In Japan, Blue Dragon was sold both as a stand-alone game and in a bundle with the Xbox 360 (including the game, the Xbox 360 system itself, and a Blue Dragon faceplate). Blue Dragon was both applauded and criticized for its excellent adaptation of the traditional elements of role-playing games. Overall, the game has received a positive reception, with an average score of 77% on the review aggregator website Game Rankings.
It was also the longest Xbox 360 game until Lost Odyssey was released with a story spanning four disks. The game follows a traditional role-playing design, based around exploration and turn-based combat, with turn speed modified by characters' agility.īlue Dragon is the first Xbox 360 title to make use of three disks. The setting inspired separate anime and manga adaptations, although these follow the story to different degrees and feature a different cast of characters. The game follows the story of five friends: Shu, Jiro, Kluke, Zola, and Marumaro, as they travel across the world to confront the evil King of the Grand Kingdom, Nene. The game was released in Japan on December 7, 2006, in Europe on Augand in North America on August 28, 2007. It was based on a design by Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also supervised development and wrote the plot. Blue Dragon (ブルードラゴン Buru Doragon) is a Japanese RPG developed by Mistwalker and Artoon and distributed by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360.
