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Strijd der Giganten: Dragons for Nintendo DS
Strijd der Giganten: Dragons for Nintendo DS lets you control a dragon in a world of fire, ice, wind and earth. As the last heir of the noble dragons, you search for the stolen gems and take on hostile members of your own kind. You choose a dragon family and change your creature's colour and shape. You then travel through the different regions, moving both on the ground and through the air.
Battles take place in real time. You need to launch attacks at the right moment and react to what the other dragon does. Each family has its own attacks; collected gems change your dragon's capabilities. There are 125 different gems to find and combine in total. They let you develop your fighter as you explore new parts of the dragon kingdom. You can adjust the shape of its head, wings, body and tail separately.
Alongside the solo adventure, you can duel over a local wireless connection or organise a tournament for two to four players. Each player needs their own compatible DS system. One cartridge is enough through DS Download Play; with Multi-Card Play, each participant uses their own game. Additional systems and cartridges are not included. Duels are one against one; the tournament distributes the matches among the participants. This is local play, without an online connection.
Region and language
Our Nintendo DS games are European editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose cartridge for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With Strijd der Giganten: Dragons for Nintendo DS, you receive a loose cartridge. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of Strijd der Giganten: Dragons
Ubisoft Québec developed Strijd der Giganten: Dragons, which Ubisoft released for Nintendo DS in 2009. Internationally it appeared as Combat of Giants: Dragons and in North America as Battle of Giants: Dragons. It followed Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs. The series centred on directly controlling a large creature, changing its appearance and battling other giants. For Dragons, the setting moved from prehistoric animals to a fantasy world with four elemental dragon families.
The team also changed the battles: the turn-based system from Dinosaurs gave way to real-time action. The developers tried various prototypes and invited people from outside the project to play them. Ideas that did not work well were revised or discarded. Attacks needed to respond quickly without making the controls unnecessarily complicated. Collecting remained important too: the 125 gems give players something to search for between encounters with rival dragons.
A physical trading card game also appeared alongside the game, featuring dragons, gems and codes for extra powers. Later in 2009, the separate Bronze Edition arrived on Nintendo DSiWare. Ubisoft created a bronze dragon, different areas and its own abilities for that version. The cartridge release has more dragons, areas and abilities than the downloadable version. The two releases could play together locally, but they are not identical adventures.
Similar games for Nintendo DS
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs on Nintendo DS uses the same foundation of customising a large creature, exploring an environment and defeating rivals. The main difference lies in the rhythm of combat: Dinosaurs uses turns, while Dragons relies on immediate reactions during a fight. Collecting upgrades also changes with the move from dinosaurs to four dragon families with elemental attacks and different types of gems.
Spore Creatures on Nintendo DS also lets you guide a creature you have made through an adventure world. Separate body parts change both its appearance and its abilities. You meet other species, make friends and fight when an enemy blocks your path. Dragons keeps its customisation within the dragon's body and focuses confrontations on duels with its own kind. Spore gives you more room to experiment with a strange new body.
Eragon for Nintendo DS shares the fantasy world, magical battles and bond with a dragon. However, you play a human Dragon Rider who joins Saphira in a struggle against a king. Spells, weapons and the hero's development make up a large part of the adventure. Dragons puts you in the creature's own skin and makes your dragon's build and its gems the heart of your preparations.
Dragonology for Nintendo DS is also about discovering dragons, but you approach them as a researcher. You look for clues such as teeth, scales and footprints and capture animals for closer examination. That gives exploration a different purpose from Dragons, where you walk and fly around as a dragon yourself. Both feature a world full of mythical creatures; Dragonology mainly asks you to explain their presence, while Dragons lets you fight their battles.
Pokémon Pearl on Nintendo DS also connects a journey through different regions with strengthening fantasy creatures. You catch a team and choose which attacks and types to use during turn-based battles. Dragons concentrates on your own customised dragon and fights that keep moving in real time. The similarity is in preparing for the next opponent; Pokémon places greater emphasis on team composition and collecting than on controlling one large creature.
