched to the player's level, they typically are sturdy enough to take at least two hits to kill (made worse by the fact that they automatically select Counter if you attempt to Strike them), and they have a high chance to Escape battle. Defeating them grants the player a small chance to earn the Wabbit Shield, one of the strongest shields in the game that boosts all stats by a large amount.[[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Be vewwy vewwy quiet when hunting them.]]

** Stun: Same as Sleep.

** The Dancing Blade weapon gives a huge boost to the user's attack, but it comes with the cost of randomly causing the user to performed a Strike instead of intended action. Combined with the flaws of Strike mentioned above, this makes Dancing Blade a very dangerous weapon as it can cause you to die.

* HelloInsertNameHere: Players can name themselves on top of renaming players who they've defeated in battle, though in ''Connect'' the rename features instead gives random names.

* HelloInsertNameHere: Players can name themselves on top of renaming players who they've defeated in battle.

* InstantSedation: The Sleepy offensive magic spell and monster skill and the Sleepy Time field magic does this to its target.

* NotCompletelyUseless: The Big Bug item from Weber is a cursed item that will remove your items and will only go away after all your items are gone (or if you can defeat another player and pass it to them), but it can also be used to remove other cursed items like Blackmail by luck, if you also have other normal items.

* ThrowingTheFight: A strategy that the AI will employ when the Darkling is about. They might intentionally Give Up on a fight, to avoid getting killed by the Darkling.[[note]]Giving Up on a fight means that the player cannot be attacked by the Darkling or anyone for a turn. Giving Up has penalties, but they are usually nowhere near as severe as the penalties for getting killed by the Darkling (such a losing a piece of ''equipment'' of the Darkling's choice).[[/note]]

* DarkActionGirl: The Female Darkling.

* AllSwordsAreTheSame: Downplayed. Adventurers will either slash or thrust with a sword depending on its type.

* ArmorAndMagicDontMix: Downplayed. Magicians don’t wear armor but they can equip shields.

** The computer (including NPC monsters) can also change what defense move they are using based on your offense move. Against higher-level monsters or Hard opponents, they will always use defend or magic, but if you use Strike, they ''will'' use Counter.

* DarkActionGirl: The female Darkling.

** All the boss monsters you fight in towns show up later as normal enemies. There are very few "unique" bosses.

* GrimReaper: One will sometimes appear to drag an adventurer into the ground when they die, meaning that they'll be "resting" for 3 turns.

* NumberOfTheBeast: The Darkling's Draco Blade and Demon Shield each provide 333 of their respective stat. Defeating Overlord Rico [[spoiler:the first time]] earns you 6666 EXP.

* VillainTeleportation: [[spoiler:Rico Jr.]] does this.

* PoorPredictableRock: Any AI opponent who doesn't [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard cheat]] will usually play to their best stat and your weakest when deciding to use a physical or magical attack, and will rarely Strike or Counter.
[[LuckBasedMission That doesn't mean "never", though...]]

* HideYourLesbians: If a female character wins, the King states that he can't publicly marry two women. He has a... [[{{Squick}} creative]] solution to this. He wants an heir, after all (He does, however, eventually relent and let his daughter marry a women).

* HideYourLesbians: If a female character wins, the King states that he can't publicly marry two women. He has a... [[{{Squick}} creative]] solution to this. He wants an heir, after all.

An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Dokapon Kingdom: Connect'' was released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on April 13, 2023 in Japan, featuring online multiplayer functionality, with Idea Factory releasing the game internationally a month later. A PC release of ''Connect'' on Steam is also slated for a release in Fall 2023.