Dragon Warrior Monsters: How A Top Game Boy Color RPG Went Practically Unnoticed

Dragon Warrior Monsters had all the makings of a masterpiece, but it never got the international success of similar titles. Why? Well, it was going head to head with the juggernaut that is Pokémon.

Dragon Warrior Monsters had so much going for it in terms of unique gameplay but it only sold a measly 60,000 cartridges during the early part of its release in the U.S. In Japan, that number was over a million.